A woman has barricaded herself in a vehicle following a crash on the 5 Freeway north of Castaic Thursday. Update: The woman involved in the barricade has been taken into custody. Around 1:10 p.m. Thursday, first responders received reports of a multi-vehicle crash on the southbound 5 Freeway near Smokey Bear Road north of Castaic, according to officials. When units arrived ...

A felon on parole was arrested after a loaded firearm was located in his vehicle. On Thursday, a California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer conducted a stop on a vehicle traveling 93 mph on the southbound 5 Freeway near Smokey Bear Road in Gorman, said Officer Carlos Burgos-Lopez, spokesperson for the CHP Newhall Area Office. When the officer contacted the driver, ...

A Walmart semi-truck caught fire in the Grapevine on Tuesday.  Around 12:05 p.m. Tuesday, a semi-truck caught fire on the southbound 5 Freeway at Smokey Bear Road north of Castaic, according to officials.  #CopcoFire SB I-5 at Smokey Bear Rd Southbound exit remains closed; Quail Lake Road is an alternate route. @CHP_Newhall @CaltransDist7 @LACoFDPIO pic.twitter.com/a83zCMigG1 — Angeles National Forest (@Angeles_NF) ...

A big rig driver was found dead in his truck Tuesday afternoon in Gorman.  Around 2 p.m. Tuesday, first responders received reports of a big rig driver suffering from a medical emergency on the Smokey Bear Road on-ramp to the southbound 5 Freeway in Gorman, said Officer Josh Greengard, spokesperson for the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Newhall Area Office.  “Upon ...

A SIG-Alert has been issued for the right lane of the southbound I-5 in Gorman after a big rig truck carrying 6,000 gallons of condensed milk drove off the side of the freeway Monday morning, officials said. At around 4:48 a.m. Monday, officials with the California Highway Patrol Newhall Area Office received reports of a vehicle over the side of ...

Six people were airlifted Wednesday following a traffic collision in Gorman, prompting a full closure of the southbound I-5 freeway at Smokey Bear Road, officials said. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Lanes #1-2-3 are open with lane #4 still closed as of 3:55 p.m. All lanes were stopped following the two-vehicle ...

Several I-5 ramp closures, openings and detours are planned for this weekend as part of the Caltrans slab replacement project between Vista Del Lago Road and the Kern County line.

Northbound I-5 in north Los Angeles County will be reduced to three lanes Aug. 30, at 5 a.m. to Sept. 3, at 5 a.m. Lane closures will begin two miles south of Vista Del Lago Road to two miles south of Smokey Bear Road.