File this under: "Waaaah!" Today marks the first day of the rest of your traffic-choked life if you are one of the 85,000 hybrid vehicle owners with that formerly "magic" set of yellow stickers that allowed you to drive solo in the carpool lane. As of July 1, those stickers aren't worth the sticky paper they were printed on: The carpool party is over. more ›

Tomorrow talking on your mobile phone pressed up against your ear while driving will be just as illegal as running a red light, speeding or driving under the influence. In today’s LA Times a spokesman for the CHP, Tom Marshall, said the CHP would enforce the law "fairly and aggressively." more ›