freeway
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A police shooting on the 405 freeway has shut down all northbound lanes at Howard Hughes Parkway not far from Los Angeles International Airport, according to the California Highway Patrol.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Video from the scene showed investigators methodically walking across freeway lanes looking for evidence as a river of morning commuters moved around the closure on side roads before getting back on the freeway.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
The fire that shut down the freeway burned inside a 150- to 200-foot long tunnel with one 4-by-4-foot entrance that was once used by a now-shuttered local oil refinery, according to Caltrans.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
The "Toxic" singer was arrested in March after police spotted her driving erratically on a freeway in Ventura County, near Los Angeles.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
An hour and a half farther across Louisiana—which isn’t as far as one would think considering their minimum-speed-limit pace—G’ma turns the music down and signals to exit the freeway.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
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