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March 12, 2013
Hector Martinez Arrested For Allegedly Blocking 10 Freeway For Marriage Proposal
That January marriage proposal that shut down the 10 freeway in West Covina has come home to roost. All we can say is, Hope it was worth it. The California Highway Patrol today said groom-to-be Hector Martinez was arrested along with some of his follow motorcycle enthusiasts who allegedly helped h ... More >>
Blogs
January 29, 2013
Hector Martinez Asks Paige Hernandez To Marry Him As Bikers Block 10 Frwy (VIDEO)
With the help of more than 100 motorcycle-riding friends, a man shut down the 10 freeway in West Covina in order to propose to his four-year girlfriend. Now the California Highway Patrol is investigating the weekend stunt and will forward its results to the L.A. County District Attorney's office fo ... More >>
Blogs
September 18, 2012
Ryan Koyama, Rancho Palos Verdes Optometrist, Killed When Benz Collides With Escaped Horse
A 69-year-old man driving south on Crenshaw Boulevard just after 2 a.m. this morning crashed into a horse that was weaving through lanes near Palos Verdes Drive North, says the California Highway Patrol. The coroner has since identified the driver, who was pronounced dead soon after at Torrance Mem ... More >>
Blogs
June 21, 2012
CHP Seeking Information in I-5 Beat-Down
Update: The CHP has arrested two men involved in the fight -- L.A. residents David Mendez, 21, and Edras Ramirez, 27 -- on suspicion of "assault with a deadly weapon." The D.A. has not yet filed charges. And according to Fox11, investigators are still trying to decide if charges are warranted agains ... More >>
Blogs
June 19, 2012
VIDEO: Brutal Road Rage Beating on I-5
Updated at 3:20pm: CHP is looking for more information on the victim. Originally posted at 12:07pm Let's say you're driving down I-5, jamming out to Drake's "Take Care," and you see four men on the side of the road at what appears to be the start of an altercation--what do you do? If you were this ... More >>
Blogs
June 14, 2012
L.A. Suicide Jumper Apparently Leaps From 405 Ramp Onto 105 Freeway During Rush Hour
Updated at the bottom with a witness description. Commuters on the 105 West this morning called up KNX news radio to report -- of all things -- a dead body in the slow lane. Although we don't have many details yet, a California Highway Patrol spokesman does confirm that "we have what appears to be ... More >>
Blogs
April 12, 2012
Abdul Arian: 19-Year-Old Leads LAPD on Crazy Chase, Shoots it Out With Cops, Dies: VIDEO
Updated at the bottom: The LAPD says suspect told a 911 operator he had a weapon and was "gonna have to pull out my gun on them." First posted at 11:38 p.m. Wednesday As L.A. watched it live on TV, a 19-year-old man engaged in a shootout with police in which he ultimately died. He appeared to be ... More >>
Blogs
April 2, 2012
CHP and Copter Catch Guy in High-speed 100-Mile Motorcycle Chase -- Then Guy Makes Out with His Girl
By Andra Lim Police chased a motorcyclist for 100 miles until he ran out of gas in northern San Diego County and began making out with his passenger on Sunday afternoon. It started when the California Highway Patrol tried to pull over the bike on I-5 in the San Fernando Valley, because the motorc ... More >>
Blogs
February 22, 2012
7 Pedestrians Hit at Metro Station in South L.A.: Major Injuries Reported
Updated at the bottom with 7 people hit. Headline changed to reflect that number. A vehicle has hit pedestrians at a Metro rail or bus stop near the 110 and 105 freeways this afternoon, authorities said. The Los Angeles Fire Department said that 50 first-responders were headed to the scene. The C ... More >>
Blogs
February 7, 2012
Unlicensed Driver Tenina Calhoun Crashes SUV Into Palm Tree; 3 L.A. Sisters Dead
The three fatalities in Friday's tragic collision between an Infiniti SUV and a Hyde Park palm tree have been identified as a trio of sisters from the South L.A. area, according to City News Service. The youngest, 19-year-old Jeshai Chanae Jones, was declared dead just hours after the 2:45 a.m. cra ... More >>
Blogs
December 29, 2011
CHP to Crack Down on Eating, Applying Makeup While Driving (Not Just Cellphones)
The California Highway Patrol has had some trouble, in the past, explaining where the no-texting law ends and dialing a number into your phone (which is technically legal) begins. "When you look for loopholes, the whole issue of cellphone use, texting or distracted driving becomes confusing, if no ... More >>
Blogs
December 13, 2011
Video: Nude O.C. Thief Jumps From Smoking Hummer Limo, Fends Off German Shepherd
Worth it? (Doubtful.)Tustin resident Ahmad Mabrok, 29, may have just set a new standard for worst Saturday night ever. Or best, we suppose -- if you're into jumping from fiery stolen vehicles and getting your junk licked by ferocious police dogs. (And, uh, spending the rest of your life tryi ... More >>
Blogs
October 6, 2011
L.A.'s First Rainy Day Causes 481 Accidents, At Least 5 Deaths, General Mayhem
Aside from a couple end-of-summer showers so far this year, yesterday was the first real rainy day of 2011. And you know what a rainy day means in L.A.: People are going to freak the F out, creating a traffic tangle worse than the Internet trying to reconcile the Occupy protests with the death of 1 ... More >>
