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1 week, 4 days ago

A mountain lion spotted in Griffith Park spurred hope. He is now believed dead

LA Times

A mountain lion spotted at the edge of Griffith Park this spring spurred excitement — and concern — among Angelenos invested in the region’s hulking feline inhabitants. The deceased lion was found up against the median on the northbound, or east, side of the notoriously congested freeway, suggesting he may have come from the east — where the Santa Monica …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Woman finds deadly tiger snake slithering up her leg while driving 50mph on freeway

The Independent

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Erik Portillo earns his 1st NHL victory in the Kings’ 2-1 win over the Ducks in the Freeway Faceoff

Associated Press

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Alex Laferriere scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, and Erik Portillo made 28 saves to win his NHL debut in the Los Angeles Kings’ 2-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday. Laferriere then swatted home a rebound in the Ducks’ slot after Danault drove the net, scoring the 10th goal of the Harvard …

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1 month ago

1 killed, 5 hospitalized in chain reaction of crashes on 405 Freeway in Costa Mesa

LA Times

One person was killed in a multi-vehicle crash Tuesday night on the southbound 405 Freeway, south of Harbor Boulevard in Costa Mesa. California Highway Patrol investigators are piecing together a series of collisions Tuesday night on the 405 Freeway in Costa Mesa that killed one motorist, injured several others and resulted in a full-freeway closure lasting six hours. CHP spokesman …

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1 month, 1 week ago

O.C. firefighter who feared he was paralyzed in freeway crash walks out of rehab

LA Times

Firefighter Andrew Brown, who had feared being permanently paralyzed when his crew truck crashed returning from a wildfire, walked off a plane at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana to applause and cheers from family and fellow firefighters. “I was very concerned if I was ever gonna be able to walk or move my arms again,” Brown told KTLA-TV following …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Here’s where the 605 Freeway will be closed this weekend

LA Times

Sections of the 605 Freeway will be closed for repaving this weekend. Weekend motorists beware: Southbound lanes on the 605 Freeway will be closed for a weekend facelift in the Downey and Norwalk areas. Caltrans announced an extended weekend closure on the 605 Freeway between Interstate 5 in Downey and Firestone Boulevard in Norwalk for repaving. The north and south …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Robotaxis open for business in Los Angeles

LA Times

Anyone in Los Angeles will be able to digitally hail a Waymo robotaxi beginning Tuesday, but don’t expect the driverless vehicle to head onto a freeway. “Our service has matured quickly and our riders are embracing the many benefits of fully autonomous driving.” The company estimates that its fleet of more than 700 vehicles completes over 150,000 rides weekly in …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Lidl rivals Coca Cola with its own red truck for Christmas for the first time - here's where you can see it in the UK

Daily Mail

The supermarket has long been known to cheekily immitate famous brands Lidl has rivalled Coca Cola by introducing its very own red truck for Christmas. Now, it's been inspired by Coca Cola's famous red truck to go on tour and spread festive cheer, signalling that Christmas is right round the corner. The giant 15-tonne Freeway cola truck is set to …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

High-speed pursuit ends in deadly crash into freeway pillar on live news

LA Times

A CHP officer looks at a vehicle involved in a high-speed chase that eventually crashed at the transition of the 5 Freeway south to the 138 Freeway. A woman died after she led police on a high-speed pursuit across Los Angeles and Kern counties that ended with a horrific crash into a pillar in Gorman that was captured live on …

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2 months ago

Southbound 101 in downtown L.A. closes for hours after water main break floods freeway

LA Times

Overnight flooding in Boyle Heights led to the closure of the 101 Freeway. All southbound lanes of the U.S. 101 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles were closed at Mission Road through rush hour Wednesday morning after a water main broke and flooded the highway, according to the California Highway Patrol. California Water main break causes flooding, property damage in Melrose …

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2 months ago

High school flag football: Southern Section playoff pairings

LA Times

Santa Margarita’s Mackenzie Young tries to evade two Orange Lutheran defenders during a Trinity League game. The Eagles and Lancers qualified for the Southern Section Division 1 playoffs. Share via Share via Close extra sharing options SOUTHERN SECTION PLAYOFFS First Round DIVISION 1 Eastvale Roosevelt at Orange Lutheran Corona del Mar at Lakewood St. Joseph San Marcos at Santa Margarita …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Jessica Williams is ready for the unexpected, even on the 405 Freeway

LA Times

Is this what it’s like, experiencing road rage with Jessica Williams? Jason Segel and Jessica Williams co-star as therapists Jimmy and Gaby in Apple TV+’s “Shrinking.” She recently did a course on the nerikomi method, a technique from Japan that involves stacking and cutting colored pieces of clay to form different patterns, and proudly shows a bowl she’s crafted in …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Deadly road rage shooting in broad daylight shuts down 5 Freeway for hours, CHP says

LA Times

A white sheet drapes part of a bullet-pocked car on the 5 Freeway as officials investigate a fatal shooting Thursday near Lorena Street. For more than eight hours Thursday night, northbound lanes of the 5 Freeway in Boyle Heights remained closed as authorities investigated an apparent road rage shooting that occurred during rush hour traffic, killing one person and injuring …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Driver charged after his boxes spilled onto the freeway and a police officer fatally crashed

LA Times

Chad Swanson, a motorcycle officer with the Manhattan Police Department, was involved in a fatal on-duty traffic collision on the 405 Freeway. A man was charged with vehicular manslaughter for his role in the crash that killed a Manhattan Beach police officer who was also a survivor of the 2017 Las Vegas attack, the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Insane moment teen's car goes into autopilot and hits 113mph on the freeway for 30 MILES... before hero cop's life-saving intervention

