Sheriff's Patrol Cars Catch Fire After Calif. Pursuit

June 17--BERKELEY -- A Lexus being chased early Monday by Contra Costa Sheriff's deputies on Interstate 80 wound up in ice plant and dry grass near a freeway offramp, as did two patrol cars pursuing it, officials said. The Lexus got away. The patrol cars caught fire. The chase started about 3:45 a.m. near El Sobrante and ended at the Ashby Avenue exit on westbound I-80, Sheriff's Office spokesman Jimmy Lee said. Once the pursuit reached Ashby Avenue, the Lexus and the two deputy patrol...