As we speak, a man is sitting on a rooftop in West Los Angeles chilling and smoking cigarettes, walking around, and ultimately evading police. NBC Los Angeles reports that the current stand-off began after officials initiated a car chase, since the man was allegedly driving a stolen vehicle. more ›

A wild car chase last night found California Highway Patrol and LAPD officers pursuing a man and a woman as they drove from Diamond Bar to South Los Angeles in a stolen car, and with one of the suspects allegedly firing shots at a police dog. more ›

Kelly Keller, a man who led police in a high-speed pursuit in September 2009, has been convicted of murder for running over and killing a pedestrian during the chase. Dean William Greenwalt, 66, was struck while in the crosswalk at Don Pio Drive in Woodland Hills as Keller drove a 2002 Cadillac sedan while fleeing authorities. more ›

An Oxnard man is in the hospital after trading gunshots with police officers, reports ABC News. The shots were fired after the suspect fled the scene of a domestic disturbance. more ›

A man who was convicted of killing a local youth counselor while attempting to flee police has been sentenced to 20 years to life in prison, reports the Pasadena Star News. In June of 2010, Luis Noriega, 29, was driving through Baldwin Park in a stolen SUV. When police tried to pull him over, he began a high-speed chase. He ran a red light and slammed into Walter Williams' car, which erupted in flames. Williams died at the scene. more ›

Jasper Stallings, now 29, perpetrated a string of serious felonies all on May 13, 2009, and now, as part of a no contest plea deal, he will spend the next 127 years to life behind bars, say L.A. County officials. more ›

An ivory-colored Porche being pursued by the California Highway Patrol took a scenic, albeit quick, tour of Echo Park last night as it raced northbound on Glendale Boulevard around 10:30 p.m., according to The Eastsider LA. more ›

Good thing Carmageddon is over, or the carjacker who led police on a high-speed chase down the 405 may have had nowhere to go (and that would have been tragic). The suspect allegedly stole someone's car in West LA, which came complete with weed and a laptop, reports CBS LA. more ›

In the spirit of newly opened roads and treacherous villans, today's video lunch is an inspired car chase montage of James Bond getaways and bad guys in twisted metal fireballs. Be sure to wear your seatbelt. more ›

Once upon a time in Los Angeles a disgraced football star-turned occasional actor led police on an instantly infamous slow-speed car chase on the 405 Freeway in a white Bronco. In the back seat, the man known as "Juice" told authorities he was contemplating suicide, and just wanted to go be with his late wife, Nicole. For your video lunch today, a look back at a day in the life of O.J. Simpson. more ›

According to LA Now the chase, ended around 10:20 a.m. when the boy hit a curb near Atlantic Avenue and Armando Drive. KTLA reports that the boy ran several stop lights and then "slammed into a light pole." more ›

The suspect in a shooting in South Los Angeles led Los Angeles Police Department's Newton division officers on a wild, high-speed chase on the streets of East and South Los Angeles this afternoon, concluding with the driver's surrender and arrest. more ›

A high-speed pursuit came to a crunching halt Friday night with a multi-vehicle wreck in Northridge that injured the runaway suspect and hurt seven other people. The chase began last night around 8:00 p.m. when Malibu officers attempted to stop a driver believed to be under the influence of drugs. more ›

Authorities in Southern California had their hands full this week by way of cases of men in various stages of undress at the wrong place and time. more ›

Not everyone loves a car chase. In fact, many police departments around the nation, including here in Southern California, where our expansive freeway system is the frequent scene of police pursuits, are making revisions to their guidelines for when and how to conduct vehicle pursuits of suspects, reports the Star-News. more ›

Welcome to the first day of Summer. Currently in pursuit is one that began all the way in Redlands in San Bernardino County, heading westbound on the 10, and has made it's way to northbound 405 freeway via the 605 freeway, according to KCAL9-TV and live streaming from KTLA. The suspect was allegedly involved in an armed-robbery. Update: The suspect exited the freeway onto the streets of Long Beach. The chase ended at the Shoreline Village where the suspect hit a dead end. The suspect may have shot himself, according to a report. more ›

Retired NASCAR driver Jimmy Neal was let out of jail this morning at 1:30 a.m. for that reckless driving incident a two weeks ago -- that 50 mile chase between San Clemente and La Jolla -- and it didn't take long for him to apparently find trouble again, finds TMZ. "We're told Neal then went to the home of a woman in Lake Forest, CA at around 3:00 AM and police were called three hours later for a disturbance," the celebrity gossip site said. more ›

