get_incidents

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Live CHP traffic incidents statewide, optionally filtered. Data: the California Highway Patrol statewide computer-aided dispatch feed - collisions, traffic hazards, disabled vehicles, closures as CHP logs them. Refreshes about once a minute; incidents disappear when CHP closes the log. Fetched live on every call. Filters (combinable): - highway: a route like "I-80", "US 50", "17", "Hwy 99". Matches incidents whose location text mentions that route. - center: "lat,lon" with radius_km - incidents within that circle. THIS IS THE RIGHT FILTER FOR A TOWN OR PLACE NAME: use your knowledge of where the place is (e.g. Coyote, CA -> "37.22,-121.74") with radius_km 15-30. A circle catches every road around the place, not just one highway. - area: substring match on the CHP dispatch-area name. These are CHP communication-center names ("Hollister Gilroy", "East Sac", "Golden Gate"), NOT town names - do not pass a town here. There is no county filter because CHP's feed carries no county field; for a county, use center on the county seat with a radius covering the county. Limits: locations are free-text from dispatchers; a few incidents lack usable coordinates and are omitted. No history - current logs only.