Stockton Preparing To Hire 120 Cops In 3 Years After Sales Tax Measure Passes
Stockton's pay is comparable, with the average salary more than some neighboring cities, but less than the California Highway Patrol.
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Stockton's pay is comparable, with the average salary more than some neighboring cities, but less than the California Highway Patrol.
A deadly few months on the streets of Sacramento have the California Highway Patrol cracking down on dangerous drivers and pedestrians after two dozen people have been hurt or killed.
A retired California Highway Patrol officer was at the right place at the time, helping catch a Stockton tagger in the act.
A jury has awarded more than $150 million in damages to a 13-year-old girl who watched her family perish in a fiery crash on a Southern California freeway.
Ryan Morales, 28, the man accused of causing the accident, has still not been charged, because he's in critical condition at the hospital.
Caltrans officials said there is no standard for where guardrails are placed and that it will differ by highway, because each stretch of road is different.
A high-speed chase that ended with authorities killing a suspected carjacker closed traffic Saturday into Mexico at one of San Diego's border crossings.
Kimberly Axelrad spent hours poring over the CHP incident report from the accident that killed her son, Scott Corely, when she came across a witness statement from a truck driver who saw the whole thing.
With 32 million registered vehicles in California tearing down the state's highways and byways, the odds are very good that you'll hit something in the road.
A substitute teacher in the San Juan Unified School District was arrested on Tuesday after California Highway Patrol officers pulled over the alleged victim.
A Rio Linda elementary school was on lockdown while authorities searched for an unidentified man Thursday afternoon.
It was a dangerous scene when a tanker burst into flames Saturday while making its way to an elderly couple's Escalon home.
Crowded roadways and packed buses, trains and ferries are on tap for commuters starting Wednesday night, when officials shut down the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge to traffic in preparation for a new $6.4 billion span opening early next week.
It took more than a month to arrest CHP officer Jeffery Closson, who investigators say inappropriately touched a 22-year-old disabled man in a Macy's bathroom on June 20.
A pedestrian is dead after being struck by several vehicles while attempting to cross Interstate 80 Thursday morning.
A suspect in a Calaveras County murder was arrested after a pursuit involving Lodi Police and the California Highway Patrol.
Two teens faced a real-life cliffhanger Sunday while they were stranded atop a high mountain cliff at 8,600 feet.
A grandmother, her grandchildren, and her dog are all safe after getting separated while hiking in the mountains near Truckee on Tuesday.
A man's death is under investigation after he was impaled by a metal pipe while driving on Interstate 580 Wednesday.
A Caltrans employee riding a motorcycle to the department's annual memorial was killed after crashing into a car that ran a red light, California Highway Patrol says.
A man fell to his death Saturday while trying to remove graffiti over Interstate 80, Sacramento police say.
Comedian Micah "Katt" Williams pleaded no contest in Sacramento Superior Court Thursday morning to charges of police evasion.
A good deed turned deadly in Dixon after a man died helping a crash victim along the freeway.
Distracted drivers are at the center of a new law enforcement crackdown on texting and talking on the phone while driving.
Two mothers were mourning the loss of their sons as friends and family gathered to remember the two teens who died after allegedly crashing a stolen car while fleeing police.
