Author name: CCAR Staff

Mike Swords of the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator purposefully stepped in front of the self-driving mini-bus doing circles around an empty parking lot in the rain. Quickly sensing the pedestrian, the on-board cameras relayed a signal to the autonomous vehicle’s computer, which told its brakes to engage. The bus stopped immediately and no one was […]

SANTA ANA >> Ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman was sentenced to three years of probation on Monday for misdemeanor charges stemming from going the wrong way onto the I-5 freeway in Santa Ana and, authorities said, prompting a crash. On July 20 at about 12:30 a.m., Rodman drove an SUV onto an exit ramp for a […]

RIALTO >> Police arrested a 20-year-old Fontana man in connection with a Jan. 10 hit-and-run crash that killed a 53-year-old Rialto woman, according to officials. Jesus Orozco, who police say had fled to Mexico following the crash, was brought to the border with the help of U.S. federal law enforcement agencies and arrested by the […]

LOS ANGELES — Authorities today reminded Southlanders that law enforcement officers will be out in force this Super Bowl weekend looking for motorists who drive while impaired or who commit other traffic offenses. “Football fans across the country will tune in to the Super Bowl on Sunday, and for many the event often includes alcohol,” […]

CHINO HILLS >> Classes at Chino Hills High School will resume Thursday a day after a crash near the campus knocked out power to the school, authorities said. “Classes are in session today at Chino Hills High School. See you in class!” read a Chino Valley Unified School District Twitter post Thursday morning. Nearly 3,000 […]

CHINO >> Police captured a teen boy Wednesday morning they say was among six people arrested after they led deputies and police on a wild pursuit following an alleged carjacking in La Puente that ended in a crash in front of a vacant juvenile detention center in Chino Tuesday night. “He was found at the […]

CHINO HILLS >> Carbon Canyon Road between Canon Lane and Canyon Hills Road is shutdown while police investigate a major injury crash, city officials announced Tuesday evening. Shortly before 7:30 p.m. city officials released the notice on their official website broadcasting the police activity to residents. “The Road will be closed for an extended time […]

WHITTIER >> A judge on Monday sentenced a school bus driver to two years in prison for leaving an autistic Whittier teen in a bus for hours on a sweltering day. The 19-year-old died from overheating. Sarah Ardalani, spokeswoman for the District Attorney’s Office, said all the windows on the bus were closed and the […]

UPLAND >> Authorities identified the man killed in a freeway crash in Upland crash Sunday as 52-year-old Chieng Huu Chieng of Rosemead. Chieng was killed in an early-Sunday morning crash on the 210 Freeway, according to reports. The incident was reported at 3:18 a.m. on the eastbound side of the freeway, west of the Mountain […]