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Santa Rosa, Calif. – Drivers across the North Bay interior valleys face dangerously low visibility early Thursday as dense fog reduces sight distance to a quarter mile or less along US-101, CA-12 and surrounding roadways until 11 a.m.
Morning commuters have little margin for error. Visibility can drop rapidly within a few hundred feet, especially in low-lying areas near Santa Rosa, Petaluma and Sonoma. Portions of CA-29 through Napa Valley and CA-37 approaching Novato are also vulnerable to sudden whiteout conditions in fog-prone stretches…