While Labor Day weekend marks the unofficial end of summer for millions of Americans, the holiday means something else for California Highway Patrol: maximum enforcement. Thus, the CHP is urging drivers to buckle their seat belts, stay off their cell phones, stick to the speed limit, and don't get behind...
Visalia Man With 4 DUI Convictions Charged With 2nd-Degree Murder
Repeat DUI offender Bryan Michael Buhl, 42, faces a second-degree murder charge in a crash that killed a motorcyclist in Visalia on Thursday, July 2. According to police reports, Buhl ran a red light at Caldwell Avenue and West Street, attempted a U-turn and collided with John Bolin and his...
Wrong-Way SUV Kills Four Motorcyclists in Tulare County
The California Highway Patrol says a woman driving the wrong way crashed her Infiniti SUV head-on into two Harley-Davidson motorcycles early Sunday morning, killing four people on the motorcycles. The agency in a statement Monday said the accident happened at 2 a.m. Sunday as the two men and two women...
Driver in Fresno Greyhound Crash Had Suspended License
The Greyhound driver who crashed his bus into a Highway 99 guardrail Sunday in Fresno faces six years in prison if convicted of the charges filed Tuesday. The Fresno County District Attorney's Office charged Ashton Rennick Castillo, 28, of Los Angeles, with driving under the influence of a drug and...
Greyhound Driver Suspected of DUI after Fresno Crash
Authorities say a Greyhound driver was arrested on suspicion of DUI after crashing a bus into a guardrail with 35 passengers on board Sunday morning in Fresno. The California Highway Patrol says the crash happened shortly before 9:30 a.m. when the driver lost control on southbound Highway 99 as it...
Rapper Mac Miller, 26, Reportedly Dies of Drug Overdose
The rapper Mac Miller reportedly has died of a drug overdose. TMZ is reporting that Miller was found around noon Friday at his San Fernando Valley home and was pronounced dead at the scene. He was 26 years old. Miller's most recent album, Swimming, was released Aug. 3. Miller, whose legal name was Malcolm...
Smittcamp: DUI death = murder
It’s a simple message, but one that bears repeating especially during this holiday season: don’t drink and drive. That piece of advice is nothing new for District Attorney Lisa Smittcamp and other law enforcement leaders who spoke with the media at a recent news conference. What is new is the...
Smittcamp: DUI death = murder
It’s a simple message, but one that bears repeating especially during this holiday season: don’t drink and drive. That piece of advice is nothing new for District Attorney Lisa Smittcamp and other law enforcement leaders who spoke with the media at a recent news conference. What is new is the...