The Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys — nearly 400 miles from Bakersfield to Redding — have woken up most mornings since before Thanksgiving under a stubborn blanket of mist and fog.
The murky weather has floated over orchards, highways and entire cities, reducing visibility for millions of Californians and challenging drivers on Interstates 5 and 80 and dozens of connecting state routes, including the always busy Highway 99.
According to the National Weather Service, the worst visibility this week settled over the northern Sacramento Valley, from Redding to Red Bluff, with pockets of dense fog also forming along Interstate 80 east of Sacramento. Conditions weren’t much better to the south: mist and occasional fog stretched into Kern County, adding a winter complication to one of the nation’s busiest freight corridors…