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  • A former CHP officer charged with lying under oath will not have her case go to trial. Why?

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    A now-retired California Highway Patrol officer was charged with lying under oath about several traffic stops.Prosecutors said that there is video to prove it, but it is evidence that a jury will not get to see.Instead, former Officer Michelle Reinert, who faced a maximum prison time of roughly 24 years, is allowed to do therapy for two.KCRA 3 Investigates takes a closer look at why, even though prosecutors say the evidence is “overwhelming,” this case will not go to trial.“We are here as part of a criminal interview with Officer Michelle Reinert,” a CHP sergeant explained in an audio recording before giving a Miranda warning.“Having these rights in mind do you wish to talk to us now?” he asked.Reinert paused for 10 seconds before hesitantly responding, “No.”“Do you have any questions for us?” she was asked.“I have no idea what’s going on, so I don’t even know what I’m supposed to ask,” Reinert said.It’s been nearly three years, but Scott Bohl said he remembers it clearly.“I was driving south on I-5 in Yolo County,” he said. “Saturday morning, Memorial weekend, and I know the CHP is out in force during holiday weekends.”So, he wasn’t surprised to see an officer parked ahead under an overpass. He was surprised, however, when that officer pulled him over.“She said she clocked me doing 86 miles an hour. I told her I wasn’t speeding,” Bohl said.For the first time in his life, he said, he got a traffic ticket.“For no reason whatsoever, she singled me out,” he said.The ticket came with a $274 fine, and a point on his driving record that would cause his car insurance to go up.“It hurts when you’re on social security, and that’s your sole income,” Bohl said.He went to court via Zoom to fight it. That is when he learned that, under oath, Officer Reinert’s description of that day was very different.“As I was traveling southbound, I observed a vehicle ahead of my location when I was traveling about 80 miles per hour,” she told the judge. “The vehicle was directly in front of my patrol vehicle in the number two lane.”At this point, Bohl started waving to get the judge’s attention.“The vehicle was about 100 feet ahead of my patrol vehicle, and it was pulling away as I was 80 miles per hour. I accelerated up to 85, and then the vehicle was at a steady, even pace with my patrol vehicle in a 70 miles-per-hour traffic zone,” Reinert testified. “At this time, I made a steady pace of the vehicle directly in front of my patrol vehicle 100 feet ahead for approximately a quarter of a mile.”Again, Bohl began waving, hoping to interject.“That’s a lie, a total lie,” Bohl told KCRA 3 Investigates, recounting the incident. “My blood pressure must have been through the roof when she started saying that. I just couldn’t believe it. I was shocked.”The 22-year veteran officer said she was driving, not parked. She also claimed to have matched Bohl’s speed and paced him for a quarter of a mile.He asked the officer to provide evidence that any of that happened, like dash camera video.“I don’t have a video today, and it is unknown if the camera was working at that time,” Officer Reinert said.Ultimately, the court took the officer at her word, finding Bohl guilty.Despite hitting roadblocks at every turn, Bohl tried once more. This time, with Reinert’s employer, the CHP.“I wanted to file a complaint to let them know this officer should not be wearing a uniform, doesn’t deserve to be in the CHP,” Bohl said.In doing so, he had no idea what he had just set in motion.“I wanted to take this case because this is the kind of officer that we need to go after aggressively,” said Frits van der Hoek with the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office.A CHP investigation found that Bohl was right, and he wasn’t the only driver impacted.Out of the roughly 100 citations Reinert issued in 2023, a CHP internal affairs investigation found inconsistencies with more than 50.In the “most egregious cases,” they recommended the DA’s Office bring criminal charges against Reinert.That is how the case eventually landed on van der Hoek’s desk.“I’m a supervising deputy district attorney,” he said.He is also a former police officer.“It’s a hard job. It’s super underappreciated and when I see something like this, it just makes my blood boil,” van der Hoek said.A Grand Jury indicted Reinert on three felony counts of perjury. Then, the DA’s Office filed a complaint alleging an additional three counts.The charges were related to three speeding tickets Reinert issued, including Bohl’s.“So, basically, Officer Reinert was writing traffic tickets for offenses that weren’t committed and then writing notes and providing testimony on that about things that didn’t happen,” van der Hoek said.In investigating Bohl’s complaint, the CHP did find dash camera video of his traffic stop.“This was like night and day,” van der Hoek said of the video.Just as Bohl had told a judge, Reinert was parked in a median when he drove by her.When Reinert did merge onto the highway, the video shows her driving behind Bohl for no more than five seconds before pulling him over.“There’s a huge difference between pacing somebody for a quarter mile and pulling behind them and immediately stopping them,” van der Hoek said.Reinert’s inconsistencies in this case also had consequences for her others.“We had to dismiss a bunch of DUI cases because we no longer had a witness that could competently testify about the case, including at least one where there was a DUI with injuries,” the prosecutor said.Despite the impacts and the evidence, Reinert’s case also came to a screeching halt.“The defense filed a motion for mental health diversion on the basis of a PTSD diagnosis,” van der Hoek said.California’s mental health diversion program allows some charged with crimes to avoid trial and opt for treatment if they have a qualifying diagnosis, like post-traumatic stress disorder.Reinert and her attorney did not respond to KCRA 3 Investigates’ interview requests.However, our investigative team obtained public records that show Reinert argued in court that she had been suffering from severe symptoms of PTSD.Her attorney told a judge that Reinert retired from the CHP in February 2024, about four months after Bohl filed his complaint against her. Defense Attorney Jim Granucci said Reinert was also diagnosed with PTSD in 2024 although her psychiatrist said Reinert was suffering from it even back during the times of the alleged crimes.“Her post-traumatic stress disorder was untreated,” her attorney explained.In addition, Granucci said that Reinert did not purposely lie. She would have had no reason to do so. There was nothing to gain, her attorney said.“On three tickets, she made mistakes,” he said.In December 2025, Yolo County Superior Court Judge Sonia Cortés granted Reinert’s request for mental health diversion although she described it as a “very difficult decision.”“Ms. Reinert is accused of committing offenses while she was on duty, and that does concern the court greatly because she did hold a position of authority, of public trust,” Judge Cortés said. “It goes to the core of our criminal justice system that those that are entrusted to enforce the laws do not abuse their power, and that the public have confidence in the system because, fundamentally, it is about our rule of law.”Still, she ruled that Reinert is eligible and suitable for mental health diversion according to the law.For the next two years, Reinert will have to complete the conditions of her diversion, which include regularly going to therapy, taking any prescribed medication, completing 240 hours of community service and writing apology letters to her alleged victims.If she successfully completes the program, then her perjury case will be dismissed.“Does it feel like justice?” KCRA 3 Investigates’ Lysée Mitri asked Bohl.“No, not at all,” he said.Still, Bohl said that it was worth staying the course and filing a complaint.“If you believe you’re innocent, fight for yourself,” Bohl said.Based on CHP’s findings, the court reimbursed Bohl and reversed its decision on his speeding ticket. Reinert retired from the CHP in 2024, but her law enforcement certification through the state was still active when KCRA 3 Investigates checked with the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) last month. POST said it had not yet made a determination as her case was still under review.An officer being dishonest during the course of an investigation is typically grounds for getting a certification revokedWhen KCRA 3 Investigates checked in again on Friday, POST said Reinert voluntarily surrendered her certification on Feb. 12, 2026. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel

    YOLO COUNTY, Calif. —

    A now-retired California Highway Patrol officer was charged with lying under oath about several traffic stops.

    Prosecutors said that there is video to prove it, but it is evidence that a jury will not get to see.

    Instead, former Officer Michelle Reinert, who faced a maximum prison time of roughly 24 years, is allowed to do therapy for two.

    KCRA 3 Investigates takes a closer look at why, even though prosecutors say the evidence is “overwhelming,” this case will not go to trial.

    “We are here as part of a criminal interview with Officer Michelle Reinert,” a CHP sergeant explained in an audio recording before giving a Miranda warning.

    “Having these rights in mind do you wish to talk to us now?” he asked.

    Reinert paused for 10 seconds before hesitantly responding, “No.”

    “Do you have any questions for us?” she was asked.

    “I have no idea what’s going on, so I don’t even know what I’m supposed to ask,” Reinert said.

    It’s been nearly three years, but Scott Bohl said he remembers it clearly.

    “I was driving south on I-5 in Yolo County,” he said. “Saturday morning, Memorial weekend, and I know the CHP is out in force during holiday weekends.”

    So, he wasn’t surprised to see an officer parked ahead under an overpass. He was surprised, however, when that officer pulled him over.

    “She said she clocked me doing 86 miles an hour. I told her I wasn’t speeding,” Bohl said.

    For the first time in his life, he said, he got a traffic ticket.

    “For no reason whatsoever, she singled me out,” he said.

    The ticket came with a $274 fine, and a point on his driving record that would cause his car insurance to go up.

    “It hurts when you’re on social security, and that’s your sole income,” Bohl said.

