Author name: CCAR Staff

FULLERTON — They died exactly as they lived — together. On Tuesday night, Oscar Tinoco, 23, volunteered to pick up his 17-year-old stepsister, Valeria Tinoco, from soccer practice near Rosecrans Avenue and Beach Boulevard in La Mirada. That was nothing unusual. The pair was inseparable. Oscar doted on Valeria, taking her to school events, movies […]

CORONA >> A crash involving a motorcycle Thursday morning snarled traffic on the eastbound 91 Freeway near Serfas Club Drive in Corona, leading officials to issue a SigAlert for the area. The crash was first reported before 6 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol incident log. The condition of the rider was not immediately […]

POMONA >> A man was critically injured Wednesday night in a single-vehicle crash in Pomona. Police were called out to the scene of the crash at 3820 W. Valley Blvd. about 8:25 p.m., said Pomona police Lt. Marcus Perez. The driver, who was said to be driving recklessly based on witness statements, clipped the center […]

Clues ranging from the trail of smoke from a small plane as it plunged to earth to the two failed attempts to start its engine before takeoff will be examined as investigators piece together what happened to the twin-engine Cessna 310 that crashed in a Riverside neighborhood this week, experts said Wednesday, March 1. They […]

Lori Scheck’s husband had warned her to prepare herself. “It’s not good,” he told her. Yet when she returned to their Riverside home Tuesday night for the first time since a plane slammed into it, it was a shock. The paint was bubbling. The garage door was melted. The roof and all the rooms were […]

The fire commanders at the scene of the airplane crash Monday in Riverside had to make a decision: Did rescuers have a realistic chance of safely entering the home the plane hit and saving anyone as the flames burned fiercely? Fire Chief Michael Moore said the flames initially were burning on the exterior of the […]

SAN JOSE >> Stacey Pierce and Silvia Farelas were tethered to each other by their young daughters, sixth-graders with a shared passion for cheerleading. The last weekend in February was a big deal in that world: The USA Jr. Spirit Nationals were held at Disney’s California Adventure park in Anaheim. But what started as a […]

Uber’s CEO says he needs leadership help after a video has emerged of him arguing heatedly with a driver about fares. In the latest embarrassment to beset the ride-hailing company, CEO Travis Kalanick is seen discussing Uber’s business model with the driver. In the dashcam video obtained by Bloomberg News , the driver argues that […]

KRAMER JUNCTION >> One woman died and nearly two dozen people were injured in a crash near Kramer Junction involving a bus and two other cars along Highway 58 near Highway 395 Monday afternoon, according to California Highway Patrol officials. The crash was reported just after noon involving a small touring bus and two other […]