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Prospects of winter weather are not an everyday occurrence in Southern California, but the state does get snow, and we've had some in our area from time to time. According to the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and the National Weather Service, winter weather may have affected the driving conditions on the 5 Freeway in Grapevine on Monday. According to the story appearing on the CBS Los Angeles website, the portion...

Possible impairment is believed to have been the root cause of a horrific multi-car wrong-way crash that left six people injured in Los Gatos late last month. According to CBS Local in San Francisco, the California Highway Patrol said in a statement that the crash happened when a Jeep Wrangler was driving southbound in the northbound lanes of Highway 17, near the interchange with Highway 95. The Jeep collided with...

No matter who you are, an accident can happen at any time which can devastating repercussions. Earlier this month, television sitcom star, Lorenzo Brino, was killed in a car accident.  He was only 21 years old. NBC in Los Angeles reported on its website that initial investigations reveal that on Monday, March 9th, at approximately 3:00 A.M., Brino was driving his 2016 Toyota Camry when he suddenly lost control of...

An infant has died and two other children were injured after the children's mother collided her SUV head-on with another. Authorities believe that the woman was possibly driving under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash. KTLA Channel 5 in Los Angeles reporter Erin Meyers was at the scene of the fatal crash in North Hills on Tuesday morning.  According to the report which appeared on the...

A three-vehicle collision in Valley Center earlier this month has resulted in the death of an 85-year-old man. The NBC affiliate station in San Diego, KNSD, reported that the crash happened along Valley Center Road on March 3rd, at approximately 7:00 P.M. According to a statement issued by Officer Mark Latulippe with the California Highway Patrol, the 85-year-old victim had been driving his Ford Ranger pickup truck northbound around a...

A high-speed pursuit between a suspect and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies along the 5 Freeway on Thursday night has ended after the suspect abandoned the car and ran into oncoming traffic near Newhall Pass. Fox 11 in Los Angeles reported on their website that the driver of an allegedly stolen vehicle was heading southbound on the 14 Freeway when he was spotted by sheriff's deputies who gave pursuit.   In...

The Washington Post reports that the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that both the driver and the onboard technology contributed to a fatal crash of a Tesla that killed a man in 2018. On March 23, 2018, Walter Huang, who worked as an engineer for Apple,  was killed after he dropped off his son at preschool. Just a few days before the fatal crash, Hung had driven his...

An explosion and fire at the Marathon Refinery in Carson has caused officials to close down the 405 Freeway to be shut down early Wednesday morning. According to a report by NBC in Los Angeles reports that the fire was believed to have been started by an explosion at the plant just before 11:00 p.m. on Tuesday.  A short time later, the blaze started inside a cooling tower at the...

A Twenty-Nine Palms man lived through the nightmare of his Jeep plunging off the roof of a six-story parking structure in Santa Monica in the early morning hours on Sunday.  Though he survived the ordeal, he is currently listed in critical condition. KTLA Channel 5 in Los Angeles reports that the incident happened a little after midnight at a parking garage located a short distance from the Santa Monica Pier. ...

The tendency of teen drivers to take risks is perhaps the main reason why they have to pay more for their insurance coverage.   Lack of experience and reckless driving often lead to mistakes that can cause a serious accident.Fox 11 in Los Angeles reported that on Monday night, four teenagers were pulled over and detained by California Highway Patrol officers in Contra Costa County after leading them on a chase...