Commuters Tuesday faced delays on Interstate 5 due to an overturned big rig near Griffith Park. Local commuters were directed Monday to detours following the closure of a portion of Alondra Boulevard in Santa Fe Springs. Caltrans Friday announced that several lanes of Interstate 5 will be closed overnight from March 17 through March Hundreds of cars were stranded on Route 58 in Bishop Tuesday night due to heavy snow.
Low visibility and cloud cover prompted the California Highway Patrol to temporarily escort vehicles on Interstate 5 over the Tejon Summit. A jackknifed big rig prompted the closure of Interstate 5 in both directions Thursday morning. The family of a mother and daughter who were killed in a car crash is asking for the public's help with burial costs, as well as medical care for four other family members who were critically injured. Several lanes of the northbound Interstate 5 freeway through Burbank were closed Monday due to a fuel spill.
Authorities Wednesday are expected to speak out about a viral video of an apparent beating along Interstate 5.
Prosecutors Monday are expected to file charges against a pursuit suspect accused of murdering his girlfriend and the couple's two sons. A man who led authorities on a pursuit through Orange County Thursday night has now been booked on murder charges in the deaths of his girlfriend and the couple's two young sons.
All southbound lanes of the Interstate 5 Freeway were shut down Sunday after a tanker truck overturned. Federal officials say several of the Southland's biggest freeways are being used as preferred routes for human trafficking. Firefighters rescued a person trapped in a car that has gone over the side of the Golden State 5 Freeway at Valencia Boulevard. This weekend marks the unofficial beginning of Summer, but don't tell the calendar as strong and potentially damaging winds are expected around the Southland throughout the weekend.