Blogs
October 4, 2011
Gilani Taylor, Aspiring L.A. Singer, Loses Daughter, Burns 80% of Body in Fiery Crash on 101 Freeway; Hit-and-Run Driver Sought
Traffic was backed up for hours on Saturday along the 101 near Calabasas, behind an almost unrecognizable 1995 Chrysler engulfed in flames. The victims inside were 9-year-old Jayla Taylor, who died in the fire; and her mom, 27-year-old Gilani Taylor, who's in critical condition with 80 percent of he ... More >>
Blogs
September 27, 2011
Stanesha Nicole Allen, Alleged Drunk Mom, Crashed SUV, Leaving Six Kids Injured And 1-Year-Old With Foot Amputation, Cops Say
An alleged DUI crash injured six children near Lancaster.Updated at the bottom: The District Attorney's office threw the book at her. First posted at 7:04 a.m. on Monday. A 31-year-old mother was drunk when the SUV she was driving flipped and injured six children inside, including a 1-year-o ... More >>
Blogs
September 2, 2011
Cajon Pass Fire on 15 Freeway Stalls Vegas Plans for Labor Day Weekend
Las Vegas SunView of the fire from those lucky enough to already be in Vegas.Updated after the jump: The 15 South will reportedly be closed all night. The northbound lanes are open, but moving like molasses. Your Vegas trip: Officially a bust. Originally posted at 3:50 p.m. All those early b ... More >>
Blogs
July 20, 2011
Drunk Guy Crashes Car Into Sunset Room After Being Asked to Leave From 'Guitar Hero' Karaoke Night
YelpRAGE.Karaoke night at the Sunset Room in Hacienda Heights: Never been crazier! "I miss the good ol' days of the Sunset Room," complains one Yelper. You know, when you could "see some of the old folks drunkenly singing along to some song that [you] never heard before on the karaoke stage, ... More >>
Blogs
July 16, 2011
Carmageddon, Day 1: Cyclists, Joggers, DUI Suspect Brave Empty 405 Freeway; Rest of L.A. Stays Home
John M. via FoursquareThe Wolfpack, high off their big win against JetBlue (and a city of cars) today.The first day of the big 405 closure was disgustingly sunny, carefree, car-free, and otherwise lovely. We'd go so far as to say there's been a magical warm-and-fuzzy feeling in the air -- ma ... More >>
Blogs
July 14, 2011
Carmageddon Countdown: FAQ (Along With All Your Not-So-Frequently Asked, But Equally Burning, Questions)
This is Carmageddon, the game. Please do not attempt this during Carmageddon, the Los Angeles traffic event.We've spent a lot of time joking about Carmageddon -- meming it, crowd-sourcing it, naming drinks after it, etc. Admittedly, though, beneath the stupid hype, which has reached quite i ... More >>
Blogs
May 31, 2011
David Beckham Was Allegedly Speeding, Making Unsafe Lane Changes Before Slamming Into Car on 405: He Wasn't Cited
Beckham.Update: The CHP responds, at the bottom. The big question is, did David Beckham get special treatment from the California Highway Patrol after he rear ended a disabled vehicle in the carpool lane of the 405 freeway May 6? Recordings of 911 calls to the CHP that day -- obtained by TM ... More >>
Blogs
May 26, 2011
Schwarzenegger Used CHP Officers to Procure 'Scantily-Clad' Women at Hotel, Former Lawman Says
Ve vant females.Updated at the bottom: Schwarzenegger's top cops, and a Hyatt manager, say this is absolutely untrue. As if fathering a love child with the help hasn't been enough, now comes an allegation that Arnold Schwarzenegger used at least some of his California Highway Patrol security ... More >>
Blogs
April 20, 2011
Texting While Driving in California is Illegal, But Nobody Seems to Know Exactly Where the Law Starts and Using Your Phone to Make a Call Begins
amber 10Don't do this. You could be pulled over.When it is okay for drivers to punch in characters -- dial a phone number, say -- now that texting behind the wheel is illegal in California, which still happens to be the texting-while-driving capital of the nation? No one seems to know. And t ... More >>
Blogs
April 6, 2011
Car-to-Car Shooting on 10 Freeway in Baldwin Park Puts Man Behind Wheel of BMW in Critical Condition
NoiseCollusionThe 10 freeway.A twentysomething man behind the wheel of a white BMW was hospitalized in critical condition after he was shot on the 10 freeway in Baldwin Park, according to the California Highway Patrol. The shooting on the westbound 10 near Baldwin Park Boulevard happened abo ... More >>
Blogs
March 24, 2011
Alma Arredondo, 24-Year-Old Norwalk Woman, Killed on 710 Freeway After Plowing Her Mustang Into Tow Truck
A mustang like Alma'sNorwalk resident Alma Berenice Limon Arredondo was driving her silver 2005 Ford Mustang down the 710 South last night, just after midnight, when she somehow drifted over to the right shoulder of the freeway, where a tractor/trailer was being towed by a truck from Pepe's T ... More >>
Blogs
January 19, 2011
Two Dead After Head-On Collision With Mercedes-Benz Speeding Wrong Way in 91 East Carpool Lane
eurotuner.comA 1996 Mercedes C220 like the one that plowed into oncoming traffic last nightUpdated after the jump: The victims were 24-year-old Vanessa Cease of Long Beach and 26-year-old Alan Reyes of Diamond Bar. Friends say they were a couple. The driver who sped into oncoming traffic was ... More >>
Blogs
January 13, 2011
Five Baldwin Hills Hooligans Arrested For Cycling Under The Influence At 1:30 A.M.