James Neal was a NASCAR track racer in the 1980s, but he never won a national race. But on Monday night in Orange County, Neal drove himself right into the spotlight, and the hot seat, when he led authorities on a 50-mile chase that went from San Clemente to La Jolla, according to LA Now. more ›

A car chase ended with a splash late last night when the suspect waded into the water near the Santa Monica Pier. The LAPD had been in pursuit of a man they suspected was driving a stolen SUV since about 11:30 p.m. last night. During the course of the chase the suspect drove in loops through Beverly Hills, ultimately opting to head to Santa Monica via Sunset Boulevard. "There he walked out on the jetty, jumped down into the sand and went into the ocean," explains LA Now. The authorities talked him out of the water and he was taken into custody. more ›

A pursuit that began in Burbank via car ended up inside The Americana at Brand mall and residences where the suspect hid in the parking structure until apprehended by police. The crime for which three suspects were sought was a liquor store robbery that took place in Burbank late this morning, according to LA Now. more ›

District Attorney Steve, who is considering a run for Attorney General, last week announced that no charges will be filed against the El Monte police officer who kicked a car chase suspect in the head, according to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune. The incident happened back in May after a dangerous police pursuit. At one point, Richard Rodriguez fled the car and became trapped in a backyard. Before officers arrived, he laid down on the ground, face down, with his arms spread out. The first arriving officer, George Fierro, kicked Rodriguez in the head, making the TV helicopter footage an instant hit on the internet. more ›

A police car chase has shut down La Brea in West Adams this afternoon, according to KABC-TV. The pursuit only lasted a few minutes before the suspect vehicle collided with a police cruiser, resulting in an arrest, the TV station reported. La Brea was shut down near Jefferson Blvd. as of 4:50 p.m. more ›

If you saw that car chase going up the 405 this morning, here's what happened, according to the California Highway Patrol. Officers attempted to pull over a man driving northbound on the 405 freeway in the Carson area around 8:45 a.m. But the man fled, going up to speeds of 90 miles per hour (he was going opposite of rush hour traffic at times). He made his way to the San Fernando Valley, hooked a right onto the 118 Freeway before heading back south on the 5 Freeway, exiting at Roscoe Boulevard in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Sun Valley. The chase ended around 9:40 a.m. in the driveway of a house on a side street in neighboring Arleta when police surrounded and arrested him. His name has not been released yet, nor the reason why officers initially wanted to pull him over. more ›

Remember that video of the car chase where the driver fled from the car, prompting a short foot chase where it ended with him surrendering, laying on the ground face down and then being kicked in the head by an officer in El Monte (If you don't, the video is embedded below)? Now he's suing for $5 million and his lawyer, a former Los Angeles City Councilman is advising him to change his looks for court. more ›

On Wednesday as a car chase came to the end in a residential neighborhood, suspected driver and known gang member Richard Rodriguez gave up by laying down on the ground and fanning his arm away from his body. The first officer to arrive kicked Rodriguez in the head (watch the video here), prompting the latest hit in viral police violence videos. The police union representing the El Monte officer is calling it a distraction blow (remember the LAPD's distraction punch video?). The the union's attorney said this, via the LA Times: “Unfortunately these things never look good on video. Sometimes officers have to use force when dealing with bad guys. The officer initially came upon the suspect alone. The suspect hadn’t been searched and was a parolee and a gang member. The individual officer saw some movement. He feared the parolee might have a weapon or be about to get up. So the officer did what is known as a distraction blow. It wasn’t designed to hurt the man, just distract him." What do you think? Was that a legit distraction kick or not? more ›

After a long car chase yesterday afternoon that whipped through freeways and city streets of the San Gabriel Valley, the car careened into a car and the driver split into a neighborhood, but soon gave up once he realized there was no where to go. That's where this video from NBC Los Angeles comes in: the first El Monte police officer to reach the suspect, who is already on the ground with his hands spread, kicks him in the head. Now the ACLU is seeking a suspension for that officer. more ›

A chase that began around 12:30 a.m. shortly came to its end with an officer involved shooting that left the woman dead a half hour later. "The woman, who at times traveled up to speeds of more than 100 mph and rammed into police cruisers, was pronounced dead at the scene," reported the LA Times. An 18-month-year-old child in the backseat during the chase was not killed, but there are no reports on its condition. more ›

The man behind the wheels of last night's car chase is unofficially identified as Mustafa "Moe" Mustafa. His name has not been released by authorities but family members and police sources told the LA Times his identity. After shooting himself when SWAT team members surrounded the car, he was transported in very critical condition to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. Last night's car chase began shortly before 8 p.m. and was widely suspected to be Chris Brown and then DJ Khaled. The LAPD continued to say throughout the incident the suspect was not a high profile person. more ›