if anyone is interested.. I turned cad.chp.ca.gov into an RSS feed:
http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=PoNAnc5w3hGjRUvy5P4uug The feed displays traffic info for the areas surrounding santa cruz, sunnyvale, san jose and anything involving SR85 or SR17.
Man i'm caffeinated right now. 4-5 cups of black tea and a couple coca-colas will have that effect.