The man whose body was discovered early Thursday morning at the side of the Angeles Crest Highway about three miles north of La Cañada Flintridge has been identified as Noe Vasquez. more ›

A motorist traveling on the Angeles Crest Highway about three miles north of the Foothill (210) Freeway spotted what he believed to be a dead body at the side of the road at around 5:45 this morning. more ›

One man is dead and two others are seriously injured after their car tumbled 500 feet off the side of the Angeles Crest Highway into a ravine in the Angeles National Forest. One of the injured men was able to climb back up to the road and flag down help, but it was too late for one man pronounced dead at the scene. more ›

It didn't take long after the Angeles Crest Highway reopened in June for not two, not three but four drivers to lose their lives on the road. After the third death, Caltrans launched an investigation into those deaths to assess whether signage, traffic enforcement and traffic volume could have played a role in those fatal crashes. The agency found that it is the drivers — and not the road — that are dangerous according to The Burbank Leader. more ›

Saturday afternoon's fatal car accident along a stretch of Angeles Crest Highway is the fourth death since the road reopened in June following repairs from the Station Fire, says LA Now. more ›

One man is leading the movement to have Caltrans replace the bicycle safety signs destroyed by the Station Fire along Angeles Crest Highway. In fact, Trent Sanders of La Cañada says he's willing to pay to have them made and put up himself, according to the Glendale News-Press. more ›

Prompted by the deaths of three motorists killed in unrelated incidents within weeks of reopening of the lower portion of Angeles Crest Highway in June, state transportation officials have launched a safety investigation, according to the Glendale News Press. more ›

Motorists suffering from "road rage" have surely taken their aggressions out on cyclists with whom they're meant to share the road in the past, and with consequences. Sierra Madre Patch offers details about a new case of driver versus cyclists leading to the motorist's arrest on "suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon," with the weapon being the man's Nissan Xterra. more ›

Closed for nearly 18 months following the Station Fire, the newly reopened section of Angeles Crest Highway registered two fatal accidents on Friday, according to L.A. Now and 818 Now. more ›

Officials opened a 7-mile stretch of Angeles Crest Highway on Friday that had been closed for nearly 18 months. Much of the 66-mile highway that extends north from the 2 freeway in La Canada-Flintridge through Angeles National Forest to Wrightwood had been closed after January 2000 mudslides in the Station Fire area badly damaged sections of the road. more ›

Closed since January due to fire and rain damage, the Angeles Crest HIghway (SR-2) through the Angeles National Forest will remain closed with an opening expected by mid to late summer, Caltrans officials announced today. Only the La Canada-Flintridge to Mount Wilson section is closed while the Mount Wilson Road to State Route 138 section remains open. more ›

The Angeles Crest Highway is closed and will be through the end of March and today the County is closing other foothill roads within the Station Fire area at nooon, the Department of Public Works has announced. "The segment of Big Tujunga Canyon Road, from the Los Angeles City limit to Vogel Flats Road, will remain open to residents and construction crews. However, the road will be closely monitored during the storm and subject to closure if conditions warrant," an advisory stated. "The remainder of Big Tujunga Canyon Road, the Angeles Forest Highway, and Upper Big Tujunga Canyon Road, will close to all traffic except emergency vehicles." more ›

Bad news for traveling into the Angeles National Forest via the Angeles Crest Highway. After a week of rain in January, the artery between La Canada-Flintridge to Islip Saddle (at Highway 39) remains closed due to mud slides and washed away roads, according to the LA Times. It's expected to reopen up by late March. more ›

Last week's rainstorms prompted the closure of various Angeles National Forest arteries, much to the exasperation of many who were locked out during the Station Fire. The good news is that Caltrans plans to re-open SR-2 (Angeles Crest Highway), between La Canada and State Route 39 to through traffic on Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. Additionally, the LA County Public Works Department had reopened Angeles Forest Highway, Big Tujunga Canyon Road and Upper Big Tujunga Canyon Road earlier in the week. more ›

Weekend winds brought rocks and debris down the mountainsides up on Angeles Crest, which meant that this morning motorists eager to resume their commute on portions of the Highway that have been closed since late-August have to wait until the danger has passed, according to LA Now. more ›

The truck driver who killed two people and injured twelve when his vehicle careened into a La Canada Flintridge intersection was spared the possibility of murder charges today. A Pasadena Superior Court judge said there was insufficient evidence that Marcos Barbosa Costa, 44, had intent to kill people, according to the Daily News. However, he will still face vehicular manslaughter and reckless driving charges. more ›

We've seen photos of the Station Fire from space and from the ground, but every fire has its starting point. Investigators would love to have photos of the fire as it began, but then it be a case closed. The investigation went from how the fire started to a homicide case once it was determined that arson was the cause. Two firefighters died while fighting the blaze, which has charred around 250 square miles in the Angeles National Forest. more ›

If you were driving on the Angeles Crest Highway on the day the Station Fire began--that's Wednesday, Aug 26 around 3:30 p.m.--Los Angeles County Sheriff's Detectives are seeking your help in finding the arsonist responsible for the largest fire in the county's modern history. The blaze broke out near Mile Marker 29 (map). Detectives are hoping to account for all vehicles that passed the spot, according to the LA Times. “Obviously if someone saw something that day we would like them to come forward and speak to investigators. But even if they didn’t see anything we would also like them to contact detectives if they traveled past there around that time,” said Steve Whitmore, sheriff’s spokesman, to the paper. Detectives can be reached at 323 890 5500. more ›

After two truck crashes in six months time, the most recent leaving two dead and 12 critically injured, Caltrans has put a 90-day ban for trucks traveling on the Angeles Crest Highway. Five-axle vehicles traveling will be restricted from traveling between Angeles Forest Highway and the Foothill (210) Freeway. On Wednesday evening around 5:50 p.m., a truck driven by 43-year-old Marcos Costa barreled through an intersection in La Canada Flintridge killing a father and daughter. Last September, a similar incident left seven vehicles destroyed and one person injured when a truck slammed into a parking lot. The incident led to the city and residents asking Caltrans to make changes about trucks on the highway. Police say Costa ignored weight restriction warning signs before entering the highway. more ›

After yesterdays deadly crash that left two dead and twelve injured, the LA Times finds that a girl scout made a powerpoint presentation (part 1, part 2) for the city of La Canada Flintridge and Caltrans prompted by a similar crash last September that destroyed seven cars and injured one. The city also had been pressing for changes after the incident, but they said Caltrans kept on delaying a study. The girl scout, Malia Mailes, said Caltrans at first told her September's incident was isolated and did nothing until the city began to bring pressure to the state agency. "Now I want to try to see if Caltrans is going to do something to help our community solve this issue," she told the Times. "This accident was completely preventable, and if Caltrans had listened to the city's pleas, maybe this accident might not have happened." more ›