Entries from LAist tagged with 'centuryblvd'
February 17, 2008
It could be a better day for Metro. The second Metro incident within the city limits of Los Angeles of the day occurred at 8:50 p.m. tonight when a Gold Line train crashed into a vehicle near the Highland Park station. The motorist, a 30-year-old male, was transported to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries, reported Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Two Gold Line vs. car crashes occurred in September......
Continue Reading "Metro Gold Line Train & Car Collide"January 26, 2008
At 11:13 p.m., the Los Angeles Fire Department alerted of a small helicopter has crashed at the southbound 110 Freeway and Century Blvd. One person was dead on board the fiery crash. Fire officials are describing it as a "small, private type, possibly home made type" aircraft. "The Federal Aviation Administration and California Highway Patrol would investigate the cause of the accident.," reports the LA Times. "The Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles County......
Continue Reading "Helicopter Crash at 110 Fwy. & Century Blvd."January 18, 2008
A woman last night led a short car pursuit with police officers from Downey to Paramount. During the chase that last 4-minutes before police decided to call it off for safety reasons, they noted that "she honked the horn and sang and danced inside the vehicle throughout the pursuit.," according to NBC4. Danced? Was she doing choreography or just bouncing up and down? 45-minutes later, a helicopter crew saw her driving the wrong way on......
Continue Reading "Things to do in a car chase: sing, dance, rejoice!"October 16, 2007
A water main break has closed the northbound and southbound lanes of Sepulveda at Century and is estimated to reopen at 5 a.m. tomorrow morning according to a press release just released by Caltrans:Los Angeles – The Department of Transportation (Caltrans) announces that a Department of Water and Power (DWP) 36-inch water main break has caused the closure of northbound and southbound Sepulveda Boulevard at Century Boulevard in Los Angeles. Estimated duration of the......
Continue Reading "Traffic Alert: Sepulveda Blvd. closed in both directions at Century Blvd. (plus Red/Purple Line Update) "