Master of the CUIThe peaceful community of Baldwin Hills transformed into a veritable Isla Vista last night, as five allegedly drunk bicyclists in a pack of 15 -- riding in the dark, with no helmets or fluorescents, switching lanes and directions like bees juiced on maraschino -- were arreste ... More >>
Blogs
January 3, 2011
I-5 Freeway At L.A. Grapevine Still Closed After Night From Wintery Hell
Bakersfield NowNot a good start for weather in 2011What a depressing way to start a brand-new year of the infamous Los Angeles commute. All those holiday stragglers who waited until Sunday night to drive home -- hoping to avoid the mass SoCal exodus/influx, not realizing it was really this z ... More >>
Blogs
December 20, 2010
L.A. Rainstorm Causes All Hell To Break Loose, Will Wreak More Havoc Christmas Day
Tricia via PBaseCHP: Don't even think about blaming the weatherWe were still kind of making fun of the impending Los Angeles "weather" last Friday, when the shower head was set to wimpy sprinkle and L.A. drivers were farting around at their always hilarious (except when we have to get somewhe ... More >>
Blogs
November 29, 2010
Two-Car Collision On 10 Freeway In L.A. Leaves One Burned To Death, Four Injured
Google MapsThe Crenshaw Boulevard exit where a crashed car burst into flames this morningUpdated with correction, re: the number of people injured. More details about the burn victim and freeway reopening after the jump. Originally posted at 8:21 a.m. When California Highway Patrol officers ... More >>
Blogs
November 26, 2010
CHP: Fewer Drunk Drivers Took To L.A. County Highways This Thanksgiving
Washington Injury Attorney BlogL.A. County drivers crashed on the couch insteadWhile you were scarfing turkey in your Snuggie, the California Highway Patrol was out serving and protecting freeways and state highways (and some unincorporated surface streets) throughout L.A. County. Officers b ... More >>
Blogs
November 22, 2010
The Great L.A. Sprinkle Of Fall 2010: 275 Sunday Drivers Panic, Crash Into Wall
Los Angeles Injury Lawyer BlogCelebrity death match: L.A. drivers vs. God's tearsThere are places on this Earth where a little weather 'round the holidays is considered a comfort. Where good citizens of the roadway maneuver their vehicles up snowy switchbacks while whistling a jolly tune, wav ... More >>
Blogs
October 25, 2010
Overturned School Bus Reported In Boyle Heights Outside First Street Elementary School
NBCLA via TwitpicOne person died in a Boyle Heights collision involving a school bus.Updated after the jump with information about a third suspect. First posted at 3:29 p.m. One person was killed and 50 about 21 38 18 others sustained minor to moderate injuries in a three-vehicle collision ... More >>
Blogs
October 13, 2010
Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen Trutanich Was One Of Those Stuck In Traffic As A Result Of Imperial Stars' Stunt On The 101 Freeway: Guess Who Gets To Charge The Suspects?