    He went to court via Zoom to fight it. That is when he learned that, under oath, Officer Reinert’s description of that day was very different.

    “As I was traveling southbound, I observed a vehicle ahead of my location when I was traveling about 80 miles per hour,” she told the judge. “The vehicle was directly in front of my patrol vehicle in the number two lane.”

    At this point, Bohl started waving to get the judge’s attention.

    “The vehicle was about 100 feet ahead of my patrol vehicle, and it was pulling away as I was 80 miles per hour. I accelerated up to 85, and then the vehicle was at a steady, even pace with my patrol vehicle in a 70 miles-per-hour traffic zone,” Reinert testified. “At this time, I made a steady pace of the vehicle directly in front of my patrol vehicle 100 feet ahead for approximately a quarter of a mile.”

    Again, Bohl began waving, hoping to interject.

    “That’s a lie, a total lie,” Bohl told KCRA 3 Investigates, recounting the incident. “My blood pressure must have been through the roof when she started saying that. I just couldn’t believe it. I was shocked.”

    The 22-year veteran officer said she was driving, not parked. She also claimed to have matched Bohl’s speed and paced him for a quarter of a mile.

    He asked the officer to provide evidence that any of that happened, like dash camera video.

    “I don’t have a video today, and it is unknown if the camera was working at that time,” Officer Reinert said.

    Ultimately, the court took the officer at her word, finding Bohl guilty.

    Despite hitting roadblocks at every turn, Bohl tried once more. This time, with Reinert’s employer, the CHP.

    “I wanted to file a complaint to let them know this officer should not be wearing a uniform, doesn’t deserve to be in the CHP,” Bohl said.

    In doing so, he had no idea what he had just set in motion.

    “I wanted to take this case because this is the kind of officer that we need to go after aggressively,” said Frits van der Hoek with the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office.

    A CHP investigation found that Bohl was right, and he wasn’t the only driver impacted.

    Out of the roughly 100 citations Reinert issued in 2023, a CHP internal affairs investigation found inconsistencies with more than 50.

    In the “most egregious cases,” they recommended the DA’s Office bring criminal charges against Reinert.

    That is how the case eventually landed on van der Hoek’s desk.

    “I’m a supervising deputy district attorney,” he said.

    He is also a former police officer.

    “It’s a hard job. It’s super underappreciated and when I see something like this, it just makes my blood boil,” van der Hoek said.

    A Grand Jury indicted Reinert on three felony counts of perjury. Then, the DA’s Office filed a complaint alleging an additional three counts.

    The charges were related to three speeding tickets Reinert issued, including Bohl’s.

    “So, basically, Officer Reinert was writing traffic tickets for offenses that weren’t committed and then writing notes and providing testimony on that about things that didn’t happen,” van der Hoek said.

    In investigating Bohl’s complaint, the CHP did find dash camera video of his traffic stop.

    “This was like night and day,” van der Hoek said of the video.

    Just as Bohl had told a judge, Reinert was parked in a median when he drove by her.

    When Reinert did merge onto the highway, the video shows her driving behind Bohl for no more than five seconds before pulling him over.

    “There’s a huge difference between pacing somebody for a quarter mile and pulling behind them and immediately stopping them,” van der Hoek said.

    Reinert’s inconsistencies in this case also had consequences for her others.

    “We had to dismiss a bunch of DUI cases because we no longer had a witness that could competently testify about the case, including at least one where there was a DUI with injuries,” the prosecutor said.

    Despite the impacts and the evidence, Reinert’s case also came to a screeching halt.

    “The defense filed a motion for mental health diversion on the basis of a PTSD diagnosis,” van der Hoek said.

    California’s mental health diversion program allows some charged with crimes to avoid trial and opt for treatment if they have a qualifying diagnosis, like post-traumatic stress disorder.

    Reinert and her attorney did not respond to KCRA 3 Investigates’ interview requests.

    However, our investigative team obtained public records that show Reinert argued in court that she had been suffering from severe symptoms of PTSD.

    Her attorney told a judge that Reinert retired from the CHP in February 2024, about four months after Bohl filed his complaint against her.

    Defense Attorney Jim Granucci said Reinert was also diagnosed with PTSD in 2024 although her psychiatrist said Reinert was suffering from it even back during the times of the alleged crimes.

    “Her post-traumatic stress disorder was untreated,” her attorney explained.

    In addition, Granucci said that Reinert did not purposely lie. She would have had no reason to do so. There was nothing to gain, her attorney said.

    “On three tickets, she made mistakes,” he said.

    In December 2025, Yolo County Superior Court Judge Sonia Cortés granted Reinert’s request for mental health diversion although she described it as a “very difficult decision.”

    “Ms. Reinert is accused of committing offenses while she was on duty, and that does concern the court greatly because she did hold a position of authority, of public trust,” Judge Cortés said. “It goes to the core of our criminal justice system that those that are entrusted to enforce the laws do not abuse their power, and that the public have confidence in the system because, fundamentally, it is about our rule of law.”

    Still, she ruled that Reinert is eligible and suitable for mental health diversion according to the law.

    For the next two years, Reinert will have to complete the conditions of her diversion, which include regularly going to therapy, taking any prescribed medication, completing 240 hours of community service and writing apology letters to her alleged victims.

    If she successfully completes the program, then her perjury case will be dismissed.

    “Does it feel like justice?” KCRA 3 Investigates’ Lysée Mitri asked Bohl.

    “No, not at all,” he said.

    Still, Bohl said that it was worth staying the course and filing a complaint.

    “If you believe you’re innocent, fight for yourself,” Bohl said.

    Based on CHP’s findings, the court reimbursed Bohl and reversed its decision on his speeding ticket.

    Reinert retired from the CHP in 2024, but her law enforcement certification through the state was still active when KCRA 3 Investigates checked with the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) last month. POST said it had not yet made a determination as her case was still under review.

    An officer being dishonest during the course of an investigation is typically grounds for getting a certification revoked

    When KCRA 3 Investigates checked in again on Friday, POST said Reinert voluntarily surrendered her certification on Feb. 12, 2026.

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  • Large wheel outside Naturwood Furnishings broken after suspected DUI crash

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    A driver suffered major injures after crashing his vehicle outside Naturwood Furnishings in Rancho Cordova early Saturday, the California Highway Patrol said. A large wheel located outside the business was broken as a result of what CHP said appeared to be a DUI-related incident.The crash was reported around 3:30 a.m. when the driver went off Highway 50 and took out about 75 feet of chain-link fencing, CHP said. The vehicle rolled over and its engine block was separated from the vehicle. The driver was taken to the hospital.KCRA 3 photojournalist Mike Carroll was told that the large wooden wheel that was damaged had been built by the business owner and his son 40 years ago. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel

    RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. —

    A driver suffered major injures after crashing his vehicle outside Naturwood Furnishings in Rancho Cordova early Saturday, the California Highway Patrol said.

    A large wheel located outside the business was broken as a result of what CHP said appeared to be a DUI-related incident.

    The crash was reported around 3:30 a.m. when the driver went off Highway 50 and took out about 75 feet of chain-link fencing, CHP said.

    The vehicle rolled over and its engine block was separated from the vehicle.

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    A view of the waterwheel before the crash. 

    Naturwood waterwheel after the crash

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    The waterwheel after the crash.

    The driver was taken to the hospital.

    KCRA 3 photojournalist Mike Carroll was told that the large wooden wheel that was damaged had been built by the business owner and his son 40 years ago.

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  • Man killed in crash on I-80 in Solano County, CHP says

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    Man killed in crash on I-80 in Solano County, CHP says

