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Tue 15 Jul 2008
 The California Highway Patrol has given more than 2,500 tickets to drivers who refused to drop the cell phone since a law banning the practice took effect July 1. CHP spokesman Tom Marshall says that compares with about 45,000 speeding tickets written during a normal two-week period. (more…)
Sun 6 Jul 2008
Seven people were killed on Los Angeles and Orange county highways and streets during the first 60 hours of the Fourth of July holiday weekend, but the death toll (more…)
Mon 23 Jun 2008
A 55-year-old man is dead after crashing his motorcycle on Soledad Canyon Road in an area between Santa Clarita and Palmdale, authorities said. The crash occurred near Agua Dulce Canyon Road at about 10:52 AM on Sunday said California Highway Patrol spokesman Jose Nunez. Nunez said the man was pronounced dead at the scene and that the road was closed for about an hour while investigators collected evidence of the wreck.
Thu 5 Jun 2008
The California Highway Patrol’s (CHP) “Statewide Driving under the Influence (DUI) Reduction Effort” grant has concluded. A new grant-funded campaign is about to begin. Under this $5 million project, CHP personnel were deployed on an overtime basis with the mission of removing (more…)
Wed 4 Jun 2008
Two new laws dealing with the use of wireless telephones while driving go into effect July 1, 2008. Below is a list of Frequently Asked Questions concerning these new laws. Q: When do the new wireless telephone laws take effect? A: The new laws take effect July 1, 2008 Q: What is the difference between the two laws? A: The first prohibits all drivers (more…)
Fri 23 May 2008
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The California Highway Patrol will begin its three- day “maximum enforcement period” today for the Memorial Day weekend, with officers looking for drunken drivers, speeders, and people not using their seatbelts. (more…)
Wed 30 Apr 2008
The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station teamed up with the California Highway Patrol and conducted a D.U.I./Drivers License enforcement checkpoint Friday night. The checkpoint, which began (more…)
Sat 5 Apr 2008
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There were both love and deep, deep sadness in Nikki Frago’s eyes Friday as she recalled her fifth - and last - anniversary, dancing the night away with her handsome Highway Patrol husband, Walter. (more…)
Tue 1 Apr 2008
An incident Monday morning in which six vehicles were shot at with a BB or pellet gun on the 10 Freeway appears to be unrelated to two freeway shootings that occurred over the weekend, authorities said. (more…)
Mon 31 Mar 2008
A driver on a Los Angeles freeway was fatally shot in the head early Sunday, hours after another driver was shot in an attack about 30 miles away, the authorities said. The shootings were the latest in a string of attacks on Southern California freeways (more…)
Sat 8 Mar 2008
A California Highway Patrol officer urged the public today to report suspicious activity that could point to thieves removing copper wiring from lighting along Southland freeways. Wiring theft has become a plague hitting freeways on the average of once a week, CHP Officer Jennifer Hink said. “They’re blacking out our freeways.” (more…)
Thu 14 Feb 2008
 Deputies from the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff Station’s Traffic Safety Division have participated in Operation Lifesaver this morning between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. The operation was held in conjunction with personnel from the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department’s Transit Services Bureau, the California Highway Patrol, Metrolink, Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Railroads. (more…)
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