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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Fire closes parts of 210 and 118 in the San Fernando Valley

California | Local | October 15, 2008
Sections of two freeways remain closed in the San Fernando Valley because of fires that have burned more than 10,000 acres. Read more
 

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Schwarzenegger considers selling ads on freeway signs

California | Local | By Patrick Mcgreevy | September 24, 2008
In a state that has restricted cellphone use by drivers and appears poised to bar motorists from text messaging, the Schwarzenegger administration is considering a plan that could create a new distraction: advertisements on freeway signs used for Amber alerts and other emergencies. Read more
 

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Deadline nears on plan for 2 toll lanes in L.A. County

California | Local | By Patrick Mcgreevy | August 27, 2008
State lawmakers are moving to allow lone motorists to use carpool lanes on congested stretches of the 110 and 10 freeways – for a fee. Read more
 

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Daredevil taggers make news but injuries are rare, Southern California authorities say

California | Local | By Andrew Blankstein and Ari B. Bloomekatz | June 24, 2008
How hazardous is the daredevil tagging that takes place on local freeways? Read more
 

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Leaders try to stall toll lanes

California | Local | By Steve Hymon | June 10, 2008
While Southern California transit officials push to speed traffic by installing toll lanes on the 10 and 210 freeways, the member of Congress who represents the San Gabriel Valley is telling them to just slow down a little. Read more
 

Monday, May 26, 2008

Ramp proposal for 101-405 interchange hits snag

California | Local | By Jennifer Oldham | May 26, 2008
Expanding one of the nation’s busiest freeway interchanges won’t make life easier for some weary commuters. Read more
 

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

L.A. to weigh 2 sides on digital sign

California | Local | By David Zahniser | April 8, 2008
Anti-billboard activists have mounted a last-ditch effort to derail a proposal before the Los Angeles City Council that would place two 76-foot-tall billboards next to the 10 Freeway as part of an unusual trade-off to create a park in South Los Angeles. Read more
 

Saturday, April 5, 2008

CHP honors slain officers

California | Local | By Bob Pool | April 5, 2008
It was the 4 1/2 minutes that forever changed the California Highway Patrol. Read more
 

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

6 cars hit in BB gun attack on I-10

California | Local | By Andrew Blankstein and Molly Hennessy-Fiske | April 1, 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. Read more
 

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Escaped horses roam on the 91

California | Local | By Robert J. Lopez | March 25, 2008
A herd of horses trotted onto the 91 Freeway in Corona early Monday, causing two collisions that killed one of the animals, forced authorities to close the road for roughly five hours and left three motorists with minor injuries. Read more
 

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Board acts to limit new schools near freeways

California | Local | January 23, 2008
Making broad pronouncements about the need to protect the health of children in their care, the Los Angeles Board of Education on Tuesday restricted the district’s ability to build schools near freeways and other sources of air pollution. Read more
 

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Freeway toll plan is in fast lane

California | Local | January 9, 2008
If they can win a huge federal grant, Los Angeles County transportation officials said Tuesday that rush-hour toll lanes could become a reality on three local freeways by spring 2009. Read more
 

Friday, December 14, 2007

Carpoolers’ free ride may be over

California | Local | By Rong-Gong Lin II and Steve Hymon | December 14, 2007
A proposal to convert the carpool lanes on three Los Angeles County freeways into toll roads could be a boon to frustrated solo commuters willing to pay for a quicker drive to work. Read more
 

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Against a tide of steel

California | Local | By Mike Anton | December 11, 2007
He didn’t know it, but when John Tun stepped from the Honda Accord onto the shoulder of Interstate 5, he entered a realm where flesh and blood are no match for the kinetic fate dealt by the freeway. Read more
 

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Fontana worker is killed on freeway

California | Local | By Maeve Reston | November 29, 2007
Growing up in the foothills of San Bernardino, John Knabenbauer spent hours scrawling maps of the state’s highways and sketching road signs. Read more
 

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

2 dead, 7 hurt in series of pileups on 14 Freeway

California | Local | By Andrew Blankstein | October 17, 2007
Two motorists were killed and two others critically injured Tuesday in a series of vehicle pileups that occurred in a blinding sandstorm on the Antelope Valley Freeway in Lancaster. Read more
 

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

This battered bungalow is finally rolling

California | Local | By Tami Abdollah | September 26, 2007
After 11 days, the now infamous Hollywood Freeway house was finally rolling again late Tuesday night. Read more
 

Monday, September 24, 2007

Despite hazards, schools keep rising near freeways

California | Local | By Evelyn Larrubia | September 24, 2007
Despite a state law that seeks to prevent schools from being built near freeways and mounting evidence that road pollutants harm children’s lungs, the Los Angeles Unified School District is in the process of adding seven new schools to the more than 70 already located close to highways. Read more
 

Friday, September 21, 2007

Riverside traffic mess nearly over

California | Local | By Sara Lin | September 21, 2007
On any given day, CHP Sgt. Read more
 

Thursday, September 13, 2007

IN BRIEF / INLAND EMPIRE / RIVERSIDE - Funds OKd for carpool ramp on 60, 215 freeways

California | Local | September 13, 2007
County transportation officials voted Wednesday to allocate $4 million in federal funds to help pay for a carpool bridge between the 60 and 215 freeways near Moreno Valley. Read more
 
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