A U-Haul stolen from Palmdale is currently involved in a chase with California Highway Patrol officers. It made its way through Santa Clarita and headed south to Downtown streets and then westbound on the 10 Freeway to Santa Monica. As of 4:!7 p.m., the chase moved onto the Pacific Coast Highway and into Malibu, as seen live on KCAL9-TV.

The driver is identified as a female, who can be smoking a cigarette (presumably), but no other information is known about her identity, according to police. She's taken the U-Haul up to speeds in excess of 80 miles per hour in the chase that has lasted over an hour.

The New Yorker called these chases "L.A.'s ultimate reality show." In their 2006 article, California had 7,321 pursuits with 5,596 taking place in LA County, according to '04 stats. A quarter of chases end in crashes and 15 people die on average in Los Angeles.

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