California Highway Patrol Archives

Busted CHP Boss Aims to Spike State Pension

February 12, 2020 9:29 pmFebruary 12, 2020 10:03 pm

Back in 2012, Spencer “Kyle” Scarber was the California Highway Patrol assistant chief in the Fresno area. When his son Spencer Scarber was on trial for rape, his father helped him escape to Mexico. The CHP boss served no prison...

2020 March Primary Preview: 36th State Assembly District

February 7, 2020 9:53 am

The 36th State Assembly District: The 36th District is where Los Angeles ends and where desert and farms begin. Comprised of parts of Los Angeles, Kern, and San Bernardino counties, the district fans out from Edwards Air Force Base, injecting...

Possessing a Firearm While Being an Alien Unlawfully in the United States

November 10, 2019 7:38 amNovember 9, 2019 8:44 pm

Six months after being charged in a triple vehicular homicide and felony DUI, Ismael Huazo-Jardinez is in the news again. As Sam Stanton reports in the Sacramento Bee, a federal probe of illegal weapons has targeted, among others, the “Mexican...

Bill To Expand Drug And Alcohol Testing In Fatal Traffic Accidents Vetoed By Governor

October 3, 2019 5:55 pm

Assembly Bill 551, which would have required drug tests to be performed after every fatal accident in the state, was vetoed by Governor Gavin Newsom. AB 551 would have required that a drug test, in addition to the already mandatory...

Bill That Would Extend Bar Hours To Face Final Approval For The Third Year In A Row

September 10, 2019 5:15 pm

Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and his pilot-program bill to extend drinking hours at bars in select California cities is set to be voted on again in Sacramento prior to the end of this legislative session. Senate Bill 58 would...

Federal Gun Charges for Illegal Triple Manslaughter Suspect Ismael Huazo-Jardinez

June 14, 2019 6:36 amJune 14, 2019 6:40 am

Ismael Huazo-Jardinez, the previously deported illegal Mexican immigrant charged with vehicular manslaughter for a May 4 felony DUI crash in Knight’s Landing, now faces two counts of “alien in possession of a firearm while unlawfully in the United States,” according...

ICE: ‘Ismael Huazo-Jardinez will remain in ICE custody’

May 9, 2019 7:38 amMay 9, 2019 12:37 pm

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement revealed Wednesday that Sacramento officers “learned through multiple sources that illegally present Mexican national Ismael Huazo-Jardinez was released on bail from Sutter County Jail pending criminal proceedings.” Deportation officers, the ICE statement said, “initiated surveillance...