An alleged DUI driver was arrested after leading California Highway Patrol (CHP) Newhall Area officers on a pursuit that ended at the suspect’s home Monday evening.  Around 8:20 p.m. Monday, a CHP officer attempted to stop a possible DUI driver in a 2008 Chevrolet sedan who was weaving in lanes on the southbound 5 Freeway near Roxford Street, said Officer ...

In a gun battle with two career criminals that lasted scarcely 4 ½  minutes, four Newhall California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers were killed in the 1970 “Newhall Incident,” a tragedy that would forever impact the future of American policing. In the minutes to midnight between April 5 and April 6, 1970, Newhall CHP Officers Walt Frago, Roger Gore, James Pence ...

The 55-year-old man who died Monday morning after jumping off an overpass bridge in Sylmar has been identified. The 55-year-old man who died was identified as Palliyaguruge Perera, according to The County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner.   Perera jumped from an overpass onto the 210 Freeway in Sylmar, according to the California Highway Patrol. The incident happened around 10:15 a.m. ...

A man died after jumping off an overpass and landing on the 210 Freeway in Sylmar Monday morning. Around 10:15 a.m. Monday, California Highway Patrol (CHP) Newhall Area Officers were notified of a male pedestrian who jumped from an overpass and was lying in lanes on I-210 at Hubbard Street in Sylmar, said Officer Carlos Burgos-Lopez, spokesperson for the CHP ...

A Thursday night high-speed pursuit in the Santa Clarita Valley ended with the suspect running from their car, according to Officer Carlos Burgos-Lopez, Spokesperson for the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Newhall Area Office. On Thursday at approximately 9:32 p.m., CHP Officers initiated a pursuit of a 2023 Chevrolet Malibu for speeding and weaving on the southbound SR-14, near San Fernando ...

A suspect was arrested on Tuesday for leading California Highway Patrol (CHP) units on a pursuit near Castaic.  On Tuesday, around 1:22 a.m. CHP were notified of a vehicle that entered a construction freeway closure area on the 5 freeway northbound near Newhall Ranch Road, according to Carlos Burgos-Lopez, the spokesperson for the CHP Newhall Area.  CHP units attempted to ...

A 31-year-old who died after being struck by a fatal hit-and-run driver on the 5 Freeway Tuesday evening in Castaic has been identified. Gabriel DeJesus, 31, was the man who died after being struck by a fatal hit-and-run driver, according to officials with the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office. At 8:10 p.m. Tuesday, California Highway Patrol (CHP) Newhall units ...

The California Highway Patrol was in high-speed pursuit of a suspect vehicle on the 5 Freeway Thursday afternoon. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) took over the pursuit from the Bakersfield Police Department as the vehicle fled south on the 5 Freeway, according to initial reports. The white pickup truck eventually lost at least one wheel as a result of spike ...

A stolen vehicle suspect was arrested after he allegedly crashed into a California Highway Patrol (CHP) vehicle and led officers on a high-speed pursuit exceeding 100 mph early Thursday morning. At 12:32 a.m. Thursday, CHP Newhall Area officers located a 2021 Ford Bronco stopped at Indian Canyon Trailhead on Soledad Canyon Road, said Officer Carlos Burgos-Lopez, a spokesperson for the ...

Six people were injured in a crash north of Castaic that temporarily blocked all northbound lanes of the 5 Freeway Thursday. Around 7 a.m. Thursday, first responders received reports of a crash on the northbound 5 Freeway near Vista Del Lago north of Castaic, said Officer Carlos Burgos-Lopez, spokesperson for the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Newhall Area Office. “It was ...