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Entries from LAist tagged with 'truck'

July 24, 2008

If you were going to Comic-Con or just heading towards San Diego, today's truck crash/fire was not helpful (should have taken the train, the Surfliner to San Diego is a beautiful and chill ride). This morning, "a Vons big rig crashed into a disabled vehicle on southbound Interstate 5 near Pulgas Road, flipped over and burst into flames... leaving all but one lane of southbound I-5 blocked for hours," according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.......

Continue Reading "Massive Truck Crash Closes Down 5 Fwy"

March 19, 2008

The United States Postal Service furthered its efforts to embrace new, green technologies this week, even as these technologies eat away at the USPS' age-old business model of letter delivery. Over the past couple years, the postal service has been employing cleaner energy at some of their plants and experimenting with hybrid diesel-electric alternatives for some of their 200,000 + vehicles. This week, USPS launched a program that allows patrons to pick up postpaid envelopes......

Continue Reading "USPS Gets Greener; Offers Free Recycling"

February 3, 2008

In Sunday's wee hours, an unusual car chase took place on our local freeways, between the LA County Sheriff and a Vons big rig. According to the San Jose Mercury News:Officials say the hourlong pursuit began when LA County Sheriff's deputies responded to a report that a big rig was weaving. Sheriff's Sergeant Dan Raimo says the driver failed to yield and headed onto Highway 101. The big rig eventually stopped near Cerritos and......

Continue Reading "Strange Pursuit: LA Co. Sheriff/CHP & Vons Big Rig"

January 3, 2008

Rain, rain, don't go away, don't come again another day! Wet weather is on its way. And not a moment too soon for some portions of the city. A lack of water in the Valley might slow growth: "West San Fernando Valley Councilman Dennis Zine said he called for the mandatory water conservation in new development after Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's plea for voluntary water saving was largely ignored by Angelenos." You know all that......

Continue Reading "Extra, Extra: Waiting on the Rain"

September 1, 2007

We've shown you Kayaks in the LA River, we've shown you an extensive photo collection from the LA River, and we've shown you SUVs driving through the LA River. Apparently, people are catching on as evident in this video.......

Continue Reading "Cruise the LA River"

July 20, 2007

All of you looking for a quick getaway Up North might want to think about going tomorrow morning, or taking the scenic route up the 101, or getting ready for some long delays. NBC4 is reporting that due to a semi-truck crash in Castaic, the CHP is detouring northbound cars off the freeway to avoid the wreckage. Several lanes of the Northbound 5 Freeway are closed because of a big rig crash in Castaic,......

Continue Reading "Big Rig Flips, Several Lanes of Northbound 5 Closed"

July 18, 2007

Photo by Lisa Brenner Taken on Galaxy Way in Century City......

Continue Reading "Photo Of The Day: Optimus Prime's Sister Cases Nakatomi Plaza"

June 20, 2007

Parking Lot Art Show at the Sunset Junction, in the parking lot behind Cafe' Stella, from 5-11pm....

Continue Reading "Parking Lot Art Show"

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