Street sweeper catches fire on 710 Freeway
The fire briefly shut down both directions of the freeway and forced people to evacuate from their cars. Kara Finnstrom reports.
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The fire briefly shut down both directions of the freeway and forced people to evacuate from their cars. Kara Finnstrom reports.
Kara Finnstrom reports from Long Beach where a lengthy investigation continued through Tuesday morning, after a woman was found shot to death in her car near the Anaheim Street offramp of the 710 Freeway.
Authorities were conducting a large scale investigation in Long Beach Tuesday morning, after reports of both a shooting and a collision were made at the Anaheim Street offramp in the area, where one person was found dead.
A single vehicle crashed into a tree off the side of the southbound 710 Freeway in Long Beach, prompting a Sigalert from CHP officers investigating the incident.
An overturned big rig remained on its side in Long Beach, as crews continued to work to clear the truck from the roadway. As a result, the transition between the EB 710 FWY and NB 91 FWY remained closed for hours.
An overturned semi truck prompted an hours-long Sigalert in Long Beach, as officers closed the transition between the northbound 710 Freeway and eastbound 91 Freeway early Friday morning.
The southbound 710 Freeway to Pacific Coast Highway was shut down for hours due to the crash. Amy Johnson reports.
Freddy Gomez was driving to his girlfriend's house on Tuesday when he was fatally shot. The reason for the shooting, the first of three freeway shootings within 24 hours in Los Angeles County, was not immediately clear, and family members are now demanding answers and justice for their lost loved one. Tena Ezzeddine reports.
Two people were injured, an adult male and a 4-year-old child, in a shooting on the 710 Freeway on Tuesday. Authorities with the California Highway Patrol have the freeway closed in that area while they investigate the shooting.
The crash occurred after midnight Friday morning on the Valley Boulevard off-ramp of the 710 Freeway.
One person was killed in a multi-vehicle crash on the 710 Freeway in Bell on Saturday.
A collision between a semi truck and a vehicle prompted closure of all northbound lanes of the 710 Freeway as officials investigated the cause of the crash.
The homes had been purchased by Caltrans decades ago in anticipation of extending the 710 Freeway all the way to the 210 Freeway.
The person was walking and running across the lanes of the freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol.
A Sigalert was issued at about 9:30 a.m. for the westbound 105 transition road to the 710 Freeway in Paramount for an unknown duration due to the officer-involved shooting.
The crash happened at about 10:35 a.m., on the northbound 710 Freeway connector to the southbound 405 Freeway. The driver was able to get out of the cab, but suffered some injuries, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Her body was located around 3 a.m. Tuesday near Pico Avenue under the Sixth Street connector from the southbound 710 Freeway.
The man was seen hanging over the Green Street bridge, between St. John Avenue and the freeway, just after midnight, Pasadena spokeswoman Lisa Derderian said.
Caltrans has scheduled a series of 55-hour weekend lane closures on the eastbound and westbound 60 Freeway between the 710 and 605 freeways.
A Sigalert was issued for the northbound 710, just south of the 405 Freeway, at about 1:15 a.m. on Friday. The transition road from the 405 Freeway to the southbound 710 Freeway were also shut down.
Officers used a dog snare to get her out and placed her inside their patrol car until Long Beach Animal Control could pick her up and take her safely to the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro.
The big rig jackknifed on the slick transition road, and the cab was twisted around to face the rear of the rig, allowing the driver to escape safely.
Authorities say the two vandalism suspects rammed into a Los Angeles County Sheriff's patrol car, injuring a deputy.
Four men were killed Wednesday after their BMW lost control on the northbound 710 Freeway and crashed into a freeway sign pole at high speed.
Caltrans announced Wednesday that it had finalized a report endorsing local street improvements instead of a freeway tunnel.