    ON THIS WEATHER IMPACT DAY. ALL RIGHT, LET’S CHECK IN ON HOW MUCH SNOW WE’VE PICKED UP ALREADY. SO, PALISADES TAHOE IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, 14IN MOUNT ROSE 11. SAME WITH HEAVENLY SIERRA TAHOE PICKING UP TEN INCHES. AND TODAY IS ACTUALLY WHEN WE EXPECT TO SEE EVEN MORE OF THAT SNOW COMING DOWN. SO WE ARE BY NO MEANS DONE YET. NOW THERE ARE CHAIN CONTROLS IN PLACE ON 8050 AND ON 88. ON 80 IT IS DRUMMED TO BOCA, TWIN BRIDGES TO MEYERS ON HIGHWAY 50 AND ON 88 THAT IS COOK STATION TO WOODFORD. SO MAKE SURE YOU’VE GOT THOSE CHAINS WITH YOU. SLOW DOWN. MAYBE AN EMERGENCY KIT TO SOME EXTRA BLANKETS TO KEEP WARM, SOME EXTRA BOTTLES OF WATER. ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE AS WELL. NOW AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGERY, YOU DO STILL SEE THAT RAIN SHOWERS MOVING THEIR WAY EASTWARD NOW IN THE VALLEY, IT’S BECOMING MORE SCATTERED, BUT WE ARE SEEING SOME LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS AROUND ROSEVILLE AROUND SACRAMENTO, ALSO BACK TOWARD DAVIS VACAVILLE AND EVEN DOWN TOWARD FAIRFIELD LODI SEEING SOME OF THOSE RAIN SHOWERS, SO IS THE GALT AREA. AND THEN AS YOU HEAD OVER TOWARD SAN ANDREAS. NOW, AS WE HEAD UP INTO THE FOOTHILLS, WE ARE SEEING THE SHOWERS WRAPPING UP IN GRASS VALLEY. FOR NOW, WE’RE NOT BY ANY MEANS DONE, BUT THOSE SNOW LEVELS HAVE DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY. IN FACT, JUST BELOW 5000FT AS WE’RE SEEING ACCUMULATING SNOW AROUND BLUE CANYON. AND THEN THAT SNOW ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH TRUCKEE, EVEN UP TO THE STATE LINE HEADING DOWN TOWARD HIGHWAY 50. THIS THE CHAIN CONTROLS START AT TWIN BRIDGES. THOSE ARE GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH MEYERS. WE ARE SEEING SNOW AROUND SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, KIRKWOOD BEAR VALLEY. ALSO SEEING QUITE A BIT OF THAT LIGHT RAIN AROUND WEST POINT. AND AS WE HEAD FURTHER TO THE SOUTH, ARNOLD, YOU’VE BEEN SEEING SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN. IT’S POURING IN SONORA RIGHT NOW, ALONG WITH COPPEROPOLIS AREA, AND THEN AS WE HEAD BACK TOWARD TRACY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN, A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK IN THE ACTION IN STOCKTON, BUT YOU’VE GOT MORE ON THE WAY. AND IN MODESTO YOU’VE GOT SOME MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN COMING DOWN. YOU’VE GOT MORE COMING AS THEY’RE STILL THERE, MORE BACK TO THE WEST. NOW LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT FUTURECAST FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. FOR THE VALLEY, IT’S GOING TO BECOME MORE AND MORE SCATTERED. THERE IS, THOUGH, A CHANCE THAT WE COULD SEE SOME THUNDERSTORMS FIRING UP AS WE GET INTO THE AFTERNOON, ESPECIALLY IF WE GET SOME SUNSHINE AND SOME INSTABILITY GOING. THE SNOW SHOWERS SHOULD BE PRETTY STEADY THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE DAY HEADING INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THEN AS WE GET INTO TOMORROW, THIS IS WHERE THE MODELS ARE CHANGING A LITTLE BIT. NOW FOR TOMORROW, AT LEAST WITH THIS ONE. THE GRAPH. WE ARE SEEING QUITE A BIT OF RAIN COMING DOWN IN PARTS OF THE VALLEY ON AND OFF THROUGHOUT THE DAY, BUT SNOW LOOKS LIKE IT’S GOING TO BE STAYING MUCH FURTHER TO THE NORTH, SO IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE A LOT OF THIS IS GOING TO MAKE IT TO THE SIERRA. ALTHOUGH PREVIOUS MODELS HAVE SHOWN THAT IT WILL. SO WE’RE STILL GOING TO KEEP AT LEAST THE CHANCE FOR SNOW SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON MONDAY FOR THE SIERRA. BUT AS WE GET INTO TUESDAY, IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYTHING IS GOING TO START TO DRY OUT NOW. HOW MUCH RAIN ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? WELL, INCLUDING WHAT’S ALREADY FALLEN THIS MORNING, WE COULD SEE UP TO ABOUT TWO MORE INCHES UP TO THREE INCHES AS YOU HEAD UP INTO THE FOOTHILLS. AND THEN SNOWFALL TOTALS. WE’RE ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 4FT OF SNOW AROUND DONNER SUMMIT BY THE TIME THIS IS ALL SAID AND DONE ON MONDAY, LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT SEVEN DAY FORECAST. SO IT IS AN IMPACT DAY TODAY FOR THE ENTIRE VIEWING AREA. RAIN, POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE VALLEY AND FOOTHILLS. SNOW IN THE SIERRA, LINGERING SHOWERS MONDAY AND THEN DRYING OUT FOR A LITTLE BIT. WE GET A CHANCE TO CLEAN UP AND GET READY FOR MORE, BECAUSE WE CERTAINLY NEED THE RAIN IN THE SNOW. WE ABSOLUTELY DO. BUT

    A man was killed, and another person seriously hurt after a crash on Interstate 80 in Solano County on Sunday, the California Highway Patrol said. The crash happened near the Redwood Parkway and involved a Honda Accord and a Toyota Prius, CHP’s Solano division said. (Nov. 4 forecast in the video above.)The Honda’s driver, a man in his 30s, died. The vehicle’s passenger was taken to a hospital with major injuries, CHP said. The driver of the Prius was taken to a hospital as a precaution after a complaint of pain. Traffic was diverted around the shoulder until all lanes reopened. See our traffic map. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel

    SOLANO COUNTY, Calif. —

    A man was killed, and another person seriously hurt after a crash on Interstate 80 in Solano County on Sunday, the California Highway Patrol said.

    The crash happened near the Redwood Parkway and involved a Honda Accord and a Toyota Prius, CHP’s Solano division said.

    (Nov. 4 forecast in the video above.)

    The Honda’s driver, a man in his 30s, died. The vehicle’s passenger was taken to a hospital with major injuries, CHP said. The driver of the Prius was taken to a hospital as a precaution after a complaint of pain.

    Traffic was diverted around the shoulder until all lanes reopened.

    See our traffic map.

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  • 1 dead, 4 taken to hospital after crash, CHP says

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    Overnight crash kills 1 in South Sacramento, CHP says

    4 others taken to the hospital with major injuries.

    Updated: 9:58 AM PST Dec 27, 2025

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    One person is dead and four others were sent to the hospital after a crash early Saturday morning, the California Highway Patrol South Sacramento division said. The collision occurred around 1:13 AM, when a gray Nissan Rogue did not stop at a red traffic light on Franklin Boulevard near 47th Avenue. It hit a silver Nissan Rogue before it entered a parking lot and struck a fence, according to a preliminary CHP investigation.The driver of the gray SUV was pronounced dead on scene and two passengers were taken to local hospitals with major injuries. The driver of the silver vehicle and one passenger were also hospitalized with major injuries, CHP said. CHP said alcohol is believed to be a factor in the crash. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel

    LEMON HILL, Calif. —

    One person is dead and four others were sent to the hospital after a crash early Saturday morning, the California Highway Patrol South Sacramento division said.

    The collision occurred around 1:13 AM, when a gray Nissan Rogue did not stop at a red traffic light on Franklin Boulevard near 47th Avenue. It hit a silver Nissan Rogue before it entered a parking lot and struck a fence, according to a preliminary CHP investigation.

    The driver of the gray SUV was pronounced dead on scene and two passengers were taken to local hospitals with major injuries. The driver of the silver vehicle and one passenger were also hospitalized with major injuries, CHP said.

    CHP said alcohol is believed to be a factor in the crash.

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  • CHP warns drivers Christmas DUI enforcement begins Wednesday evening

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    California Highway Patrol officers on motorcycles. (File photo courtesy of the CHP)

    The California Highway Patrol warned drivers to avoid alcohol and marijuana and respect the speed limit while celebrating Christmas.

    The agency is prepared for its annual Holiday Enforcement Period that begins at 6 p.m. Wednesday and ends at 11:59 p.m. Thursday.

    “Every instance of speeding or reckless driving carries the potential for life-changing consequences,” CHP Commissioner Sean Duryee said. “Our officers see the destruction these choices can cause, and we urge every driver to slow down, stay alert and make decisions that protect themselves and others. No destination is worth risking a life.”

    Last year on Christmas, CHP officers arrested just over 300 motorists statewide on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or marijuana, compared to about 900 the year before.

    A total of 17 people died in crashes on highways patrolled by the CHP during Christmas 2024, compared to 20 the year before

    Local police and sheriff’s personnel are also prepared for the Holiday Enforcement Period, deploying all available officers for high-visibility patrols, running a public awareness campaign and operating DUI checkpoints.

    The San Diego County Sheriff’s Office announced it will conduct DUI checkpoints Friday and Saturday nights during the holidays, as drunk driving enforcement ramps up region-wide.

    “Impaired drivers put other on the road at significant risk,” La Mesa Police  Chief Ray Sweeney said. “Any prevention measures that reduce the number of impaired drivers on our roads significantly improves traffic safety.”

    Checkpoint locations are chosen based on a history of DUI crashes and arrests. They are often announced in advance to deter people who might drink or smoke to excess, then get behind the wheel.