Daily Mail

A Minnesota teenager is lucky to be alive after the in-drive computer of his Honda SUV took control and sent him helplessly careering through the streets at speeds of up to 113mph - only stopping when heroic cops let him crash into their patrol cars. Incredible police dashcam footage captured the moment a Minnesota teenager's Honda Pilot sped out of …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Two dead, one in custody after police pursuit ends in freeway crash in Pomona

LA Times

Two people were killed and a vehicle was totaled after a rollover crash during a police pursuit in Pomona on Friday. Two people died and one person was taken into custody after a police pursuit ended in a crash on the 10 Freeway in Pomona on Friday afternoon, authorities said. The pursuit began at 4:41 p.m. and ended at 4:47 …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

1 dead, 3 seriously injured in rollover crash on L.A. freeway interchange

LA Times

Firefighters had to use hydraulic tools to get two people out of the car. One person is dead and three more seriously injured after a single-vehicle rollover crash on a major interchange in Griffith Park early Sunday. The California Highway Patrol received a call at 12:50 a.m. reporting a crash on the 134 Freeway eastbound connector with the southbound 5 …

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Big rig with lithium ion batteries flips in San Pedro, sparking hazardous fire, closing freeway

LA Times

A big rig containing lithium ion batteries overturned in San Pedro Thursday afternoon, sparking a fire that reportedly led at least one battery to explode. A hazardous fire broke out in San Pedro around noon on Thursday after a big rig carrying lithium ion batteries overturned, causing at least one battery to explode, authorities said. Los Angeles City Fire Department …

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3 months ago

Motorist, horse killed in collision on 15 Freeway in Norco

LA Times

California Highway Patrol and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection responded to an incident involving a horse trailer early Sunday on the freeway in Norco. A motorist and a horse were killed in a collision on the 15 Freeway in Norco early Sunday, a fire official said. The crash occurred just after 2 a.m. on the northbound side …

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3 months ago

8 O.C. firefighters returning from front lines hurt when truck crashes on Irvine freeway

LA Times

Firefighters stand near the wreckage of a fire truck on State Route 241 on Thursday evening. Eight firefighters with the Orange County Fire Authority’s Santiago hand crew, who had been fighting the Airport fire, were injured Thursday — six of them seriously — after their vehicle crashed and flipped on State Route 241, officials said. After a car in front …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Yucaipa residents fight back against massive warehouse proposal

LA Times

When David Matuszak looks out over Live Oak Canyon from his four-acre horse ranch, he has a sweeping view of farm fields and grazing cattle. “That’s exactly what we’re worried about, that we’re the next Fontana, Ontario or San Bernardino,” said Kathy Sellers, a retired San Bernardino courts reporter who’s lived in Yucaipa for 38 years. Kristine Mohler, who was …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Jury awards $6M to family members of Black Lives Matter protester killed by a car on Seattle freeway

Associated Press

SEATTLE — A jury in Seattle ruled Thursday that the driver of a vehicle that struck and killed a Black Lives Matter protester on a closed interstate must pay the protester’s family $6 million. Taylor’s family sued the state, saying officials did not take proper precautions that would have protected the protesters on the interstate bridge. An attorney for Taylor’s …

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3 months, 1 week ago

‘It’s a dream to be a property owner’: Years after freeway’s demise, L.A. renters are buying state-owned homes

LA Times

Patricia Payan, 77, casts a hopeful glance over the kitchen of the Caltrans-owned home in El Sereno she has rented since 1986. “It’s a dream to be a property owner.” Sales of the homes, apartments, lots and other properties owned by Caltrans are the final step toward healing the wound opened in the mid-20th century by plans to complete the …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Police identify suspected gunman after seven people injured on Kentucky freeway as suspect still at large

The Independent

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A mountain lion spotted in Griffith Park spurred hope. He is now believed dead

Woman finds deadly tiger snake slithering up her leg while driving 50mph on freeway

Erik Portillo earns his 1st NHL victory in the Kings’ 2-1 win over the Ducks in the Freeway Faceoff

1 killed, 5 hospitalized in chain reaction of crashes on 405 Freeway in Costa Mesa

O.C. firefighter who feared he was paralyzed in freeway crash walks out of rehab

Here’s where the 605 Freeway will be closed this weekend

Robotaxis open for business in Los Angeles

Lidl rivals Coca Cola with its own red truck for Christmas for the first time - here's where you can see it in the UK

High-speed pursuit ends in deadly crash into freeway pillar on live news

Southbound 101 in downtown L.A. closes for hours after water main break floods freeway

High school flag football: Southern Section playoff pairings

Jessica Williams is ready for the unexpected, even on the 405 Freeway

Deadly road rage shooting in broad daylight shuts down 5 Freeway for hours, CHP says

Driver charged after his boxes spilled onto the freeway and a police officer fatally crashed

Insane moment teen's car goes into autopilot and hits 113mph on the freeway for 30 MILES... before hero cop's life-saving intervention

Two dead, one in custody after police pursuit ends in freeway crash in Pomona

1 dead, 3 seriously injured in rollover crash on L.A. freeway interchange

Big rig with lithium ion batteries flips in San Pedro, sparking hazardous fire, closing freeway

Motorist, horse killed in collision on 15 Freeway in Norco

8 O.C. firefighters returning from front lines hurt when truck crashes on Irvine freeway

Yucaipa residents fight back against massive warehouse proposal

Jury awards $6M to family members of Black Lives Matter protester killed by a car on Seattle freeway

‘It’s a dream to be a property owner’: Years after freeway’s demise, L.A. renters are buying state-owned homes

Police identify suspected gunman after seven people injured on Kentucky freeway as suspect still at large