Mike Swords of the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator purposefully stepped in front of the self-driving mini-bus doing circles around an empty parking lot in the rain. Quickly sensing the pedestrian, the on-board cameras relayed a signal to the autonomous vehicle's computer, which told its brakes to engage. Original Article

… Santa Ana and caused another car to crash into the dividing wall … and crash into the dividing wall. The driver called 911 and California … the case days after the crash. By August, the CHP recommended …Original Article

… other automakers roll out fuel-cell cars in California. “I’m so excited … visit her family in Southern California? “Electric cars just don’t have … the car stay in its lane at freeway speed and avoid collisions …Original Article

SANTA ANA >> NBA star Dennis Rodman was sentenced to three years of probation on Monday for misdemeanor charges stemming from a freeway crash in Santa Ana. On July 20 at about 12:30 a.m., police said, Rodman was driving an SUV the wrong way in the southbound carpool lane on the I-5 freeway when he caused another driver to swerve and crash into a…

… help slow runaway trucks. The California Department of Transportation allocated $11 … Nielson, a forester for Cal Fire, a state agency that battles … , followed by trees cracking and crashing to the ground. He worries …Original Article

… around last year’s Fish fire, limiting where residents could park … up to 120 mph could blast across mountain peaks, the weather … .serna@latimes.com For breaking California news, follow @JosephSerna on Twitter …Original Article

By Larry Altman laltman@scng.com @larryaltman on Twitter A female pedestrian was struck by a car and killed this morning in Torrance, police said. The woman was walking east along Artesia Boulevard when a northbound vehicle on Western Avenue struck her at 6:30 a.m., Torrance police Sgt. Original Article

… that jackknifed and was on fire blocked lanes Monday morning on … Ninth Street, according to a California Highway Patrol incident log. The … anyone was injured in the crash. This story is developing. Check …Original Article

Fresh challenges to President Donald Trump's court-frozen immigration order took shape Monday with two former secretaries of state claiming the White House was undermining national security and nearly 100 Silicon Valley tech companies arguing it will …Original Article

… to two crashes, California Highway Patrol officers said. Two separate crashes occurred at … Boulevard. Three cars were involved in one collision while two cars were involved in another, separate collision. One …Original Article