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  • Pickup truck driver dies after crashing into a tree in El Dorado County, CHP says

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    A man died Friday morning after crashing into a tree in El Dorado County, the California Highway Patrol said.Officers received a report just before 7:30 a.m. about a crash along westbound Highway 193 at Longview Lane between Georgetown and Greenwood, CHP said. The man, who was driving a black pickup truck, went off the right side of the road and crashed into a tree.CHP said it’s believed the man was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash, and he died at the scene. The man has not been identified as officers could not locate an ID card or an address tied to the man.It is unknown if alcohol was a factor in the crash. CHP said it will have to wait for the results of a toxicology report to determine that.While the crash was reported around 7:30 a.m., CHP said it believes the crash might have happened hours before the first call.See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at kcra.com/upload.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel

    GEORGETOWN, Calif. —

    A man died Friday morning after crashing into a tree in El Dorado County, the California Highway Patrol said.

    Officers received a report just before 7:30 a.m. about a crash along westbound Highway 193 at Longview Lane between Georgetown and Greenwood, CHP said. The man, who was driving a black pickup truck, went off the right side of the road and crashed into a tree.

    CHP said it’s believed the man was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash, and he died at the scene. The man has not been identified as officers could not locate an ID card or an address tied to the man.

    It is unknown if alcohol was a factor in the crash. CHP said it will have to wait for the results of a toxicology report to determine that.

    While the crash was reported around 7:30 a.m., CHP said it believes the crash might have happened hours before the first call.

    See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at kcra.com/upload.

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  • I-205 fully reopens near Tracy more than 8 hours after tanker overturns

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    I-205 fully reopens near Tracy more than 8 hours after tanker overturns

    WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS. THAT BREAKING NEWS IS OUT OF SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY. A TANKER TRUCK CRASH HAS SHUT DOWN A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE TO THE BAY AREA. IT’S CREATED A MASSIVE BACKUP. IT WAS CARRYING A HIGHLY FLAMMABLE LOAD. SO IT’S BEEN A VERY DELICATE OPERATION TO CLEAR THAT SCENE. SO THIS IS NOW GOING INTO ITS SIXTH HOUR. IT’S HAPPENING WHERE? 205 AND 580 MERGED NEAR TRACY AND MOUNTAIN HOUSE. YOU CAN SEE THE BACKUP IS GOING FOR MILES, AND IT HAS BEEN FOR HOURS. PEOPLE CRAWLING THROUGH THE TRAFFIC ON THEIR WAY HOME FROM WORK. THE TRAFFIC IS ALL THE WAY, BACKED UP TO LIVERMORE FOR THOSE WHO ARE GOING EASTBOUND, AND IT IS BACKED UP THERE FROM GRANT LINE THERE IN TRACY FOR THOSE GOING WESTBOUND, THAT OVERTURNED TRAILER IS FILLED WITH ETHANOL, SO CREWS CAN’T UPRIGHT THE TRAILER UNTIL ALL OF THAT IS SAFELY OFFLOADED INTO ANOTHER TANK. WE KNOW THAT TRAILER ARRIVED JUST AFTER 5:00, SO TWO HOURS NOW FOR JUST THAT PART OF THE OPERATION. LIVECOPTER3 PILOT DAN OPPENHEIM HAS BEEN FLYING ABOVE THIS FOR HOURS NOW, SO, DAN, LET’S DESCRIBE FIRST OF ALL WHAT YOU’RE SEEING. ARE THEY MAKING ANY PROGRESS? YES, WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND THE PROGRESS THAT WE ARE WITNESSING, IT IS SUBTLE, BUT THERE ARE CERTAINLY STEPS THAT ARE ON THE CRITICAL PATH THAT ARE OCCURRING. THEY DO HAVE ANOTHER TANKER IN JUST HAVING ANOTHER TANKER EVEN ARRIVE ON SCENE IS NO EASY FEAT. WHEN YOU HAVE BACKUPS FOR MILES IN ALL DIRECTIONS. SO THEY HAVE MANAGED TO GET A TANKER ON SCENE AND THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING TO EMPTY THIS OVERTURNED TANKER FOR CLOSE TO TWO HOURS. NOW. TANKER OF THAT VOLUME IS GOING TO TAKE QUITE A BIT OF TIME TO EMPTY OUT. SO ONCE THAT IS COMPLETE THEN WE DO HAVE A TOW TRUCK OR A WRECKER THAT WILL BE ABLE TO WRITE THAT AND THEN REMOVE THE TRUCK THAT IS BLOCKING THE HIGHWAY. SO WE’LL CONTINUE TO WATCH AND SEE HOW THAT PROGRESSES. WE’LL KEEP REPORTING BACK TO YOU. JUST NOT. ALL RIGHT. AND DAN, LET’S TALK ABOUT THE TRAFFIC SITUATION. WHAT ARE YOU SEEING FROM YOUR VANTAGE POINT. BECAUSE I’M SEEING A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET AROUND THIS, AND WE’RE ACTUALLY SEEING CRASHES ON SOME OF THOSE SIDE ROADS WHERE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET AROUND THIS. WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY ACCIDENTS ON THE SIDE ROADS NECESSARILY, BUT WE DO HAVE CONGESTION. IT DOESN’T SEEM LIKE ANY OF THE SIDE ROADS ARE REALLY MOVING. THEY ARE JUST CRAWLING ALONG AT A SNAIL’S PACE. BUT THIS IS A MAJOR CHOKE POINT. IT IS A MAJOR ARTERY CONNECTING THE CENTRAL VALLEY TO THE BAY AREA, AND WHEN THAT’S BLOCKED THROUGH RUSH HOUR, WE WILL HAVE SOME MAJOR BACKUPS IN PLACES LIKE MOUNTAIN HOUSE AND TRACY ESPECIALLY. WE CAN’T SEE ALL THE WAY INTO LIVERMORE, BUT WHAT WE CAN SEE IS STOPPED TRAFFIC GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE ALTAMONT PASS. YOU KNOW, I’M CURIOUS IF WE COULD PUT THE OVERLAY ON, BUT TO SHOW THE EXACT ROAD THAT WE’RE LOOKING AT. BUT I BELIEVE. YEAH, HERE WE ARE. WE’RE FACING TOWARD. IS THAT TOWARD STOCKTON, EDIE, THAT WE’RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW? IT LOOKS LIKE GRANT LINE ROAD RIGHT THERE, WHICH IS A ROAD THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GETTING OFF ON AND GOING AROUND. BUT YEAH, THE CAMERA IS POINTED TOWARD THE WEST, TOWARD LIVERMORE, THROUGH THE ALTAMONT PASS, AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THOSE WHITE LIGHTS RIGHT THERE. THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE STOPPED ON THE ROAD WHO ARE TRYING TO GET HOME FROM THE BAY AREA. BUT THIS ROAD, THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE SINCE 1:00 THIS AFTERNOON. AND JUST CONFIRMING, DAN, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO WE’RE SEEING DOWN THERE RIGHT NOW WHO HAVE BEEN THERE THE WHOLE TIME, JUST STUCK FOR HOURS AND HOURS. THAT IS CORRECT. THEY HAVE MANAGED TO MOVE THE VEHICLES THAT WERE IN VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THIS AND THAT I’M GUESSING IS OUT OF ABUNDANCE OF SAFETY. HOWEVER, THERE ARE THERE ARE CARS THAT HAVE BEEN STATIONARY FOR HOURS. YEAH, THIS HAS GOT TO BE SO FRUSTRATING FOR PEOPLE JUST STUCK IN THAT. THE OTHER THING, AND YOU MENTIONED AGAIN, THIS IS A PRETTY VOLATILE SITUATION FOR THE CREWS THAT ARE AROUND THAT ACTUAL TANKER. ARE YOU SEEING PEOPLE TAKING PRECAUTIONS THERE? THE EMERGENCY WORKERS THEMSELVES, JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY’RE NOT IN ANY KIND OF HARM’S WAY. THE WORKERS. CLEARING THE CLEARING THE SITE DO HAVE EMERGENCY VEHICLES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. THERE ARE VARIOUS HAZMAT AND FIRE VEHICLES IN THE AREA, AND THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING CLOSE TO THIS TANKER DO HAVE APPROPRIATE PPE. OKAY. AND IF WE DO LOOK AT THAT SHOT TOWARD THE TOP OF THE SHOT RIGHT THERE, YOU DO SEE A FIRE TRUCK. THERE WAS AN AMBULANCE OUT THERE EARLIER. THEY’RE THERE JUST IN CASE SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN. BUT I HAVE COVERED ACCIDENTS IN THE PAST OF TANKER TRUCKS. I’VE WITNESSED THEM. AND A TANKER TRUCK THAT GOES ON ITS SIDE. IT JUST TAKES ONE SPARK AND JUST THE MASSIVE FLAMES THAT COULD HAPPEN. AND THEY SHOOT ALL THE WAY UP THE ROAD, CAUSING A BIG CONCERN. SO THEY’RE NOT TAKING ANY CHANCES IN THIS SITUATION. BUT THEY’RE RIGHT THERE. YOU SEE THE FIRE TRUCKS, WHICH ARE ON ONE SIDE OF THE OVERPASS, AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE OVERPASS, WE HAVE THE THE TANKER. AND WE ALSO THERE WERE TWO TANKS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. ONE TANK IS ON ITS SIDE, THE OTHER ONE, AND THE TRUCK ITSELF REMAINED UPRIGHT. DAN, JUST WE WE WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH BECAUSE WITH SO MANY PEOPLE STUCK IN THIS RIGHT NOW, WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE, THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR LOVED ONES WANT TO KNOW VERY SPECIFICALLY WHAT IS CAUSING THIS, WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE THAT’S HAVING SUCH A MASSIVE IMPACT ON SO MANY DRIVERS. AND SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THIS VANTAGE POINT. IT LOOKS LIKE WE’RE SEEING SOME KIND OF MAYBE ETHANOL THERE ON THE HIGHWAY. IS THAT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO YOU, DAN QUITE HONESTLY, I CAN’T TELL IF THAT’S WATER. I CANNOT TELL WHAT THAT IS. I SEE WHAT YOU’RE SEEING AS WELL, BUT IT’S HARD TO TELL FROM HERE. JUST HAS THAT SHEEN. EARLIER INITIAL REPORTS ON THE CHP COMMUNICATIONS PAGE SAID THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME SORT OF LEAK. WE DON’T KNOW IF THAT WAS EVER CONFIRMED, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT AT 2:00 THIS AFTERNOON, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO. THEY WAS TALKS ABOUT DRAINING THAT TANK, WHICH HAD THE ETHANOL, THE GAS MIXTURE IN THERE, AND THERE WAS TALKS OF DRAINING IT, BUT IT TOOK SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE WE GOT A TANKER THERE ON SCENE TO START DRAINING THAT. AND YOU HAVE TO WONDER IF IT’S BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A LEAK, BUT OBVIOUSLY THEY FELT THAT THERE WAS A HAZARD HERE AND THEY WANTED TO TAKE IT VERY CAREFULLY. YEAH. AND DAN, YOU MENTIONED IT WAS HARD TO GET THAT TANKER IN BECAUSE TRAFFIC IS STOPPED ALL AROUND THIS SITUATION. WERE YOU ABLE TO SEE HOW THE HOW THEY MANAGED THAT? QUITE HONESTLY, I DID NOT SEE HOW THEY BROUGHT IT IN. I ONLY SAW THE TANKER ARRIVE AFTER IT WAS ON THE CLOSED SECTION OF HIGHWAY. IT STOOD OUT ONLY ONCE. IT WAS ON THE CLOSED SECTION OF HIGHWAY. RIGHT. SO ALLOWING JUST THAT, THAT ONE IN FOR EMERGENCY REASONS. DAN AGAIN THANK YOU. GREAT WORK.

