UCLA's research indicates that if the area surrounding a transit stop is included in the definition, it could add more than 1.3 million acres of land statewide where housing bonuses would apply, nearly tripling the amount of land currently eligible.
Both technologies involve cameras mounted on poles designed to read license plates, and at a moment when Americans are rightly more alert to the dangers of unchecked surveillance, it makes sense that people would approach any new camera with skepticism. But similarity at the surface is not sameness in design. These systems are built for different purposes, governed by different statutes, and constrained by different guardrails.
On Saturday morning - a day after hundreds gathered in downtown Los Angeles to protest recent nationwide immigration enforcement - another protest gained momentum. Even if almost everyone in attendance laid on the ground stock still. Road safety advocates and others, led by the group Streets Are for Everyone (SAFE), gathered on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall for a "die-in" demonstration.
A semitruck became "fully engulfed" in flames near the Third Street off-ramp, Mark Andrews, a spokesperson for the California Highway Patrol, told SFGATE. According to the CHP incident log, the fire was first reported at 10:46 a.m. Crews on the scene reported difficulties putting the fire out and needed to remove "scrap metal" in order to put out the fire.
A car being pursued by California Highway Patrol officers early Sunday, Jan. 25 flew off the 105 Freeway and crashed to the ground below near Los Angeles International Airport, the CHP said. The driver's face was bloody, and he appeared dazed after El Segundo firefighters cut him out of a Chevrolet Camaro, as seen in a video by freelance news organization OnScene.TV.
A three-mile stretch of Highway 99 was closed for more than five hours Saturday after dense fog led to a massive vehicle pileup in Tulare County, about 40 miles north of Bakersfield. The California Highway Patrol said 59 vehicles were involved in the crash that occurred around 8 a.m. The highway reopened midafternoon. Several people sustained mild to moderate injuries and some were taken to a local hospital, according to CHP Visalia.
A big rig overturned this morning (Jan. 18) on northbound Highway 101, just south of Redwood City, after a collision that left the two drivers with minor injuries. One lane remained closed as of about 7 Monday night. CHP officers responded to the wreck near Marsh Road at about 10:50 a.m. and found the big rig on its side on the righthand shoulder.