By Jon K. Brent - email

Dear Jon - Ever wonder who fixes those traffic signals that take forever? I have the answer for you! Each city has their public works department and they typically have traffic signal engineers and staff that work to keep the traffic signals in sync. But that's not always the case.

Sometimes a city will contract that work out if they've had to cut their budgets, or they may contract for after hours work. If it's a state highway that runs through a community, Cal Trans typically will handle those traffic signals.

The United States Census Bureau, along with the Department of Defense, have put together information on wartime veterans from the Civil War until today. To see the statistics, click on the picture to enlarge, or visit: http://www.census.gov/how/pdf/memorial_day.pdf

By Brett Martin - email

MONTEREY, Calif. - The fourth annual California Roots, a popular Reggae festival on the Monterey peninsula has sold out for this Memorial Day weekend.

"The hotels are all booked, they've been booked, rental cars are booked. Restaurants, bars, its definitely a surge of people. We have people coming from Australia, New Zealand, and South America," said Dan Sheehan, one founder of the festival.

Not only does the festival include some of the biggest headliners in the reggae industry, it also includes food and crafts from the island culture.

The festival was created four years ago by a company in Santa Cruz and started out as a one day event.