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The rising onslaught of noise

Noise pollution is getting harder and harder to escape in urban areas

Salon · Jan 6, 2023

California Highway Patrol captain found dead in Tennessee after husband is killed in Kentucky

A California Highway Patrol captain on leave in Tennessee was found dead of a gunshot wound days after an arrest in the fatal shooting of her husband in Kentucky and her own arrest on suspicion of trespassing at his girlfriend's house, police reports obtained by The Times show.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 15, 2022

50 CHP officers take plea deals on charges connected to overtime fraud, state says

A judge recently offered to reduce felony wage theft and fraud charges against 54 California Highway Patrol officers to misdemeanors, according to the Attorney General’s Office.

Tribune News Service · Dec 1, 2022

California to roll out safety standards for e-bike riders

The California Highway Patrol will develop safety standards for e-bike riders under legislation introduced by Assemblymember Tasha Boerner Horvath, a Democrat, and signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom this week.

Tribune News Service · Aug 20, 2022

A pregnant mother and her 1-year-old son on a routine trip are cut down by a speeding car

LOS ANGELES — A speeding car, a sickening crunch, a ball of fire. Before anyone had time to react, a multi-vehicle crash turned a busy intersection into one of the most gruesome scenes on Los Angeles streets in recent years, leaving five people dead, including a pregnant woman, and family…

Los Angeles Times · Aug 6, 2022

LA nurse who slammed speeding Mercedes into cars, killing 5, is arrested by CHP

LOS ANGELES — A registered nurse has been arrested and will be booked on vehicular manslaughter charges in the fiery Windsor Hills crash that killed five people, including a pregnant woman, law enforcement sources confirmed to the Los Angeles Times on Friday.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 5, 2022

Mercedes driver arrested in fiery LA crash that killed 5

LOS ANGELES — A 40-year-old nurse has been arrested and is being booked on vehicular manslaughter charges in the fiery Windsor Hills crash that killed five people, including a pregnant woman, law enforcement sources confirmed to the Los Angeles Times on Friday.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 5, 2022

Police call for manslaughter charge against driver in crash that killed film student

California Highway Patrol officers have recommended that the Imperial County district attorney charge the driver of an off-road vehicle that crashed earlier this year, killing a student cinematographer, with involuntary vehicular manslaughter.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 15, 2022

3 dead, 4 injured after Amtrak train hits car in Bay Area

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Three people died and at least four others were injured when an Amtrak train slammed into a car Sunday afternoon near Brentwood, sending it careening off a long dirt driveway and into another vehicle, a California Highway Patrol officer on scene said.

Tribune News Service · Jun 27, 2022

Editorial: You would think that a child molesting California cop would lose his fat pension, but no

Because sexually assaulting his two young daughters was not “work-related,” former California Highway Patrol lieutenant Johnnie Swaim gets to draw almost six figures in an annual, taxpayer-funded pension.

Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2022