The 18-year-old alleged gang member accused of fatally shooting a 25-year-old pizza deliveryman in an August 2011 Silver Lake incident considered "road rage" has been ordered to stand trial for murder. Jose Beltran is "already behind bars on a weapons case," according to CNS. more ›

It's not just your imagination: Angelenos are more than 50 percent more likely to get into a crash than everyone else nationally. That means while everyone else is only colliding once every 10 years, our individual drivers get into collisions every 6.6 years on average. The data comes from a survey of claims in the 200 largest U.S. cities from January 2008 to December 2009 put out by Allstate. more ›

Glendale Police Officer Eric Ritter has taken a plea deal for his role in an October 2010 road rage incident in which he fought with a fellow motorist while off-duty. As part of the deal, explains the Burbank Leader, Ritter must enroll in an anger management program. more ›

The Los Angeles Police Department believe they have a suspect in custody for the fatal "road rage" shooting that claimed the life of Juan David Vasquez Loma, a young man who was driving co-workers home from one of his two area restaurant jobs. more ›

The Los Angeles Police Department have released information about a suspect in the shooting death of Juan David Vasquez Loma, who was gunned down in what appears to be a random act of road rage violence that played out earlier this month on the streets of Silver Lake. more ›

Juan David Vasquez Loma, the 25-year-old former employee of El Chavo and Garage Pizza who was shot in the head while driving on Silver Lake Boulevard last week, will be taken off life support and his organs donated, according to Echo Park Patch. more ›

Juan David Vasquez, the victim of an apparent "road rage" attack this weekend in Silver Lake has died, reports NBC Los Angeles. He died this morning while hospitalized at USC Medical Center. more ›

Co-workers of Juan David Vasquez, the man shot in the face while driving home from work Sunday, have established a fund to which anyone wishing to help for his care can contribute. more ›

A cyclist riding westbound on 8th Street at around 7:30 Tuesday night in Downtown L.A. was struck and killed by a motorist driving on the same road. The motorist, a 37-year-old male driving a Chevy Avalanche, was allegedly "distracted" and had "possible road rage," says the Daily News. more ›

The driver arrested recently for a May confrontation with a bicyclist in Mount Washington has a history of violent encounters while behind the wheel. Highland Park-Mount Washington Patch points out a 1999 Los Angeles Times article about Louis Mraz, who was sentenced to probation and Caltrans road duty for punching a 72-year-old man "during a road-rage dust-up." 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 ›

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 ›

One agitated pedestrian is learning the pain of road rage after accidentally shooting himself in the leg during a confrontation on a Hawthorne Street. 21-year-old Dennis Vilchis of L.A. attempted to pull his handgun from his waistband to brandish at a motorist who didn't stop for his street-crossing Sunday morning "near the intersection of Prairie Avenue and El Segundo Boulevard," but wound up firing at his own thigh. Vilchis was listed in serious condition; authorities are working to determine if criminal charges need be filed. more ›

Glendale Police Officer Eric Ritter has been charged with misdemeanor battery in relation to an October road rage incident in Burbank, according to the News-Press. Ritter pleaded not guilty to charges alleging he struck Armando Alvarez following a dispute that began between the two men as they drove on city streets. more ›

What do you get when you help twenty kids cross the street safely outside a school in Florence? A serious beating. According to CBS Los Angeles, a man and a woman have been arrested on charges of beating a crossing guard and...wait for it...stealing her whistle and sign. What the...? The 59-year-old crossing guard tried to stop a black Ford Expedition from entering the intersection to protect kids she was attempting to ferry safely across. more ›

An altercation between strangers that began on the 5 Freeway yesterday afternoon ended in a shooting on the streets of Burbank, according to the Burbank Leader. The drivers of a dark-colored van and a Mercedes-Benz sedan became involved in a dispute while driving on the northbound I-5 Freeway near the Western Avenue exit. The motorists exited the freeway at Alameda Avenue, and "stopped and got out of their cars near Ash Avenue and Varney Street, where they continued to argue." more ›

Detectives in Beverly Hills are working around the clock to ascertain who killed Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen, and while they have released information about new details in the shocking murder, they have not yet determined a motive nor identified suspects, according to LA Now. more ›

It's random timing, but on the heels of Glendale falling to the bottom of the "Best Drivers Report" and Los Angeles being named the second most stressful city in the country, comes this report about road rage. more ›

A man was shot in the hand yesterday afternoon after an alleged road rage attack, according to the LAPD. The 35-year-old man while driving on the northbound 101 freeway when at least six shots were fired at him, forcing him to exit onto Lankershim Blvd and stopping outside a body shop on the 4300 block near Bloomfield St. shortly before 3:45 p.m. The shooter crashed into a pole and ditched the car only to be found a few blocks away by police, ABC7 reported. more ›

Dr. Christopher Thomas Thompson pleaded not guilty today to charges following a July 4th incident where he slammed on his breaks causing one cyclist's face to partially smash through the back window and sending another one rolling on the ground. Thompson told police, before he was arrested, he wanted to teach the cyclists a lesson. Mandeville Canyon in Brentwood is a popular but narrow hillside road for groups of cyclists. more ›

Swedish hip-hop artist David Moses Jassy today pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges stemming from an alleged Hollywood road rage incident on November 23rd, in which he killed John Osnes, a jazz musician. Osnes, also described as a pedestrian rights activist, was said to have slapped his hands onto Jassy's rented SUV when the vehicle crossed into the crosswalk. An altercation began resulting in Jassy throwing a punch, a kick and then fatally running Osnes over. Jassy remains in jail with bail set at $1 million. (In the Photo: Jassy stands with his lawyer in court today) more ›

Dr. Thompson, the emergency room physician who stands accused of the Mandeville Canyon road rage incident that left two cyclists seriously injured, appeared in Los Angeles Superior Court yesterday for his preliminary hearing and it did not go well for him. more ›

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Dr. Christopher Thompson of Mandeville Canyon, the man accused of assaulting two cyclists with his vehicle on Mandeville Canyon Road during the morning of Fourth of July, had his day in court today. At 8:30 a.m. he appeared at the airport courthouse, pleaded innocent to felony charges of assault with a deadly weapon reckless driving causing injury (2) and battery with serious bodily injury (2) and the special allegation of causing great bodily injury. His lawyer spoke on his behalf and said that the incident was an accident. more ›

Last night, one of Los Angeles' best locally focused radio programs, Which Way, L.A.? focused in on the Mandeville Canyon "road rage" motorist vs. bicyclist incident among other bicycle issues around Los Angeles. more ›

Cyclists from around the City were looking forward to Councilman Bill Rosendahl's Community Forum scheduled for tonight and it was that significant citywide interest that may have been responsible for causing the Forum to be canceled. more ›

After quickly championing the rights of vehicles and bicycles sharing the road in the aftermath of the Mandeville Canyon "road rage" incident, Los Angeles City Councilman Bill Rosendahl has canceled this Monday's community town hall that he quickly put together last week (he even changed locations once to accommodate the expected large crowd comfortably). more ›

Yesterday, the District Attorney's office filed a total of four counts of criminal charges against Dr. Christopher Thompson of Mandeville Canyon, the suspect in the Fourth of July Mandeville Canyon "Road Rage" incident in which he allegedly slammed on his brakes causing two cyclists behind him injury (see photos/background here). more ›

Update #2: The meeting has been canceled. More information here. more ›

Yesterday, Chuck Henry of NBC contacted LAist to gather more information regarding the Mandeville Canyon "road rage" incident that landed two cyclists in the hospital. This two minute segment aired last night during the 11:00 p.m. news. CBS/KCAL also aired their own version of the story. more ›