California Highway Patrol

The California Highway Patrol plans to intensify its enforcement in the San Diego area and statewide over the Memorial Day weekend starting Friday evening, with a full staffing of officers on the lookout for motorists driving while intoxicated or otherwise making the roadways unsafe.

One person was killed in an early morning crash near downtown San Diego.

One person was killed early Friday in a rollover crash that shut down a portion of State Route 94 near downtown San Diego.

A 28-year-old Encinitas man died this weekend when a vehicle he was driving slammed into a tree in Rancho Santa Fe.

Multiple drivers ignored road closure signs and ended up crashing into a massive hole in a washed-out stretch of roadway in California’s Central Valley.

One new law seeks to crack down on catalytic converter theft.

NBC 7’sMelissa Adan shares testimony from the CHP Officer.

California Highway Patrol Officer Antonio Pacheco testified Friday morning about being shot on the highway after he struggled with a driver in late April 2022. Officer Pacheco told the court how he didn’t think he was going to make it that day. “I was so convinced I was going to die,” Pacheco said. Pacheco said he approached a black Audi…

A man who was changing a flat tire was struck and killed by another driver on I-805, according to CHP.

A pedestrian was hit by a car overnight while changing a tire on Interstate 805 near North Park, according to the California Highway Patrol (CHP).

The California Highway Patrol has made at least 848 driving under the influence arrests so far this Labor Day weekend, the law enforcement agency said Monday morning.

The driver of a blacked out SUV was taken into custody after a lengthy pursuit through the San Fernando Valley Friday night.

A driver suspected of firing a gun at another driver on I-15 in North County, causing minor injuries, was arrested following a freeway pursuit.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law that will help track down hit-and-run drivers.

A California Highway Patrol officer trying to pull over the driver of a silver Audi near Rincon Sunday was shot at but not hit, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said.

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.