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RANCHO CUCAMONGA >> Archie Green III, the man suspected of driving drunk and causing a Nov. 5 traffic collision that killed San Bernardino police Officer Bryce Hanes, pleaded not guilty to felony charges Tuesday morning.

• Photos: Arraignment of Archie Green III, in suspected DUI crash that killed San Bernardino police Officer Bryce Hanes

Green, 27, of Fontana appeared for a video arraignment in West Valley Superior Court in Rancho Cucamonga to face charges of gross vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence of alcohol. He is scheduled back in court Dec. 2.

Deputy District Attorney Jason Liso said Green’s blood-alcohol level was nearly twice the legal limit.

Hanes’ family was not in the courtroom for the arraignment.

• Video: Defense Attorney Ludlow Creary III says Archie Green III should be released on his own recognizance

Green’s attorney, Ludlow Creary III, said his client is “devastated” by Hanes’ death. Creary also said Hanes was not wearing a seat belt the night of the fatal crash.

Creary said his client is a “father and family man.” He is an honor student with no criminal record, who was raised in Buena Park and has ties to the community, he said.

The defense attorney requested a bail reduction or his client’s release on his own recognizance, but the judge denied the request and kept Green’s bail at $250,000.

“The judge is supposed to consider the safety of his community when considering bail,” said Liso during a news conference following the proceedings. “Also, legally speaking, in order to lower bail in a case like this, the judge has to find unusual circumstances, and the fact that he’s young and lacks a record isn’t an unusual circumstance such to let him out of custody in a case like this.”

Green’s family was present in court, but they did not comment.

Ontario police, who arrested Green, deferred a request for comment on whether Hanes was wearing a seat belt to the San Bernardino County district attorney’s office.

“Our office has released all the information related to this case at this point,” said DA spokesman Christopher Lee.

“This is an ongoing case. No further details will be released at this point.”

• Video: San Bernardino County Deputy District Attorney Jason Liso talks about the death of Officer Bryce Hanes

Hanes, a 40-year-old Redlands resident, had just dropped off an inmate at the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga, when police said Hanes’ vehicle was broadsided by a dark blue 2008 Dodge Charger driven by Green just after 2 a.m. Nov. 5 at Etiwanda Avenue and Fourth Street in Ontario.

The impact left the patrol car pressed into a traffic light pole.

A witness told investigators that the Charger’s driver ran a red light and collided with Hanes’ vehicle. The police officer had a green light, according to the witness.

Hanes, a 12-year member of the San Bernardino Police Department, is remembered as a family man devoted to his department and community.

Staff Writer Doug Saunders contributed to this report.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA >> No one was hurt when a vehicle collided with a school bus carrying 28 students this afternoon near Los Osos High.

The minor crash occurred around 3:20 p.m. when the packed bus was struck by a brown Toyota vehicle as it traveled northbound on Milliken Ave. approaching the curve at Wilson Avenue.

Sixteen students were transferred to a different school bus, and 13 students were released to their parents.

The cause of the crash is still under investigation, officials said.

“Although it seldom occurs, it is nevertheless unnerving to learn that a district bus is involved in an accident,” said Mat Holton, superintendent of Chaffey Joint Union High School District. “However, I’m sincerely thankful there were no injuries.”

The motorist who slammed into a San Bernardino police patrol car, killing Officer Bryce Hanes early this morning near Rancho Cucamonga, may have run a red-light.

A witness told investigating officers that the motorist ran a red light and crashed into Hanes’ vehicle. Hanes had a green light, according to the witness.

Police officials say Hanes’ vehicle was broadsided by the other motorist. At the scene, the patrol car was pressed into a traffic light pole.

The traffic collision at Fourth Street and Etiwanda Avenue, may be DUI-related, police said.

Initial reports indicate Hanes had just dropped off an inmate at West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga when the crash happened.

The crash is under investigation by Ontario police.

The motorist who slammed into a San Bernardino police patrol car, killing Officer Bryce Hanes early this morning near Rancho Cucamonga, may have run a red-light.

A witness told investigating officers that the motorist ran a red light and crashed into Hanes’ vehicle. Hanes had a green light, according to the witness.

