Crime news
With so many people staying home today, our freeways were mostly empty, but something filled the void. Police attempted to stop a reckless driver on Winnetka Avenue in the San Fernando Valley. Turns out he was a parolee who might have reached his 3rd strike. He took off and led the highway patrol and police on a high-speed chase, 80 to 85 mph at times. He started by getting on the 101 Freeway, then drove from freeway to freeway to freeway, never getting stuck in a traffic jam.
Those who know L.A. can try to follow this on the map. He drove from the 101 South (which is really East) to the 10 East to the 605 South to the 60 East to the 15 South, got off at Norco, did a U-turn, got back on the 15 North, to the 210 East, got off at Sierra (where police failed to carry out a pit maneuver), ran some red lights, got back on the 210 West, to the 15 South, to the 10 West, to the 5 South, to the 60 East, to the 710 South, to the 105 West, to the 110 North, to the 5 North.
Just about the only freeway he didn't take was the 405!
Going up the 5 he drove through Santa Clarita past Magic Mountain and Castaic, then into what's called the grapevine. Police finally managed to stop him with a spike strip and he and a female passenger surrendered. It's amazing his Hyundai didn't run out of gas before then. Total pursuit time: About 3 hours 15 minutes. Nobody hurt, thank goodness.