    I-205 fully reopens near Tracy more than 8 hours after tanker overturns

    Updated: 10:01 PM PST Nov 18, 2025

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    The eastbound and westbound lanes of Interstate 205 were closed in Tracy for more than eight hours on Tuesday after a tanker overturned on the freeway, according to the police department. Traffic was backed up through rush hour and into the evening. Just before 10 p.m., footage from LiveCopter 3 showed crews removing the final traffic cones blocking lanes on westbound I-205, fully reopening the interstate.Around 1:30 p.m., CHP said the overturned truck had blocked all lanes of westbound I-205 just west of the Alameda County line. At that time, one lane of eastbound I-205 was also blocked. The westbound Interstate 580 commercial bypass was also closed.Watch raw footage from LiveCopter 3 over the scene from Tuesday afternoon in the video below:CHP later fully closed the eastbound lanes of I-205. Officials said the tanker was full of ethanol and needed to be safely drained before it could be turned upright. There was also a small fuel leak that the South San Joaquin Fire Authority said was quickly controlled. At 5:20 p.m., CHP said recovery of the tanker had begun. Around 8:30 p.m., the fire authority said firefighters had just completed offloading fuel from the overturned tanker to a replacement tanker. “This was a slow and deliberate process to ensure safety for motorists, first responders, and the environment,” the fire authority said in a social media post. Around 9:30 p.m., footage from LiveCopter 3 showed the tanker truck being removed from the area on a tow truck. Heavy traffic backups remained on both sides of the interstate.Watch footage from LiveCopter 3 on Tuesday night in the video below:CHP recommended drivers use Mountain House Parkway as an alternate route. However, footage from LiveCopter 3 showed widespread backups on both the interstate and surrounding streets. It’s not clear if anyone was injured when the tanker overturned.Find the latest traffic updates here. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel

    MOUNTAIN HOUSE, Calif. —

    The eastbound and westbound lanes of Interstate 205 were closed in Tracy for more than eight hours on Tuesday after a tanker overturned on the freeway, according to the police department. Traffic was backed up through rush hour and into the evening.

    Just before 10 p.m., footage from LiveCopter 3 showed crews removing the final traffic cones blocking lanes on westbound I-205, fully reopening the interstate.

    Around 1:30 p.m., CHP said the overturned truck had blocked all lanes of westbound I-205 just west of the Alameda County line. At that time, one lane of eastbound I-205 was also blocked. The westbound Interstate 580 commercial bypass was also closed.

    Watch raw footage from LiveCopter 3 over the scene from Tuesday afternoon in the video below:

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    CHP later fully closed the eastbound lanes of I-205. Officials said the tanker was full of ethanol and needed to be safely drained before it could be turned upright.

    There was also a small fuel leak that the South San Joaquin Fire Authority said was quickly controlled.

    At 5:20 p.m., CHP said recovery of the tanker had begun. Around 8:30 p.m., the fire authority said firefighters had just completed offloading fuel from the overturned tanker to a replacement tanker.

    “This was a slow and deliberate process to ensure safety for motorists, first responders, and the environment,” the fire authority said in a social media post.

    Around 9:30 p.m., footage from LiveCopter 3 showed the tanker truck being removed from the area on a tow truck. Heavy traffic backups remained on both sides of the interstate.

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    CHP recommended drivers use Mountain House Parkway as an alternate route. However, footage from LiveCopter 3 showed widespread backups on both the interstate and surrounding streets.

    It’s not clear if anyone was injured when the tanker overturned.

    Find the latest traffic updates here.

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  • Pursuit driver crosses into oncoming traffic on Highway 50 in El Dorado County before crash, CHP says

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    Pursuit suspect crosses into oncoming traffic on Highway 50 in El Dorado County before crash, CHP says

    Updated: 11:42 PM PST Nov 6, 2025

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    A driver trying to evade law enforcement crossed into opposing lanes of traffic before crashing into a tanker truck on Highway 50 in El Dorado County, according to the California Highway Patrol. Around 9:48 p.m. Thursday, CHP said an officer tried to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation. But instead of stopping, the driver continued and a short pursuit ensued. CHP said the driver was in the eastbound lanes of Highway 50, but crossed over the center median into the westbound lanes near El Dorado Road before hitting the rear of a tanker truck. Officials said the woman who was driving was taken to an area hospital for major injuries. It’s unclear if the driver of the tanker truck was injured, and the extent of damage to the truck is unknown.CHP said the westbound lanes of Highway 50 would be closed as Caltrans crews worked to clear the area. Find the latest traffic updates here. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel

    DIAMOND SPRINGS, Calif. —

    A driver trying to evade law enforcement crossed into opposing lanes of traffic before crashing into a tanker truck on Highway 50 in El Dorado County, according to the California Highway Patrol.

    Around 9:48 p.m. Thursday, CHP said an officer tried to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation. But instead of stopping, the driver continued and a short pursuit ensued.

    CHP said the driver was in the eastbound lanes of Highway 50, but crossed over the center median into the westbound lanes near El Dorado Road before hitting the rear of a tanker truck.

    Officials said the woman who was driving was taken to an area hospital for major injuries. It’s unclear if the driver of the tanker truck was injured, and the extent of damage to the truck is unknown.

    CHP said the westbound lanes of Highway 50 would be closed as Caltrans crews worked to clear the area. Find the latest traffic updates here.

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  • Shrapnel fell onto CHP vehicle during U.S. military live-fire exercise over I-5, agency says

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    The U.S. military exercise that shot live-fire artillery rounds over Interstate 5 on Saturday dropped metal shrapnel onto a California Highway Patrol protective services detail for Vice President JD Vance, agency officials said Sunday.

    The incident occurred shortly after the detail had escorted Vance to the Marine Corps event at Camp Pendleton. The CHP said that the shrapnel was from an explosive ordnance that was fired over Interstate 5 and “detonated overhead prematurely, striking and damaging a CHP patrol vehicle.” A CHP motorcycle with the detail also was struck.

    The shrapnel fell in an area where CHP officers were gathered to close traffic along the I-5 in northern San Diego County, which cuts through Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.

    State officials decided to order the closure of the freeway during the live-fire exercise, conducted for the Marine Corps’ 250th anniversary celebration featuring Vance.

