CHP

Jul 1 2011

DUI checkpoints, seatbelts, speeding

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—California Highway Patrol and other law enforcement officers will be out in force on the July Fourth weekend, on the lookout for motorists driving drunk, speeding, or otherwise violating traffic laws.

The CHP’s Maximum Enforcement Period, during which all available officers will be assigned to patrol duties, will begin at 6 p.m. and will continue until 11:59 p.m. Monday, said CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow.

May 27 2011

DUI checkpoints

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Law enforcement officers will be out in force over the Memorial Day weekend targeting motorists who drink and drive, drive too fast or who are just reckless.

The California Highway Patrol's "maximum enforcement period'' begins at 6 p.m. and continues through 11:59 p.m. Monday, and all available officers will be on patrol, said CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow.

Apr 25 2011

Hit-and-run accident

LANCASTER, Calif.—A man walking on a freeway in the Antelope Valley was killed Sunday night in a hit-and-run accident, the California Highway Patrol reported.

The man was walking on the northbound Antelope Valley (114) Freeway in Lancaster north of Avenue K when he was struck around 8:55 p.m. by a vehicle that kept on going, said CHP officer Monica Posada.

The man, who was in his mid 50s, died at the scene, Posada said. His name was not immediately released.

Apr 6 2011

Children reunited with mother

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Two children illegally taken from their mother about 10 months ago were back at home today, thanks to a thorough California Highway Patrol officer who arrested the father on Saturday.

Officer Brett Rinehart stopped a Chevrolet pickup at Vermont Avenue and 111th Street just after noon on Saturday, and learned the driver, later identified as the father of the 2-year-old girl and a 4-year-old boy in the vehicle, was wanted for felony vandalism.

Oct 12 2010

91 freeway in Fullerton

FULLERTON, Calif.—Authorities today identified one of two people killed in a two-vehicle crash on the westbound Riverside (91) Freeway in Fullerton.

The crash was reported at 11:34 p.m. Monday just west of Brookhurst Road, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The driver and sole occupant of a 2002 BMW 325i, identified as Douglas Robert McFarland, 25, of Torrance, died at the scene, said Jim Amormino of the Orange County Sheriff's Department.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.