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A high-speed police pursuit ended when a Tesla Model S crashed and split in half after striking a light pole. The crash happened early Friday morning. The driver was left in critical condition, while two officers were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries. Speeds reached 100 mph as the stolen Tesla Model S attempted to evade […]

The northbound lanes of the I-5 Freeway in East Los Angeles reopened after an early morning fatal crash. All the lanes were originally closed. The car slammed into a cement pillar, causing construction equipment to fall on the vehicle. One person was killed while the other was critically injured. Jose Antonio Garcia, 34 of Compton, […]

A man was killed when the car in which he was a passenger crashed into a tree. The accident happened in San Fernando Valley early Friday. The 21-year-old passenger was not wearing a seatbelt. The driver of the late-model Mercedes-Benz had to be extricated from the car by fire-rescue personnel. The crash happened around 2 […]

Two teenagers were killed late Tuesday night when a dump truck crashed into their vehicle. Three other teenagers were injured. The crash happened in the Cajon Pass Tuesday night just before midnight, according to authorities. The truck was traveling down the I-15 off-ramp when it struck a PT Cruiser on Highway 138, said investigators. “It […]

This is the second time a federal appeals court has struck down a tool in Los Angeles’ effort to deal with homeless people. The court declared the ban on living in vehicles as an invite to discriminate against the poor. The three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals came to the decision […]

A woman was safely rescued after the front end of her car ended up dangling over the side of a parking structure floor Wednesday, according to officials. The car, which was described as “hanging precariously,” was on the fourth floor of a parking structure that was located in the 200 block of Alvarado Street in […]

Two people were killed and a third wounded in a car-to-car shooting at about 10:05 p.m. Friday on Figueroa and 86th Street. Another person was found shot to death around the same time on Main Street and 108th Street. Police aren’t elaborating on what exactly happened Detectives believe the two shootings may be related, but […]

A woman was arrested after running over and killing her father Friday, police said. According to officials, the woman was drunk and ran over her 69-year-old father as he tried to stop her from driving away intoxicated. The woman, 37-year-old Soukvilay Barton, had been drinking and arguing with family about 6:20 p.n. that Friday evening, according […]

An unarmed suspect, 40, took police on a high-speed chase Monday after police attempted to arrest him for making “terrorist threats” against his former girlfriend days earlier. The suspect led police on the 10 Freeway to the 101 Freeway and then northbound on 110 Freeway. Around 11:30 a.m. the suspect jumped from his gar and […]

Officer Scott Hewell, a 33-year-old Stockton police officer, died Wednesday just weeks after being seriously injured in a car crash while on duty on May 28. He was pronounced dead at UC Davis Medical center Wednesday morning. He joined the department in September 2012. The car Hewell was riding in veered off the road and […]