SWAT officers used gas to end a multi-hour pursuit and standoff in Hollywood and the Hollywood Hills on Friday. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the pursuit began at about 9:30 a.m. at Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street when a truck hit another vehicle and a fire hydrant,

Officers chasing a pickup at low speeds on canyon roads in the Hollywood Hills are involved in a standoff with the driver outside a home in the hills above Sherman Oaks. The chase began after reports of a hit-and-run driver who crashed into a fire hydrant at about 9:30 a.m. near Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood.