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Traffic Accidents

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    Texting While Driving Could be Federal Crime Soon

    The federal government has been getting all up in your business lately. One federal whistle blower last year said he believes the National Security Agency is storing all our emails. You know, just in case. And President Obama recently flip-flopped on medical marijuana, saying flat out that pot busin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    Teen Bicyclist in Hit-And-Run With Car? Cops Say Celina Pangburn Was In It For Cash

    Bicycle rights advocates, ever a vocal and Portlandia-esque bunch, have made a lot of wind over alleged cases of motorists' hit-and-run collisions against their ilk. Often their argument is that local police don't investigate the crashes as they would a car-on-car accident because the whole world, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    Teen Girls Text Behind The Wheel Twice as Much as Boys (Surprised?)

    Oh boy. Let's just start off by saying this is the first time in the history of human civilization that a stereotype ended up being 100 percent true. It turns out that teen girls are twice as likely as their male counterparts to text while driving. Huge surprise, we know. The AAA Foundation for ... More >>

  • News

    March 22, 2012

    Bizarre Hermosa Cop vs. Motorist Case Crumbles

    Oh boy. Let's just start off by saying this is the first time in the history of human civilization that a stereotype ended up being 100 percent true. It turns out that teen girls are twice as likely as their male counterparts to text while driving. Huge surprise, we know. The AAA Foundation for ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 8, 2012

    Bring Your Mom and Get in Free!

    Oh boy. Let's just start off by saying this is the first time in the history of human civilization that a stereotype ended up being 100 percent true. It turns out that teen girls are twice as likely as their male counterparts to text while driving. Huge surprise, we know. The AAA Foundation for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    Cellphone-Related Deaths Behind Wheel in California Down, Dubious Study Claims

    While California's cop lobbyists and legislators have claimed texting-while-driving is creating more death than the Grim Reaper in order to justify increasingly needless laws, a new study says cellphone-related traffic deaths are going down. So which one is it? This is the classic strategy of over ... More >>

  • News

    January 19, 2012

    Manhattan Beach Cops' Hit-and-Run Career Fiasco

    While California's cop lobbyists and legislators have claimed texting-while-driving is creating more death than the Grim Reaper in order to justify increasingly needless laws, a new study says cellphone-related traffic deaths are going down. So which one is it? This is the classic strategy of over ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2011

    Gabriel Perez Facio, Pomona Cyclist, Killed in Hit-and-Run; Dragged Half-Block by SUV

    Updated at the bottom: Suspected hit-and-run driver turns himself in -- likely due to "large amount of media coverage" surrounding Facio's death. Originally posted December 29 at 2:15 p.m. In one of the most horrific hit-and-runs of the year, Pomona resident Gabriel Perez Facio was killed by an SU ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    Texting Til Death: Half of Young Americans do it While Driving

    amber10​We here at LA Weekly are a little sick of needless, nebulous state laws that give cops way too much power to conduct fund raising write tickets. Case-in-point: California's retarded texting-while-driving law which, apparently, has done nothing to deter texting-while-driving, but has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Marijuana-Using Drivers Are Better Drivers, Research Suggests: Anti-Drug Activists Harsh That Mellow With Retort

    ​Seeing as L.A. is the marijuana dispensary capital of the world, it also must be the stoned-driving (DWS) epicenter of America as well. Right? Well, it's that kind of thinking that got a widely publicized paper on smoking weed and getting behind the wheel in trouble. The research sort of sug ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    USC Student Knocked off Motorcycle by Hit-and-Run Driver 'in Critical Condition'

    Google MapsThe driver was last seen speeding west on Lexington.​A 21-year-old motorcycle rider who attended USC was run over by a burgundy GMC Safari van from 1993 yesterday, just after the sun went down. After crashing into the bike at Vermont and Lexington near Los Feliz, the van took off do ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    Los Angeles Comes in Second Among American Big Cities in Total Pedestrians Killed in '00s

    prayitnoWalking in L.A.​You can sleep well knowing that L.A. came in at No. 27 -- if you weigh for population and walking to work -- in a national ranking of big-city pedestrian deaths by the organization Transportation for America. Or you can wake up in a cold sweat knowing that we had the se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2011

    Derrick Ernest, Vegas Teen, Killed on 60 Freeway After Jumping in Front of Semi

    Formspring18-year-old Derrick Ernest​An 18-year-old male who was run over by a semi on Tuesday has been identified as Derrick Ernest. The victim lists his hometown as the San Gabriel Valley on MySpace, but the coroner says he was living in Las Vegas. The California Highway Patrol told City Ne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    Jubal Guevara-Trinidad, L.A. Homicide No. 36: Man Killed After Being Struck Repeatedly by Car in South-Central

    Google MapsThe street near where Jubal Guevara-Trinidad was killed​By Ryan Deto In the early hours of February 13, 55-year-old Latino Jubal Guevara-Trinidad died after being hit by a car in the 100 block of East 43rd Street. The coroner's records showed that Guevara-Trinidad was struck multi ... More >>

  • LA Life

    May 19, 2011

    Jane Oshita: Fall Girl

    Google MapsThe street near where Jubal Guevara-Trinidad was killed​By Ryan Deto In the early hours of February 13, 55-year-old Latino Jubal Guevara-Trinidad died after being hit by a car in the 100 block of East 43rd Street. The coroner's records showed that Guevara-Trinidad was struck multi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    Doug Odgers, 23-Year-Old SoCal Paramedic, Killed in Early-Morning Ambulance Crash

    FacebookDoug Odgers' profile picture​A 23-year-old Rancho Cucamonga resident and UCLA graduate was killed early Sunday morning when the ambulance in which he was riding crashed head-on into the base pole of a freeway sign over the 10 West, just east of Fourth Street in Ontario. California Hig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    Curly Junior Ross Killed by DUI Driver Who Went Wrong Way, With Bloody Car, Through a DUI Checkpoint, Cops Say

    LASDThis car, wrong way, through a DUI checkpoint -- allegedly.​Added: Sheriff's officials say the District Attorney's office this week charged the suspect "with Second Degree Murder, Felony DUI, & Hit and Run from a traffic collision." Here's a doozy of a tale out of scenic Lancaster. Sheri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    More SoCal Drivers Talk, Text on the Road Than Rest of U.S. -- But Central Californians Are the Worst

    Paris: Public enemy No. 1​Confirmed: We gossipy, chronically plugged-in Southern Californians are pretty terrible about driving under the influence of smart phones. New numbers from March [big ugly HTML doc] show that 9.8 percent of SoCal drivers are tinkering with their handheld devices behi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    John Hines, Long Beach Fire Captain, Arrested for Drunk Hit-and-Run After Plowing Into Seal Beach Bicyclist

    KTLAFire captain and alleged hit-and-runner John Hines​A Long Beach fire captain found himself on the other side of the bars this month after an alleged DUI hit-and-run in the wee hours of April Fool's Day. KTLA reports that Seal Beach witnesses saw John Hines zooming down Westminster Avenue ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 7, 2011

    Play Busty for Me

    KTLAFire captain and alleged hit-and-runner John Hines​A Long Beach fire captain found himself on the other side of the bars this month after an alleged DUI hit-and-run in the wee hours of April Fool's Day. KTLA reports that Seal Beach witnesses saw John Hines zooming down Westminster Avenue ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2011

    Texting While Driving Could Get You Pulled Over And Ticketed: LAPD Mounts April Crackdown

    amber10_79Don't do it.​You got away with it too long, L.A. Now the LAPD is on the war path for hardcore ... texters. That's right, this month the department is launching a crackdown on people who text and talk (headset to their ears) while they drive. We wish this was an April Fool's joke (l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Bernabe Basurto, 19-Year-Old CSU Long Beach Student, Killed by SUV While Standing on 110 Freeway

    TwitterBernabe Basurto​A young man who had gotten into a minor accident and stepped out onto the 110 North in the wee hours this morning -- only to be fatally hit by a 2008 Mazda Tribute trying to avoid the crash's buildup -- has been identified as 19-year-old Bernabe Basurto. A preliminary C ... More >>

  • News

    March 17, 2011

    Hit-and-Run Outrage

    TwitterBernabe Basurto​A young man who had gotten into a minor accident and stepped out onto the 110 North in the wee hours this morning -- only to be fatally hit by a 2008 Mazda Tribute trying to avoid the crash's buildup -- has been identified as 19-year-old Bernabe Basurto. A preliminary C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Neely Dinkins, Drunk Driver Who Fatally Dragged Baby Girl One Mile to His Long Beach Home, Gets 36 Years

    kevin dean​In one of the more heinous crimes we've ever come across, a drunk driver hit and dragged a baby girl in her toy wagon all the way to his home. She died. Now the man, 35-year-old Neely Lejon Dinkins, will be dragged through the state prison system, but maybe for not as long as you'd ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    (VIDEO) Drunk Driver Kills L.A.'s Demetria And Kelvin Dorsey During Heated LAPD Pursuit

    KTLAKelvin and Demetria Dorsey, killed by a drunk driver on New Year's Eve, were both parents and grandparents​On New Year's Eve, just before midnight, Jorge Alberto Molina, a 27-year-old Culver City resident, ran a red light on Florence Avenue at Van Ness Avenue in Inglewood. Two traffic cops ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2010

    New Years Eve Warning in Los Angeles: LAPD Undercover Cops Will Cozy Up at Busy Bars To Catch Drunk Drivers

    Edison's bar scene, downtown Los Angeles​Undercover Los Angeles Police officers will be hanging out at hot Los Angeles bars tonight, pretending to be customers to bust bartenders serving alcohol to people who shouldn't be driving, and partiers staggering toward parking lots, on New Years Eve. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    West Hollywood Twentysomething Dead After Hit-And-Run On Sunset Boulevard

    ZuneSphereLast night's hit-and-run victim was crossing the street near the Roxy Theatre​Updated after the jump: The victim -- and the probable hit-and-run vehicle -- have been identified. Originally posted at 9:13 a.m. The leading young lady at the head of a pack of about 30 partygoers was fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2010

    Two LAPD Cruisers Crash In Koreatown

    ​ Updated throughout at 4:51 p.m. A Los Angeles police office sustained serious injuries after the cruiser she was in was involved in a collision in Koreatown Friday afternoon, a city fire official said. Another patrol car appeared to have collided with an additional vehicle simultaneously, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2010

    Onion Truck Causes Traffic Nightmare

    Flickr/psyberartistbag of white onions​ No this isn't a fake headline from The Onion, although it would be pretty funny, albeit briefly and only for a couple of punchlines, if a truck spilling of copies of the satirical newspaper caused the kind of traffic chaos that the overturned truck of ac ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 1, 2010

    HONK IF YOU'RE PRETENTIOUS

    Flickr/psyberartistbag of white onions​ No this isn't a fake headline from The Onion, although it would be pretty funny, albeit briefly and only for a couple of punchlines, if a truck spilling of copies of the satirical newspaper caused the kind of traffic chaos that the overturned truck of ac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2010

    LAPD Issues 159 Tickets In Pedestrian Safety Crackdown

    LAPD officers began the crackdown at the intersection of Victory Blvd and Satsuma Ave.​An alarming increase in pedestrian deaths over the year spurred a crackdown by the LAPD Tuesday in North Hollywood. The operation is part of the Valley Division's "Pedestrian and Child Safety Campaign." Acco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2010

    LAPD Plans To Give Higher Priority To Car-Versus-Bicycle Collisions

    ​The Los Angeles Police Department will soon give higher priority to collision investigations involving vehicles versus bicycles, particularly hit-and-runs, a department official tells the Weekly. A special order taking away such investigations from beat cops and giving them to one of the depa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    Suspect In Valley Village Slayings Found Near Seattle

    Nerses Galstyan.​Authorities near Seattle apprehended Nerses Galstyan, the man named as the prime suspect in the fatal shootings of four men earlier this month at a Valley Village restaurant, the Seattle Times reports. The U.S. Marshals Service's Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    Man Shot Near Long Beach Medical Marijuana Dispensary

    ​In the wake of a debate about whether or not medical marijuana dispensaries attract crime in places like Los Angeles, Long Beach police are reporting a man was shot in an attack that might have been connected to a pot shop there. The shooting happened Monday shortly after 9 p.m. in an alley ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    Underground Japanese Beatmaker DJ Nujabes Confirmed Dead

