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 ›

Not many details to offer up right now, however the Riverside Drive onramp to the southbound Glendale (2) Freeway in the Silver Lake area has been closed by the California Highway Patrol following the discovery of a dead body in the immediate area, according to City News Service. We will have more information about the case as it becomes available. more ›

A former California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer collapsed in court today as she was found guilty of first-degree murder. Tomiekia Johnson, 32, was accused of intentionally shooting her 31-year-old husband, Marcus Lavar Lemons, to death on a Compton street on February 21, 2009. 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 ›

Put down that chicken nugget and cast aside your mascara -- CHP is cracking down on all forms of distracted driving this weekend. KTLA reports that officers will be patrolling streets and freeways from 6 a.m. today till 6 a.m. tomorrow, and they'll be in both marked and unmarked cars. more ›

Quite a few people in L.A. County failed to "avoid the 100" this Christmas, resulting in 138 DUI arrests as of 6am Christmas morning. The number of 2011 Christmas Day DUI arrests is up 55 from last year. more ›

Before you reach for your keys after that third glass of eggnog or that fifth holiday brew this holiday season, think "Avoid the 100." Drunk and drugged drivers will be targeted during a two-week campaign of DUI/driver's license checkpoints and hundreds of roving DUI patrols. Enforcement begins on Friday, December 16 and ends on Sunday, January 1. more ›

Los Angeles County, pat yourselves on the backs. Go on. So far over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, zero traffic fatalities have occurred. But then stop gloating and hang your heads in shame. DUI arrests have already surpassed last year's total, and it's only Saturday. more ›

If you're going to flee the scene of a car crash, climbing up a tree to get away from the cops is not necessarily a winning technique. A parolee gave the ol' tree climb getaway a late Monday night, only to have his plan foiled when he tumbled down in front of the police. more ›

A parolee who gunned it when he saw CHP lights in his rearview mirror last night is dead after leading cops on a high-speed chase through San Bernardino and slamming into three cars. Eight other people were hurt, including passengers in the parolee's car. more ›

When a law enforcement officer tells you to get out of the car, if you've ever seen even just one episode of "COPS," you know you'd damn well better get out. But what if you are a disabled motorist? Should you be treated any differently? more ›

A fatal officer-involved shooting left several lanes of the 91 Freeway in Corona closed overnight, backing up traffic and necessitating an extensive investigation. The shooting took place just after 7:45 p.m. Tuesday, when California Highway Patrol officers arrived at the eastbound 91 Freeway between Main Street and the 15 Freeway in response to a call of a single-vehicle crash. more ›

When you gotta go, you gotta go, even if it means getting busted: A man considered a "person of interest" in the recent San Diego freeway shooting spree was detained by authorities in Lake View Terrace today when he pulled over to relieve himself. more ›

Last week, the family of 67-year-old David Lavau located their loved one alive and surviving on bugs and leaves at the base of a ravine in Castaic. His vehicle had plunged off a mountain road a week earlier, and was located near a second vehicle that contained the body of a deceased male. Now authorities are hoping to identify the body, and that man's relatives believe he is missing Palms resident Melvin Gelfand. 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 ›

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 ›

The California Highway Patrol was called to the scene on the 10 Freeway in Pomona west of North Dudley Street at 4:21 a.m. today in response to a sighting of a body on the road. The victim, a male pedestrian thought to be in his 20s, is thought to have been struck by at least two vehicles, says the Daily News. more ›

As we mentioned earlier, officials have been traffic courting celebs to help get the word out about the short term end of the world known as Carmageddon. As if our prayers were answered in tight shorts and retro shades, Metro has announced a new Public Service Announcement alerting the public of the July 16-17 I-405 closure with the help of none other than our our hometown CHiP, actor Erik Estrada. more ›

Two men in their thirties were found shot to death inside a vehicle on the side of the 405 Freeway just north of the Long Beach Boulevard on-ramp. The victims have been identified as Reginald Watson Sajonas, 37, of Anaheim, and Derek Alexander Pouono, 36, of Long Beach, according to the Press-Telegram. more ›

If you're reading this on your cellphone and you happen to be driving, well, clearly the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) and California Highway Patrol (CHP) did not get their message out to you last month during the nation's first and most ambitious statewide campaign against distracted driving. However, 52,664 motorists were busted in April for using their phone without the aid of a handsfree device to talk, or to text, while behind the wheel. 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 ›

More than140 local law enforcement agencies and the CHP are on high seat belt alert with a statewide, zero tolerance, "Click It or Ticket" Memorial Day weekend crack down that begins today, notes an LASD news release. more ›

The numbers are in, and boy are we distracted. Distracted drivers, that is. The California Highway Patrol, working with 280 police and sheriff's departments, issued at least 2,187 citations over a two-day period for three kinds of distracted driving violations in Los Angeles County. The figures from the concentrated April 4-5 campaign are preliminary, cautions the CHP, since not all the involved agencies have reported their data from the effort. more ›

This month, law officials in the Inland Empire are cracking down on distracted driving, reports KABC. California Highway Patrol will be assigning teams of officers to focus specifically on drivers who are otherwise occupied while behind the wheel this Monday and Tuesday, and will do the same thing on April 19 and 20. If caught, drivers will be fined a minimum of $160. more ›

The California Highway Patrol and the Los Angeles County Cornoner's office are working to piece together a troubling case this morning, after a dead body was discovered on the 10 Freeway, according to the LA Times. The body was first spotted "in the middle lanes of the 10 Freeway near Crenshaw Boulevard" at around 3:35 this morning, and reported to the CHP. While on the freeway, an estimated minimum of 20 vehicles struck the body and continued on, according to a live report on KTLA. Reportedly those drivers may have thought the body was debris. more ›

Jeffrey Henderson of Redondo Beach got a house call from the California Highway Patrol to talk about his being the victim in a road rage incident, but he wound up being the alleged perp in a home growing marijuana operation, according to KTLA. more ›

The driver of the big rig hauling two sand-filled trailers that crashed into the center divider of the 101 freeway in Studio City this morning hitting oncoming vehicles and landing on top of an SUV has been arrested on suspicion of drunk driving, reports the California Highway Patrol. The early morning accident backed up traffic in both direction for miles causing an extended SigAlert during rush hour until 10:00 a.m. According to officials, the driver of the big rig and the driver of the SUV were both hospitalized, reports LA Now. more ›

Did you hear the one about the two guys who went for a drive with a goat riding shotgun? True story: A man was pulled over near Hemet on suspicion of drunk driving, and the California Highway Patrol officer found a goat riding in the front seat. A second man riding in the vehicle tried to run away, according to KTLA, but "fell flat on his face." Both men denied owning the goat, which led the officer to believe the animal was stolen. The goat is now residing at a Riverside animal shelter. more ›

Five bicyclists learned early this morning there is such a think as the crime of drunk riding as they cruised through Baldwin Hills among a group of 15 riders, and wound up being arrested on suspicion of riding under the influence, according to LA Now. more ›