A California Highway Patrol officer pulled a traffic collision victim out of a burning vehicle on Interstate 5 Wednesday night, according to Los Angeles County Fire Department officials. “We got a report of a car that crashed and was on fire and a CHP officer actually pulled someone out of a burning...

A dead body was found in a big rig in the Grapevine Thursday morning, according to California Highway Patrol officers. “It looks like he was asleep in the sleeper berth, and passed away in his sleep,” said Officer Tom Bey, with the CHP Fort Tejon office. “That is preliminary.” Officials said...

By Bobby Block, Signal Staff Writer Snowfall reported on Christmas night has prompted the California Highway Patrol to shut down traffic going through the Grapevine on Interstate 5, according to CHP officer Michael Gubelli. The closure was initially ordered around 6 p.m Wednesday evening and implemented...

Interstate 5 through the Grapevine closed Thursday morning on Thanksgiving Day due to heavy snow conditions, causing vehicles to turn around seeking detours, with the freeway’s reopening uncertain. The early morning alert by Caltrans and the California Highway Patrol announced a hard closure of the...

Castaic Area Town Council members voiced concerns to Los Angeles County Department of Public Works representatives about the expansion of The Old Road on Wednesday night, contending the county has not supplied them with enough information. The cost of the project discussed by county officials at Wednesday’s...

A driver of a big rig truck on southbound Interstate 5 jackknifed Tuesday morning, according to California Highway Patrol officers. CHP Officer Eric Preissman of the Newhall-area office said the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 would be closed for two hours after a hard closure was implemented around...

Story and photos by Jason M. Jones Traffic in and out of the Santa Clarita Valley remained snarled this week, in part due to the continued closure of Foothill Boulevard, stretching from its intersection at Sierra Highway to Balboa Boulevard in Sylmar. As of 8:00 a.m. Wednesday, barriers were still...

An overturned big rig on the northbound side of Interstate 5 has resulted in heavy traffic and lane closures on Tuesday, according to officials. The report of the overturned vehicle came in at 1:49 p.m. at the northbound on-ramp from Highway 126, resulting in the onramp’s complete closure. “The 126...

California Highway Patrol officers are investigating a fatal collision late Wednesday evening that left a Central Valley man dead in a big rig truck and a passenger in the truck with major injuries. The crash happened around 11:40 p.m. Wednesday, when a 2009 Peterbilt tractor trailer heading southbound...

The seven-week trial of a commercial driver charged with six counts of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter has ended in a hung jury and a mistrial declared in the case of 71-year-old Richard Lopez. “The jury was hung today and a mistrial was declared,” Paul Eakins, spokesman for the Los Angeles County...