    ​It was confirmed today that underground Japanese beatmaker Jun "Nujabes" Seba died last February 26 after a car accident. His family buried him privately and the anouncement of his death did not make the news until today. Nujabes was known for delicate, often mournful beats that were respect ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2010

    LAPD Plans Weekend Crackdown On Motorcyclists

    ​Get your motor runnin'. Or maybe not. Responding to a statewide increase in motorcycle fatalities, the Los Angeles Police Department this weekend plans to crackdown on two-wheeled law breakers. The LAPD cites a 91 percent increase in motorcycle fatalities from 2000 (275 dead) to 2008 (533). ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2010

    Cal State Long Beach Closed Due To Storms, Flooding

    ​Campus officials closed Cal State Long Beach at 3 p.m. Wednesday as a result of flooding and hazardous road conditions that would greet many of its students. The closure is in effect through Thursday, officials said. "The determination was made because of the impact of flooding on campus and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2010

    Lack Of Arrest In Alleged Hit-And-Run Questioned

    ​The Los Angeles Police Department's response to a hit-and-run collision that injured a cyclist last week downtown has come under scrutiny as the driver was never arrested. The collision on East Second Street was reported shortly before 8:30 a.m. Wednesday and it injured, of all people, a man ... More >>

  • News

    December 31, 2009

    Los Angeles' Red-Light Ticket Ripoff

    Cameras capture motorists and huge fines follow. Streets may not be safer

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    Mother Recognized For Wrestling With Bank Robber

    While most of us would run at the sound of gunshots coming from a bank, a mother's instinct prompted one woman to head toward the danger: 48-year-old Kathleen Khalid ran into the bank because her son was there cashing a check.​ Upon her arrival she found a security guard struggling with a sus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2009

    Trial For Accused Hit-Run Couple

    Claudia Cabrera and Josue Luna, the thirtysomething married couple accused of a horrific hit-and-run accident outside USC last spring, have been ordered to stand trial September 29, according to City News Service. Cabrera was allegedly behind the wheel in the early morning hours of Sunday, March 29, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2009

    A Tale of Two Deaths: University Park v. Highland Park

    This morning Claudia Cabrera is due to appear at the Criminal Courts Building to set the date for a preliminary hearing regarding the hit and run accident that killed USC student Adrianna Bachan and seriously injured fellow student Marcus Garfinkle. Today's L.A. Times reports on the inevitable discr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    USC Hit & Run Arrest

    See updated report here.The L.A. Times reports that Los Angeles police have arrested a woman in connection with the hit and run accident outside USC that killed 18-year-old Adrianna Bachan and seriously injured a 19-year-old companion, Marcus Garfinkle. The two students were crossing Jefferson Boule ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    LAPD: USC Hit & Run Arrest Details

    Speaking near a sidewalk memorial, LAPD First Assistant Chief Jim McDonnell has just disclosed the identities of the driver and passengers of the car that struck two USC students early Sunday morning. Los Angeles resident Claudia Cabrera, 30, was arrested today and remains in Van Nuys Women's Jail ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2009

    City Council Delays Billboard Ban Endorsement

    L.A.'s City Council put off a widely-anticipated decision on whether to support a proposed statewide moratorium on digital billboards. Instead, the council will hold public discussions next Friday on whether to back Assembly Bill 109.If passed by the California legislature, Assemblyman Mike Feuer's ... More >>

  • Columns

    October 26, 2006

    Snap

    L.A.'s City Council put off a widely-anticipated decision on whether to support a proposed statewide moratorium on digital billboards. Instead, the council will hold public discussions next Friday on whether to back Assembly Bill 109.If passed by the California legislature, Assemblyman Mike Feuer's ... More >>

  • News

    February 23, 2006

    The Last Road Trip

    A photo essay by Claudio Cambon

  • News

    September 29, 2005

    Letters

    A photo essay by Claudio Cambon

  • News

    May 13, 2004

    A Note From the Queen of Repressed Road Rage

    A photo essay by Claudio Cambon

  • Art+Books

    April 29, 2004

    Minot Family Values

    A photo essay by Claudio Cambon

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