CHP pedestrian safety enforcement operation leads to improvements

It was just like any other day for drivers Wednesday, May 27, as they made their way up Winchester Road to the unincorporated area of Murrieta. The sun shone brightly as the stop light at the intersection at Benton Road turned first yellow, then red, halting the flow of traffic. As the “walk” sign on the stoplight pole indicated it was safe to cross the street, an unassuming man in T-shirt, shorts and flip flops, carrying nothing but his drink and a phone, stepped off the curb and began to make his way across the crosswalk