The Imperial kooks will face Carmen Trutanich's wrath.Looks like Imperial Stars, the band that blocked the 101 freeway for a publicity stunt Tuesday, pissed off the wrong motorist. Stuck in that horrific traffic behind the act's bobtail truck, as it performed what has almost universally been ... More >>
Blogs
October 7, 2010
Yam Truck Catches Fire: Creates Morning Traffic on 5 Freeway
Photo Credit: IITA Image LibraryYams for sale If you were driving south on the 5 Freeway in Glendale this morning, you probably already knew that traffic was exceptionally terrible, with all but one lane being shut down. So what happened? Multiple news outlets inform us that a big rig -- loa ... More >>
Blogs
September 1, 2010
Report: Man Stole Car, Led Los Angeles General Services On Chase, Hid In Bush
Perhaps the bush looked like this one.After leading police on a high speed chase that included several freeways, an alleged car thief crashed the getaway machine and hid in a bush, according to police. The story begins at 12:30 this morning when the unidentified man passed Los Angeles Gener ... More >>
Blogs
August 16, 2010
Crowds Got Way Too Close To Racers In Lucern Valley Off-Road Tragedy
Dave Conklin / Associated PressAuthorities said there were few limits on how close crowds could be as off-road racers zoomed by at Saturday's deadly California 200 race that saw eight spectators perish when a prerunner-type Ford Ranger truck flipped into the audience. " ... There are no deli ... More >>
Blogs
August 11, 2010
45 Years Later, A Not-So-Happy Birthday For Watts Riots
The blog L.A. Noir on Wednesday notes with a bittersweet tone that 45 years ago on this day a California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer pulled over a suspected drunk driver at 116th Street and South Avalon Boulevard. Twenty-one-year-old Marquette Frye, the driver, became belligerent when ... More >>
Blogs
June 23, 2010
CHP Officer Hit On 405 Dies Two Weeks Later
A California Highway Patrol officer who was struck two weeks ago by a motorist driving on the shoulder of the 405 to avoid traffic died in a hospital Tuesday at the age of 48. Officer Phillip Ortiz was conducting a traffic stop on his motorbike shortly after 8:30 a.m. on June 9 when he was ... More >>
Blogs
June 9, 2010
Northbound 405 Reopened After CHP Officer Struck On Freeway
The northbound 405 at National Boulevard in West Los Angeles was reopened Wednesday afternoon following a collision that critically injured a California Highway Patrol officer. The lanes were reopened at 4:45 p.m., authorities said. The freeway was closed in both directions for two hours foll ... More >>
Blogs
May 20, 2010
Nine Arrested At Westwood Rally Fueled In Part By Arizona Immigration Law
The Westwood Federal Building.Nine people were arrested for blocking traffic at an immigration rally in Westwood Thursday, a California Highway Patrol spokesman confirmed to LA Weekly. About 200 demonstrators gathered outside the Federal Building on Wilshire Boulevard to show their support fo ... More >>
Blogs
April 9, 2010
Toyota Blames Some Customers Who Report Sudden Acceleration
In one of the more anticlimactic communiques from corporate America this week, Torrance-based Toyota Motor Sales USA announced that it has formed "SMART" teams to spin claims of sudden acceleration in its vehicles and blame the victims help local law enforcement uncover the causes of sudden a ... More >>
Blogs
April 9, 2010
County Cop Arrested In Case Of 405 Motorist Groped During Traffic Stop (Updated)
A Los Angeles County Police officer was arrested in a case of sexual assault we told you about earlier this week in which a woman was pulled over on the 405 freeway and allegedly groped, the California Highway Patrol announced Friday. (Update): The CHP late Friday afternoon identified the sus ... More >>
Blogs
March 22, 2010
Pot Shop Owner Sentenced To Six Years Behind Bars
A man who ran six medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles County was sentenced Monday to six years in federal prison for selling the drug. Virgil Edward Grant III, 42, was nabbed on federal charges of conspiring to possess and distribute marijuana. He pleaded guilty last June and was a ... More >>
Blogs
December 31, 2009
Sobriety Checkpoints Revealed: Police Will Be Out In Full Force
Don't get a DUI on NYE. That would be, like, WTF, OMG. (Plus we don't want you injuring anyone we know or love. And, as a California Highway Patrol officer told KTLA News, a drunk-driving arrest will cost you about $13,000 over the course of a case). The Los Angeles Police Department has sob ... More >>
Blogs
November 30, 2009
It's A Family Affair: Couple Brings Kids Along On Alleged Robbery Spree
CHPFile photo.We've heard of families that do everything together, but this is ridiculous. Los Angeles police report that a couple took a 6- and 4-year-old along for an alleged, early morning robbery spree in the San Fernando Valley Monday. The suspects hit a Rite Aid at 13333 Riverside Driv ... More >>
Blogs
November 11, 2009
Sheriff's Boat Runs Aground On Dry Land
The Old West image of the local sheriff as a six-shot cowboy still endures, so you might give Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies a little leeway for any perceived lack of sea legs and water navigation skills. But a sheriff's boat was on dry land Wednesday when it hit an obstacle -- a freeway over ... More >>
Blogs
December 23, 2008
Today in Photographs: December 23, 1958
California Highway Patrol sets up holiday sobriety checks on Whittier Boulevard and Westside Drive, East Los Angeles. (Photo: Herald-Examiner/LAPL Photo Collection.)
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May 3, 2001
Shadow Summit
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