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A 38,000 trucker convoy is heading to Washington, DC, from Los Angeles to protest pandemic mandates just in time for President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address on March 1. Kyle Sefcik, organizer and leader of the Freedom Convoy USA 2022, told WUSA CBS 9 that he is scheduled to leave Los Angeles on Friday and drive to D.C. The peaceful convoy will be composed of trucks and motorcycles and does not intend to gather at the Capitol. Instead, the convoy will protest near the White House and the National Mall with Christian bands and preachers.

<p>SAN DIEGO (AP) - California Highway Patrol officers did not know a stolen pickup truck was loaded with more than 20 people when they decided to stop it with spike strips, the department said Monday.</p> <p>Speeding west on a San Diego County interstate Sunday, the driver swerved around a spike strip, slammed into the center divide and rolled the 1998 Chevrolet pickup onto its side, tossing his passengers onto the pavement.</p>