    A chunk of shrapnel is seen on the hood of a California Highway Patrol vehicle amid a live-fire demonstration at Camp Pendleton.

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    The shrapnel that struck the CHP patrol vehicle was about 2 inches by 2½ inches, according to a CHP incident report obtained by the Los Angeles Times. No one was in the vehicle when it was struck. The shrapnel left what was described as a “small dent/scratch” on the vehicle’s hood.

    Small bits of shrapnel struck the CHP motorcycle. An officer assigned to the protective services detail said he heard what sounded like “pebbles” falling on his motorcycle and three feet around him. A metal piece of shrapnel, about one inch in length and half an inch wide, was found near the motorcycle, which was not damaged.

    No injuries were reported, the CHP said. State officers immediately contacted the Marines, which then “canceled firing additional live ordnance over the freeway, and the area was swept for further evaluation.”

    Gov. Gavin Newsom called the live-ammunition event over one of California’s busiest freeways “reckless.” The section of freeway that was closed for the live-fire demonstration is the only route connecting coastal Orange County to the beach cities of northern San Diego County.

    “We love our Marines and owe a debt of gratitude to Camp Pendleton,” Newsom said in a statement posted on X, “but next time, the Vice President and the White House shouldn’t be so reckless with people’s lives for their vanity projects.”

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    A map shows the direction of ordnance that the CHP says detonated prematurely, dropping shrapnel on the I-5.

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    The artillery was planned to be fired at 1:46 p.m., about half an hour after the CHP had stopped traffic around 1 p.m. along a 17-mile stretch of Interstate 5. The exercise had been expected to last until 1:51 p.m., with about 60 rounds being fired, the CHP said in its report.

    The artillery rounds were shot from White’s Beach and were aimed northward, according to the CHP. The report said that one artillery round “failed to clear the roadway and detonated midflight near Interstate 5 southbound. After the failed round, the exercise was terminated and no additional munitions were fired.”

    Newsom had lambasted the White House for failing to coordinate or share safety information ahead of the Marine Corps celebration.

    Administration officials, meanwhile, had insisted that the Pendleton event was safe and that a freeway closure was unneeded.

    Newsom’s office said Thursday it was told no live fire would go over the freeway. On Friday, however, military event organizers asked the California Department of Transportation for a sign along the I-5 that read “Overhead fire in progress.”

    On Saturday morning, the state was told that live rounds were set to be shot over the freeway around 1:30 p.m. CHP officials then urged the freeway closure due to safety risk and the likelihood that it would distract drivers.

    “This was an unusual and concerning situation,” CHP Border Division Chief Tony Coronado said in a statement released Sunday.

    “It is highly uncommon for any live-fire or explosive training activity to occur over an active freeway,” Coronado said. “As a Marine myself, I have tremendous respect for our military partners, but my foremost responsibility is ensuring the safety of the people of California and the officers who protect them.”

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  • Shrapnel struck CHP vehicle during live-fire exercise over I-5, agency says

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    An explosive ordnance detonated prematurely over the I-5 Freeway causing a piece of metal shrapnel to strike and damage a CHP patrol vehicle, the agency announced Sunday.

    The live ammunition training exercise Saturday was part of the Marine Corps 250th anniversary celebration at Camp Pendleton, which was attended by both Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

    CHP says that the incident occurred at 1:46 p.m. while officers were supporting a traffic break along the I-5. The image shared by CHP shows that the shrapnel struck the patrol vehicle on the I-5 near the Las Pulgas Road intersection.

    The CHP vehicle struck by the shrapnel was part of Vice President Vance’s protective detail, according to the agency.

    “We are aware of the report of a possible airborne detonation of a 155mm artillery round outside the designated impact area during the U.S. Marine Corps Amphibious Capabilities Demonstration at Camp Pendleton, CA, Oct. 18,” wrote the U.S. Marine Corps in a statement to NBC4.

    Map shared by the California Highway Patrol showing where the live ammunition was fired on Saturday afternoon, and where it struck and injured a CHP patrol car on the I-5 near Las Pulgas Road. Courtesy of CHP.

    No injuries were reported, according to CHP.

    However, the agency says that the Marine Corps was immediately notified and that no additional live ordnance was fired over the freeway following the incident.

    In their communication, CHP said that an internal report has been filed with the “recommendation to conduct an additional after-action review into the planning, communication, and coordination between federal, state, and local government around the event on Saturday, October 18, to strengthen protocols for future demonstrations and training events near public roadways.” 

    The I-5 was closed to the public by CHP in an early morning decision on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. during the live ammunition training exercise.

    In response to Sunday’s news, Governor Gavin Newsom who on Saturday criticized the live ammunition training exercise over the I-5 Freeway as a public safety risk, shared the following statement on X: “We love our Marines and owe a debt of gratitude to Camp Pendleton, but next time, the Vice President and the White House shouldn’t be so reckless with people’s lives for their vanity projects.”

    The Marine Corps says that an investigation has been initiated to determine the incident’s root cause.

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  • Highway 16 shut down due to crash near Woodland, CHP says

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    A crash has shut down both directions of Highway 16 just outside of Woodland on Monday night, according to the California Highway Patrol. Officers responded to the crash between County Roads 97 and 98 in Yolo County around 8 p.m.Officials have not shared any details about potential injuries, or what led up to the collision. CHP said the highway would remain closed with an unknown time of reopening. Traffic is being redirected in the area. Check the KCRA 3 traffic map. This is a developing story. Stay with KCRA 3 for the latest.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel

    WOODLAND, Calif. —

    A crash has shut down both directions of Highway 16 just outside of Woodland on Monday night, according to the California Highway Patrol.

    Officers responded to the crash between County Roads 97 and 98 in Yolo County around 8 p.m.

    Officials have not shared any details about potential injuries, or what led up to the collision.

    CHP said the highway would remain closed with an unknown time of reopening. Traffic is being redirected in the area.

    Check the KCRA 3 traffic map.

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  • I-280 lanes blocked after crash involving Tesla and CHP motorcycle officer

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    A California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer suffered major injuries Monday afternoon when he was struck by a motorist on Interstate 280 near Los Altos Hills, according to the CHP.

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  • LAPD ends protection of former Vice President Kamala Harris amid criticism over diverting cops, sources say

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    The Los Angeles Police Department on Saturday discontinued its protection for former Vice President Kamala Harris after heavy criticism within its own ranks that officers were being diverted from crime suppression, sources told The Times.

    LAPD Metropolitan Division officers had been assisting the California Highway Patrol in protecting Harris and were visible until Saturday morning outside her Brentwood home.

    Both California police agencies scrambled this week to protect Harris after President Trump, her rival in November’s election, revoked Harris’s Secret Service protection last week. Thursday. President Biden had extended that protection for Harris beyond the six months after leaving office that vice presidents traditionally get.

    Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass had directed the LAPD to provide the security team to assist the CHP in the short term. According to sources, those Metro officers had to be drawn away from crime suppression work in the San Fernando Valley this week.

    The department is “assisting the California Highway Patrol in providing protective services for former Vice President Kamala Harris until an alternate plan is established,” said Jennifer Forkish, L.A. police communications director, on Thursday. “This temporary coordinated effort is in place to ensure that there is no lapse in security.”

    The CHP has not indicated how the LAPD’s move would alter its arrangement with the former vice president nor said how long it will continue.

    A dozen or more LAPD officers began working a detail to protect Harris after Trump revoked her Secret Service protection as of Monday. Sources not authorized to discuss the details of the plan said the city would fund the security but that the arrangement was expected to be brief, with Harris hiring her own security in the near future.

    A security detail was seen outside Harris’ Brentwood home by a Fox 11 helicopter as the station broke the story of the use of L.A. police earlier this week.

    The Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union that represents rank-and-file LAPD officers, criticized the move.

    “Pulling police officers from protecting everyday Angelenos to protect a failed presidential candidate who also happens to be a multi-millionaire… and who can easily afford to pay for her own security, is nuts,” its board of directors said.

    The statement continued, “Mayor Karen Bass should tell Governor Newsom that if he wants to curry favor with Ms. Harris and her donor base, then he should open up his own wallet because LA taxpayers should not be footing the bill for this ridiculousness.”

    Newsom, who was required to sign off on CHP protection, has not confirmed the arrangement to The Times, but a spokesperson for Newsom added: “The safety of our public officials should never be subject to erratic, vindictive political impulse.”

    Bass, in a statement last week, commented on Trump scrapping the security detail for Harris, saying: “This is another act of revenge following a long list of political retaliation in the form of firings, the revoking of security clearances, and more. This puts the former Vice President in danger and I look forward to working with the governor to make sure Vice President Harris is safe in Los Angeles.”

    Deploying LAPD officers to protect Harris was a source of controversy within the department in years past.

    During L.A. Police Chief Charlie Beck’s tenure, when Harris was a U.S. senator, plainclothes officers served as security and traveled with her from January 2017 to July 2018. Beck said at the time through a spokesman that the protection was granted based on a threat assessment.

    Beck’s successor, Michel Moore, ended the protection in July 2018 after he said a new evaluation determined it was no longer needed. The decision came as The Times filed a lawsuit seeking records from then-Mayor Eric Garcetti detailing the costs of security related to his own extensive travel. Garcetti said he was unaware of the police protection until Moore ended it.

    Former vice presidents usually get Secret Service protection for six months after leaving office, while former presidents are given protection for life. But before his term ended, then-President Biden signed an order to extend Harris’ protection to July 2026. Aides to Harris had asked Biden for the extension. Without it, her security detail would have ended last month, according to sources.

    The curtailing of Secret Service protection comes as Harris is going to begin a book tour next month for her memoir, titled “107 Days.” The tour has 15 stops, which include visits to London and Toronto. The book title references the short length of her presidential campaign.

    Harris, the first Black woman to serve as vice president, was the subject of an elevated threat level — particularly when she became the Democratic presidential contender last year. The Associated Press reports, however, a recent threat intelligence assessment by the Secret Service conducted on those it protects, such as Harris, found no red flags or credible evidence of a threat to the former vice president.

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  • LAPD is assisting CHP in protecting Kamala Harris after Trump pulls Secret Service

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    Los Angeles police Metropolitan Division officers, meant to be working crime-suppression assignments in hard-hit areas of the city, are instead providing security for former Vice President Kamala Harris, sources told The Times.

    The department is “assisting the California Highway Patrol in providing protective services for former Vice President Kamala Harris until an alternate plan is established,” said Jennifer Forkish, L.A. police communications director. “This temporary coordinated effort is in place to ensure that there is no lapse in security.”

    A dozen or more officers have begun working a detail to protect Harris after President Trump revoked her Secret Service protection as of Monday. Sources not authorized to discuss the details of the plan said the city would fund the security but that the arrangement was expected to be brief, with Harris hiring her own security in the near future.

    Trump ended an arrangement that had extended Harris’ security coverage beyond the six months that vice presidents are usually provided after leaving office. California officials then put into place a plan for the California Highway Patrol to provide dignitary protection for Harris. At some point, the LAPD was added to the plan, according to the sources, as California law enforcement scrambled to take over from the Secret Service on Monday.

    A security detail was captured outside Harris’ Brentwood home by a FOX 11 helicopter as the station broke the story of the use of L.A. police.

    The Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union that represents rank-and-file LAPD officers, criticized the move.

    “Pulling police officers from protecting everyday Angelenos to protect a failed presidential candidate who also happens to be a multi-millionaire, with multiple homes and who can easily afford to pay for her own security, is nuts,” its board of directors said in a statement to The Times. Mayor Karen Bass “should tell Governor Newsom that if he wants to curry favor with Ms. Harris and her donor base, then he should open up his own wallet because LA taxpayers should not be footing the bill for this ridiculousness.”

    Newsom, who would need to sign off on CHP protection, has not confirmed the arrangement to The Times. Izzy Gordon, a spokesperson for Newsom, simply said, “The safety of our public officials should never be subject to erratic, vindictive political impulses.”

    Newsom’s office and Bass’ office had discussions last week on how best to address the situation, according to sources not authorized to talk about the details.

    Bass, in a statement last week, commented on Trump scrapping the security detail for Harris, saying, “This is another act of revenge following a long list of political retaliation in the form of firings, the revoking of security clearances, and more. This puts the former Vice President in danger and I look forward to working with the governor to make sure Vice President Harris is safe in Los Angeles.”

    Her office did not respond to comment on the LAPD deployment on Thursday.

    Two law enforcement sources told The Times that the Metro officers had been slated to go to the San Fernando Valley for crime-suppression work before their assignment changed.

    Deploying LAPD officers to protect Harris was a source of controversy within the department in years past.

    During L.A. Police Chief Charlie Beck’s tenure, when Harris was a U.S. senator, plainclothes officers served as security and traveled with her from January 2017 to July 2018. It was an arrangement that then-Mayor Eric Garcetti said he was unaware of until Beck’s successor ended it. Beck said at the time through a spokesman that the protection was granted based on a threat assessment.

    Beck’s successor, Michel Moore, ended the protection in July 2018 after he said a new evaluation determined it was no longer needed. The decision came as The Times filed a lawsuit seeking records from Garcetti detailing the costs of security related to his own extensive travel.

    Trump signed a memorandum on Thursday ending Harris’ protection as of Monday, according to sources not authorized to discuss the security matter.

    Former vice presidents usually get Secret Service protection for six months after leaving office, while former presidents are given protection for life. But before his term ended, then-President Biden signed an order to extend Harris’ protection beyond six months, to July 2026. Aides to Harris had asked Biden for the extension. Without it, her security detail would have ended last month, according to sources.

    The Secret Service, the CHP and Los Angeles police do not discuss details of dignitary protection in terms of deployment, numbers, or travel teams. CNN first reported the removal of Harris’ protection detail.

    The curtailing of Secret Service protection comes as Harris is about to begin a book tour for her memoir, titled “107 Days.” The tour has 15 stops, which include visits to London and Toronto. The book title references the short length of her presidential campaign. The tour begins next month.

    Harris, the first Black woman to serve as vice president, was the subject of an elevated threat level — particularly when she became the Democratic presidential contender last year. The Associated Press reports, however, a recent threat intelligence assessment by the Secret Service conducted on those it protects, such as Harris, found no red flags or credible evidence of a threat to the former vice president.

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  • LAPD, CHP Protect Harris After Secret Service Ends Detail

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    The Los Angeles Police Department and the California Highway Patrol provide security to Harris in Los Angeles after her Secret Service security detail was rescinded on the 1st

    As a homeowner in Brentwood, Los Angeles, Kamala Harris is being provided with security detail through local law enforcement.
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    The Los Angeles Police Department and the California Highway Patrol have provided former Vice President Kamala Harris with a security detail, according to the LAPD’s Metropolitan Division. As many as 14 LAPD officers have been pulled from active cases to provide security for Harris.

    On September 1st, Trump’s directive to end Secret Service protection for Harris went into effect. Throughout his second term so far, Trump has ended Secret Service protections for other former government officials and their children, including John Bolton, Hunter Biden, and Ashley Biden. 

    In 2008, a law was passed that provided vice presidents, their spouses, and their children who are under the age of 16 with Secret Service protection for 6 months after they serve. Biden signed an executive order in early January that extended Harris’s protections for 18 months after her term ended.  Harris’s legally guaranteed 6 months of protection ended on July 21, but in recent years, vice presidents have been provided with protections for longer than 6 months due to heightened political tensions in the US.

    To end Harris’s protections, Trump ordered Kristi Noem to rescind the protection through an executive order that amended Biden’s protective directives, according to two senior officials at the Department of Homeland Security. 

    The U.S. Secret Service ran an assessment on Harris and did not find anything alarming that would warrant extending her protection past the six months. Therefore, they are proceeding with the president’s directive to end protections for Harris.

    Local Los Angeles officials are speaking out against Trump’s decision to rescind security detail for Harris.

    “This is another act of revenge following a long list of political retaliation in the form of firings, the revoking of security clearances and more,” Democratic LA Mayor Karen Bass told Fox 11 in a statement. “This puts the former vice president in danger and I look forward to working with the governor to make sure Vice President Harris is safe in Los Angeles”.

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  • Fire shuts down lanes of eastbound I-580 in Livermore, affecting Central Valley commute

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    Fire shuts down lanes of eastbound I-580 in Livermore, affecting Central Valley commute

    Updated: 4:53 PM PDT Aug 29, 2025

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    A fire burning along Interstate 580 has shut down eastbound traffic in Alameda County, according to the California Highway Patrol. CHP said eastbound I-580 was shut down just east of N. Flynn Road. At 4:10 p.m., CHP said the two middle lanes of the interstate had opened, but crews remained on scene to put out hot spots.While officials have not said what sparked the fire, a video shared by CHP showed a burning vehicle on the shoulder of the interstate, with the surrounding vegetation burned.Officials have not said if anyone was injured, nor have they shared an estimated time of reopening.Find the latest traffic updates here. | MORE | A 2025 guide for how to prepare for wildfires in California | Northern California wildfire resources by county: Find evacuation info, sign up for alertsCal Fire wildfire incidents: Cal Fire tracks its wildfire incidents here. You can sign up to receive text messages for Cal Fire updates on wildfires happening near your ZIP code here.Wildfires on federal land: Federal wildfire incidents are tracked here.Preparing for power outages: Ready.gov explains how to prepare for a power outage and what to do when returning from one here. Here is how to track and report PG&E power outages.Keeping informed when you’ve lost power and cellphone service: How to find a National Weather Service radio station near you.Be prepared for road closures: Download Caltrans’ QuickMap app or check the latest QuickMap road conditions here. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel

    LIVERMORE, Calif. —

    A fire burning along Interstate 580 has shut down eastbound traffic in Alameda County, according to the California Highway Patrol.

