Author name: CCAR Staff

LONG BEACH >> James Hinchcliffe in May 2015 was nearly killed during practice for the Indianapolis 500. Sunday, he won his first race since then, taking a victory at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach in front of about 70,000. Hinchcliffe pumped his fist over and over again as the checkered flag came down. […]

A Thousand Oaks family and their pilot were identified Saturday as victims of a deadly crash of a small plane that went down the day before in an Oregon field after taking off from Van Nuys. John A. Zitting, 42, his wife, Karen Blackmore Zitting, 37, and their 17-year-old son, John Brendan Zitting, died in […]

ONTARIO >> An Upland man died Friday night after the motorcycle he was riding collided with another vehicle in Ontario. American Medical Response paramedics found the motorcyclist, Brian Richard Jimenez, 30, unresponsive at Haven Avenue and Jurupa Street in Ontario about 8:30 p.m. Friday, according to a San Bernardino County coroner’s news release. He had […]

STOCKHOLM — A driver crashed a hijacked beer truck into an upscale department store in central Stockholm on Friday, killing at least two people, according to Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, who called the crash a terror attack. Live television footage showed smoke coming out of the upscale Ahlens department store on the city’s pedestrian […]

James Hinchcliffe came roaring into a turn, he said, doing 224 mph. He and his car never made it, instead crashing into the wall, bouncing off it, spinning and then turning over briefly before coming to rest on the track. His car was on fire, too. That wasn’t the worst of Hinchcliffe’s crash on May […]

FONTANA >> About 150 gallons of fuel were spilled in the aftermath of a crash involving a tractor trailer in Fontana early Thursday morning. “About 20 gallons made it into the storm drain,” said Eric Sherwin, spokesman for the San Bernardino County Fire Department. “Then after they closed down westbound Foothill (Boulevard), a bunch of […]

ONTARIO >> An FBI agent in an undercover car was rear-ended in a three-vehicle crash along the westbound 10 Freeway in Ontario, leading to a major backup on the freeway Wednesday morning, officials said. • Video: Three-vehicle pileup on the 10 Freeway in Ontario Despite being hit twice, “he was able to drive away,” California […]

HACIENDA HEIGHTS >> Authorities said a Hacienda Heights man allegedly tried to gun down an Uber driver he mistook for a rival gang member early Sunday. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office on Tuesday charged 23-year-old Bryan Orozco with attempted murder, possession of firearm by a felon and unlawful possession of ammunition, according to […]

SANTA ANA >> Santa Ana police arrested a man at his Costa Mesa home Saturday on suspicion of sexually assaulting his Uber customer. Angel Sanchez, 37, is being held on $100,000 bail at Santa Ana Jail, the police department announced Sunday. On Thursday night, a woman attending a company party in Newport Beach requested an […]