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More than 3 million Southern California residents are planning to travel for the Fourth of July weekend — which means congested airports and freeways.

Millions are expected to congest airports and freeways this weekend. Toni Guinyard reports June 30, 2022.

9 people are killed each day due to distracted driving. Mekahlo Medina reports for Today in LA on April 4, 2022.

While California, the state with the largest number of licensed drivers in the U.S. at around 27 million, already sees a nationally significant number of fatal crashes a year — with the California Office of Traffic Safety reporting a fatal or injury traffic crash occurring every three minutes in 2017 — this trend is only worsened by adverse, albeit spotty, weather patterns.

With winter storms and inclement weather, it’s important for drivers to remember how to stay safe behind the wheel. Here, we share safety tips on how to avoid hydroplaning.

A couple of broken-hearted locals whose lives changed forever after they lost loved ones to street racing opened up on Friday warning the public of the dangers and heartache it causes.

California Highway Patrol officers in southwest Riverside County and elsewhere are planning increased patrols Tuesday to snare cannabis users who celebrate the unofficial marijuana “holiday” of 4/20 by getting high and driving.

Nearly 90% of drivers believe that people who use a cell phone behind the wheel pose a danger to others, yet 53% admitted doing so and 45% admitted to sending, reading or receiving a text message, according to survey results released Thursday by Farmers Insurance.

The California Department of Motor Vehicles will resume its in-person driving tests Friday at field offices across the state with new, pandemic-era protocols in place.

A new California bill would allow do-overs for people who aren’t happy with their driver’s license photo. AB 2045 was introduced this week by Assemblyman Phillip Chen, R-Diamond Bar. If passed into law, people could request up to three photographs taken a Department of Motor Vehicles office, then pick the one they like best. It includes a $5 voluntary donation…

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped Friday for the 17th time in 18 days, falling 1.5 cents to $4.107, one day after decreasing 1.8 cents.

The westbound Pomona (60) Freeway between Riverside and Ontario is slated to be shut down again this weekend as part of a resurfacing project that will require additional closures until the latter half of November.

The entire westbound Pomona (60) Freeway between Riverside and Ontario will be shut down Friday night and most of Saturday as part of a resurfacing project that required ongoing weekend-long closures of the eastbound side of the freeway, starting in July.

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose Tuesday to its highest amount since July 28, 2015, increasing 3.3 cents to $4.15.

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County Friday recorded its largest daily increase since July 15, 2015, rising 6.9 cents to $3.97.

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose 6.5 cents Thursday to $3.901, the 10th consecutive increase.

The westbound 60 Freeway between Riverside and Ontario will be shut down Friday night and through the weekend for the first time as part of a resurfacing project that required ongoing weekend-long closures of the eastbound side of the freeway.

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County recorded its largest increase since July 15, 2015, Wednesday, rising 6.5 cents to $3.758 because of higher crude oil prices stemming from the weekend drone attacks on two major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia.

The eastbound Pomona (60) Freeway between Riverside and Ontario will be shut down this weekend in a resumption of resurfacing work that was put on hold over the Labor Day holiday weekend to free up travel through the area.