Author name: CCAR Staff

Optimistic. Inspiring. A strong woman who overcame obstacles and made sure to teach younger generations to do the same. That’s how relatives described Zoila Margarita Aguilera: an active 72-year-old great-grandmother who was on one of her regular jaunts to a local casino with a good friend and relative, Yolanda Mendoza, when their bus crashed Sunday […]

The charter bus that crashed into a semi-truck Sunday in Palm Springs, killing 13 people, was previously involved in a 2007 crash in Riverside that killed three people and the company that owns it had a history of fines and penalties. • RELATED STORY: 12 of 13 killed in Palm Springs-area bus crash are identified […]

The Riverside County Coroner’s Office said Ana Gomez de Magallon, 71, of Echo Park, was among the dead. Magallon lived in Echo Park with one of her sisters, according to her niece Yajaira Gomez. Originally from El Salvador, Gomez de Magallon was the oldest of five and lived in Los Angeles for much of the […]

PALM SPRINGS >> All 13 people killed in a Palm Springs-area bus crash Sunday have been identified by the Riverside County Coroner’s Office. • Photos: 13 die in Palm Springs bus crash Many of those identified are from Los Angeles and all are 50 or older. They were killed when a westbound bus crashed into […]

CLAREMONT >> A jack-knifed big-rig blocked all lanes of the eastbound 210 Freeway at Towne Avenue in Claremont Monday morning. It’s unclear if anyone was hurt in the solo-vehicle crash or if the rain contributed to the incident. The crash was first reported just after 5 a.m., leading authorities to issue a SigAlert for the […]

PALM SPRINGS >> Thirteen people died and 31 were injured — most of them as they slept — when a tour bus slammed into the back of a semi-truck on the 10 Freeway near Palm Springs before dawn Sunday, the California Highway Patrol said. The Alhambra-based USA Holiday charter bus carrying 44 passengers was returning […]

CHINO HILLS >> Authorities say a Riverside man was driving haphazardly and struck two other vehicles prior to crashing into a light pole outside of a Chino Hills high school, injuring four students Thursday afternoon. “(Travis James) Weible was reportedly driving erratically and was involved in two separate non-injury collisions down the road,” according to […]

CHINO HILLS >> A two-vehicle collision in front of Ruben S. Ayala High School Thursday afternoon injured three people, including two pedestrians identified as students, according to a fire official. One of the two students, a male, suffered major injuries and was flown to a trauma center, said Massiel Ladron De Guevara, spokesperson for Chino […]

ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST >> The coroner’s office on Thursday identified the 31-year-old motorcyclist who was found dead after crashing off Highway 39 in the Angeles National Forest earlier this week. Welter Ivan Virula Castillo of Los Angeles was discovered about 7 a.m. Tuesday near mile marker 32.51, east of Coldbrook campground. Castillo and other motorcyclists […]