    CHP said eastbound I-580 was shut down just east of N. Flynn Road.

    At 4:10 p.m., CHP said the two middle lanes of the interstate had opened, but crews remained on scene to put out hot spots.

    While officials have not said what sparked the fire, a video shared by CHP showed a burning vehicle on the shoulder of the interstate, with the surrounding vegetation burned.

    Officials have not said if anyone was injured, nor have they shared an estimated time of reopening.

    Find the latest traffic updates here.

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  • Commentary: Newsom’s cops vs. Trump’s troops: A new showdown on America’s streets

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    Just how unsafe are American streets?

    To hear President Trump tell it, killers lurk in every shadow not already filled by rapists and thieves.

    California Gov. Gavin Newsom isn’t nearly as dire, pointing out that crime numbers are down.

    But “numbers mean little to people,” Newsom lamented during a press gaggle in his office Thursday, where he ruthlessly trolled Trump with a flags-and-all setup that appeared to mock the president’s marathon Cabinet meeting earlier in the week.

    Yes, folks, midterm elections are coming and crime is high — in our consciousness if not in reality. Although violent crime and some property crimes have declined in most California cities (and in many major cities across the country), the perils of city living remain stubbornly stuck in our collective psyches.

    This angst has augured in another get-tough era of crime suppression, culminating with the fulfillment of Trump’s authoritarian fantasy of National Guard troops patrolling in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and potentially more cities to come.

    Newsom is now offering up what many have framed as a counterpunch to Trump’s military intervention: A surge of California Highway Patrol officers in strategic locations across the state, basically Newsom-controlled cop boots on the ground to mirror Trump’s troops.

    But looking at Newsom’s deployment of more CHP officers as no more than a reaction to Trump misses a larger debate on what really makes our communities safer. Understanding what makes cops different from soldiers — and Newsom’s move different from Trump’s — is ultimately understanding the difference between repression and public safety, force and finesse.

    Newsom has been using the CHP to supplement local police departments for years. In 2023, when the Tenderloin area of San Francisco was plagued by open drug use, making it the favorite right-wing example of a failed Democratic-run city, Newsom sent this state force in to help clean it up (though that work continues). The next year, he sent it into Oakland and Bakersfield, both places where auto theft, retail crime and side shows were rampant.

    Now, he’s expanding the CHP’s role in local policing to include Los Angeles, San Diego, the Inland Empire and some Central Valley cities including Fresno and Sacramento.

    In each of those places, mobile teams of around a dozen officers, all of whom will volunteer for the job, will target specific crimes, criminals or problem areas. These officers won’t just be patrolling or responding to calls like the local force, but hitting targets identified by data or intelligence, or making their presence known in high-crime neighborhoods.

    Here’s where Trump’s military approach has an overlap with Newsom’s — and where the two men might agree: It is true that a visible show of armed authority deters crime. Whether it’s the National Guard or the Highway Patrol, criminals, both petty and violent, tend to avoid them.

    “We go in and saturate an area with high visibility and view patrol,” said Sean Duryee, commissioner of the California Highway Patrol, standing at Newsom’s side. “The people that have a problem with that are the criminal community.”

    The approach seems to be working. I can throw the numbers at you — 400 firearms seized in San Bernardino, Bakersfield, Oakland; 4,000 stolen vehicles recovered in Oakland; more than 9,000 arrests statewide.

    But numbers really don’t matter. It genuinely is how a community feels about its safety. Across California, many if not the majority of small and mid-sized law enforcement departments are understaffed. Even big departments such as Los Angeles struggle to hire and retain officers. There are simply not enough cops — or resources such as helicopters or K9 teams — to do the work in too many places, and citizens feel it.

    Using these small strike teams of CHP officers fills the gap of both manpower and expertise. And by aiming that usage precisely at troubled spots, it can make underserved communities feel safer, and crime-ridden communities actually be safer.

    Tinisch Hollins is the head of Californians for Safety and Justice, an advocacy group that works to end over-incarceration and promote public safety beyond just making arrests. She is “obviously not a huge proponent of sending law enforcement into communities like that,” she said.

    But she lived in San Francisco when homicides topped 100 per year, and now lives in the Bay Area city of Vallejo, where the local police have been so understaffed and plagued by scandal that local leaders declared a state of emergency.

    She has seen how the CHP has “made an impact” in the Bay Area.

    “There are some very effective things happening,” Hollins said.

    That buy-in from community, especially skeptical community, is a massive departure from the militarization of Trump, and also hints at the deeper difference between troops and cops.

    California has been on the cutting-edge of law enforcement reform for years, though it is a conversation that has fallen from favor and headlines in the Trump era.

    In the wake of the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, California outlawed controversial carotid restraints that can cut off breathing. The state put in place a method for decertifying officers found guilty of serious misconduct. It increased age and education standards for becoming a peace officer, increased transparency requirements and put more oversight on the use of military equipment by civilian forces, just to name a few reforms.

    Most significantly, Newsom is championing a new vision of incarceration and rehabilitation modeled after successful efforts in Norway and other places that centers on the simple truth that arresting people does not end crime.

    Most people who are convicted and incarcerated will return to our streets after a few years at most, and if the state does not change their outlook and opportunities, they will also likely return to crime — making us no safer than the day they were first put into cuffs.

    But for a time, it seemed to some as if these reforms with their focus away from enforcement and toward alternatives to incarceration had gone too far. Images of marauding groups of retail thieves invading stores filled the news, and reasonably caused anxiety — leading to Californians passing the still-unfunded, tough-on-crime Proposition 36 that sought to create stiffer penalties for some drug and property crimes, along with mandated treatment for addiction, but which could also take money from rehabilitation programs.

    As much as Trump, Newsom’s use of the CHP is the response to that pushback on reform, an acknowledgment that enforcement remains a key piece of the crime-stopping dilemma.

    But Hollins points out that the rehabilitation aspect, the most innovative and arguably important aspect of California’s approach to crime, is getting lost in the current political climate.

    “It’s not just arresting people that brings crime down,” she said. “The [penal] system isn’t going to deal with the drivers of the crime.”

    This is where Newsom needs to do better, both on the ground and in his explanations. It may not be popular to talk about rehabilitation, and certainly Trump will seize on it as weak, but it is what works, and what makes the California method different from the MAGA view of crime.

    For Trump, the be-all and end-all is the arrest, and the subsequent cruel glee of punishment. He has called for harsher and longer penalties for even minor crimes, and recently demanded the blanket use of the death penalty in all murder cases charged in Washington, D.C. His is the authoritarian view that fear and repression will make us safer.

    “We lost grip with reality, the idea that the military can be out there in every street corner the United States of America,” Newsom said Thursday.

    Or should be.

    Soldiers on our streets just make even law-abiding citizens less free, and ultimately does little to fix the problems of poverty and opportunity that often start the cycles of crime.

    This is the showdown happening right now on American streets, and ultimately the showdown between the Democratic view of crime prevention and Trump’s — soldiers or cops, the easy spectacle of compliance induced by the barrel of a gun or a complicated and imperfect system of community and law enforcement working together.

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  • Chemical spill snarls traffic on I-280 in Los Altos Hills

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    LOS ALTOS HILLS – A crash and chemical spill snarled traffic on Interstate 280 in Los Altos Hills for much of Thursday afternoon and early evening, according to the California Highway Patrol.

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  • Man dead, woman injured in Sacramento County roll-over crash

    Man dead, woman injured in Sacramento County roll-over crash

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    Man dead, woman injured in Sacramento County roll-over crash

    A driver has died and their passenger was injured following a crash near Walnut Grove Wednesday night, the California Highway Patrol said.Crews responded to the report of a crash around 9 p.m. at the intersection of Race Track and Tyler Island roads. CHP said the crash involved one vehicle, which had rolled over.Officials said the male driver was pronounced dead at the scene. A woman who was a passenger in the vehicle was taken to an area hospital with major injuries.CHP has not yet identified the man who died.The crash remains under investigation.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter

    SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. —

    A driver has died and their passenger was injured following a crash near Walnut Grove Wednesday night, the California Highway Patrol said.

    Crews responded to the report of a crash around 9 p.m. at the intersection of Race Track and Tyler Island roads.

    CHP said the crash involved one vehicle, which had rolled over.

    Officials said the male driver was pronounced dead at the scene. A woman who was a passenger in the vehicle was taken to an area hospital with major injuries.

    CHP has not yet identified the man who died.

    The crash remains under investigation.

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  • San Jose: Passenger killed in suspected DUI crash on Highway 101

    San Jose: Passenger killed in suspected DUI crash on Highway 101

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    SAN JOSE —  A man died in a suspected drunken driving crash on Highway 101 early Sunday, and the surviving driver of the car was arrested, according to the California Highway Patrol.

    CHP officers were alerted at 3:31 a.m. Sunday to a single-car collision on southbound Highway 101 near San Antonio Street, south of the East Santa Clara Street onramp.

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