This scene was filmed in an alleyway in North Hollywood. The alley runs north/south between Laurel Canyon Blvd (on the west) and Agnus Avenue (on the east). They shot the smoking scene at the far north end of that alley, just south of Victory Blvd. (In the photo above, we are looking west/southwest.)

  * A tip of the hat to Christian Jensen, who alerted me to this rabbit mural location (and other locations in this chase) in Pineapple Express, before I had even seen the movie.  Thanks, Chris!

The small door seen to the right of the rabbit mural (with a fake "Beer & Wine" store sign over it) is the rear door to 6344 Laurel Canyon Blvd, which, in real life, houses "Ed Simon Chiropractic".

That patrol car comes heading west down a side alley, then turns south into the main alley and parks there, across from Seth (who is smoking a joint next to the rabbit mural on the west side of the alley).

In the photo above, we are looking north, up the alley. The tall glass/mirrored building you see behind them, at the north end of that alley, currently houses CalNational Bank, and its address is 6350 Laurel Canyon Blvd., at the SE corner of Laurel Canyon Blvd & Victory Blvd.

In the photo above, we are looking south down the alley.

That abstract mural is on the north-facing wall in the alley, the rear wall of 6334 Laurel Canyon Blvd. (which, as of early 2009, appears to be, appropriately enough, a head shop called "Dementia").

Rosie Perez, the crooked cop, is in her own police car when she hears this report come over the radio. When we see her in her car, she is parked in a parking lot of a shopping center called Valley Plaza, near the southwest corner of the former Regal Cinemas building (movie theatres), at 6355 Bellingham Ave. (just south of Victory).

As of 2009, the theatre building, like many of the businesses in Valley Plaza shopping center, is empty, sitting behind a chain link fence. They they filmed a good portion of the police chase in that half-empty center.

The large billboard we glimpse behind Rosie's cop car (in the photo above) sits atop an office building at 12226 Victory North Hollywood, that currently houses "Extreme Rims".

With Dale locked up in the back of the patrol car, the cop car heads south down the alley, with the policewoman talking to Dale about Rosie Perez, and not really paying attention to where she's driving.

When she reaches the south end of the alley (at Sylvan Street) Saul jumps out and tries to stop the car. The cop car hits him, spilling his red Slurpies all over the windshield.

Saul then puts the cop car into reverse and backs north up the alleyway, with the policewoman threatening to shoot him.

Saul then puts the car into drive and heads back south down the alleyway. The south end of the alley (at Sylvan Street) is blocked by the first policewoman, who fires several shots at their (her own) car, before jumping out of the way.

In the photo above, the cars are heading south, and the police woman is aiming north (from near Sylvan St.)



As he emerges from the south end of the alley, a backing car causes Seth to swerve, knocking over paper racks on the south side of Sylvan (near Re/Max), then he turns right (west) on Sylvan Street.

In the photo above, the camera is looking southeast across Laurel Canyon Blvd.

At the moment Saul's foot breaks through the windshield, we see they are passing a Sizzler restaurant. That's on the west side of Valley Plaza, at 6343 Laurel Canyon Blvd., on the west side of the street.

(That Sizzler is actually north of RE-Max, a mild "cheat" on the part of the producers.)

They then continue that "cheat" - with a shot (above) in which the cars pass that same RE/Max for a second time, while still heading south.

The Freeway you see ahead of them during the chase is the Hollywood (101) Freeway, where it crosses over Laurel Canyon Blvd. (In the photo above, the camera is looking south.)

He is actually turning west onto Erwin Street (from the southbound Laurel Canyon Blvd. The building on the right corner, with the green, French-style roof, is at 6205 Laurel Canyon Blvd, and (like many stores in this area) currently appears to be empty (but previously housed a family counseling office).

They continue the chase, with Rosie Perez driving west on Erwin Street, and the guys driving the same direction, only across the park (Valley Plaza Park), weaving through the trees.

In the background, as they sail by (heading north), you can see the back (west) side of "Bellagio Furniture". Bellagio is at 6227 Laurel Canyon Blvd, and is right next door to (south of) the Gold's Gym they just passed on their way south. The road they sailed over is Vantage Avenue (which is really just Erwin Street, renamed here as it curves into the shopping center).

They actually stop in front of a small, free-standing building in that back parking lot, which housed a drapery cleaning business (at 6240 Vantage Ave) and the Valley Plaza station of the U.S. Postal Service (at 6242 Vantage). Both businesses appear to be currently closed.