California Highway Patrol

Six good Samaritans were honored for putting their lives in danger to help an officer shot by a driver on I-8 in Mission Valley.

The California Highway Patrol recognized 6 good Samaritans who assisted officer Antonio Pacheco after he was shot during a traffic stop on Interstate 8 in Mission Valley in April.

The California Highway Patrol has agreed to pay nearly $4 million to settle a lawsuit that said the agency was responsible for an officer who killed his estranged wife, wounded her lover and then killed himself in 2018.

A truck that crashed on a remote highway spilled 2,000 gallons of hot asphalt binder in a Northern California forest last week and the driver was arrested on suspicion of DUI, authorities said.

There will be no criminal charges against the CHP officers involved in a deadly shooting in the East Bay.

A construction worker died Monday morning after being run over by a gravel truck in Walnut Creek.

A woman accused of driving the wrong way on a freeway, ramming into several law enforcement patrol cars, then barricading herself inside her vehicle in Lakeside, pleaded not guilty Monday to 10 felony counts, including four counts of assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer. Last Thursday’s chase began around 1 a.m., with California Highway Patrol officers and…

The California Highway Patrol said an 11-car crash on a freeway in San Francisco Tuesday morning appears to have been caused by “people driving too fast with the sun in their eyes.”

Law enforcement is investigating after authorities received a call from someone who reported being shot at while driving on Interstate 805 near La Jolla Village Drive.

A vigil was held in South LA after the body of 16-year-old Tioni Theus was found on the side of the 110 Freeway. Theus died of a gunshot wound to the neck, according to CHP investigators.

At least one person died Saturday evening in a multi-car crash on Interstate 8 in La Mesa, California Highway Patrol said. The crash happened on I-8 at Severin Drive around 7:35 p.m., according to CHP. The person’s gender and age was not immediately known. The person’s identity will be withheld pending notification of next of kin. There was no...

An Alameda County Sheriff’s Office recruit died in a freeway shooting Tuesday afternoon in Oakland, the department said.

An end-of-year crackdown targeting drunken and drug-impaired drivers in San Diego County and statewide will begin Friday.

A 78-year-old man was killed Saturday when the boat he was tending to on the side of westbound state Route 905 in Otay Mesa was hit by a vehicle, the California Highway Patrol said.

Two people were hit and killed on the Interstate 805 Freeway in National City Sunday night, California Highway Patrol said. The incident happened around 8:25 p.m. on the northbound I-805 freeway south of Plaza Boulevard, according to Officer Salvador Castro of the CHP. The pair were hit when they got out of their own crashed car and tried to run…

A head-on collision at a rural intersection in the far North San Diego County left one person dead Friday, authorities reported.

A couple of broken-hearted locals whose lives changed forever after they lost loved ones to street racing opened up on Friday warning the public of the dangers and heartache it causes.

The California Highway Patrol teamed up with families who’ve lost loved ones to street racing in an effort to raise awareness. NBC 7’s Ramon Galindo shares how they’ll try to curb the danger.

Traffic has cleared in the Golden Hill area after a multi-vehicle crash caused a backup on State Route 94 Wednesday morning.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law aimed at curbing organized retail theft as violent smash-and-grab shoplifting costs state businesses millions of dollars every year