Police officials say Hanes’ vehicle was broadsided by the other motorist. At the scene, the patrol car was pressed into a traffic light pole.

The traffic collision at Fourth Street and Etiwanda Avenue, may be DUI-related, police said.

Initial reports indicate Hanes had just dropped off an inmate at West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga when the crash happened.

The crash is under investigation by Ontario police.

ONTARIO >> A San Bernardino police officer was killed early Thursday after his patrol unit was slammed into by a car driven by a man who police suspect was driving drunk.

Bryce Hanes, a 40-year-old Redlands resident, had just dropped off an inmate at the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga, when police said Hanes’ vehicle was broadsided by another motorist driving a dark blue 2008 Dodge Charger just after 2 a.m. at Etiwanda Avenue and Fourth Street in Ontario.

The impact left the patrol car pressed into a traffic light pole. A witness told investigating officers that the Charger’s driver ran a red light and collided into Hanes’ vehicle. The police officer had a green light, according to the witness.

The Charger’s driver, 27-year-old Archie Green III of Fontana, was hospitalized with minor injuries. When he’s released from the hospital, Green will be booked into county jail on suspicion of felony DUI causing death and vehicular manslaughter, according to Ontario police, who are investigating the crash.

• Photos: San Bernardino police officer killed in early morning crash

Later Thursday morning, a procession of police escorted Hanes’ casket, draped in an American flag, back to San Bernardino, where flags hung at half-staff at City Hall, and a department and hometown mourned.

“It’s with a great deal of sadness that we announce that we lost an officer overnight to a traffic collision,” said Jarrod Burguan, San Bernardino police chief.

Hanes is a 12-year veteran of the San Bernardino Police Department, with a wife and three children under the age of 12. Burguan described him as very well-liked, very committed to his job and a tremendous loss to the agency.

“He’s been an exemplary officer, completely dedicated to this city, this agency,” the chief said.

PART OF THE COMMUNITY

Hanes worked in patrol all 12 years of his service in San Bernardino and spent the majority of those years on the overnight shift. The crash Thursday occurred close to the start of his shift.

He is survived by his wife, Alice, and children Abigail, 12, Katie, 10, and Benjamin, 7, police said. He also has a brother in law enforcement, a San Bernardino police detective who recently retired from the department.

• Videos: Chief Jarrod Burguan talks about Officer Bryce Hanes | Scene of fatal crash | Officers arrive at hospital | Ontario Police Department details crash

Hanes graduated from San Bernardino High School in 1993 and was remembered by staff there as a good student who played on the varsity football team.

“He used to come in to my classroom during lunchtime and play chess,” recalled Clifford Corigliano Sr., the biology teacher at San Bernardino High School. “He was actually pretty good.”

Although Corigliano hadn’t seen Hanes since he graduated from high school, he said news of Hanes’ death hit him and other faculty hard.

“It’s a very sad thing to know that someone who you taught has died,” he said.

Students and staff will hold a moment of silence for Hanes during the school’s homecoming rally Friday morning.

LOSS RIPPLES ACROSS STATE

The officer’s death reverberated across the state, with dozens of agencies taking to social media offering their condolences to Hanes’ fellow officers and his family. Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck tweeted: “The men and women of #LAPD are mourning the death of @SanBernardinoPD Officer Hanes. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and the family!”

Gov. Jerry Brown ordered the Capitol flags to be flown at half-staff.

“Anne and I are deeply saddened to learn of the tragic death of Officer Hanes,” Brown said in a statement. “We offer our heartfelt condolences to Officer Hanes’ family, friends and co-workers at the San Bernardino Police Department. We join all Californians in mourning his loss and vow to always remember his selfless service and sacrifice on behalf of his community.”

San Bernardino Mayor R. Carey Davis attended a news conference Thursday morning and expressed his grief upon learning of Hanes’ death.

“I’m very saddened by the loss of one of our police officers,” Davis said. “I know Bryce was very well liked, loved, not only by the police department but beloved by his family.”

Davis later released a statement asking community members “not to forget the sacrifices made by our police department and by their families. I am grateful for his service and I ask that you please continue to keep Officer Hanes’ family and our SBPD family in your thoughts and prayers.”

Law enforcement officers from various agencies around the region went Thursday morning to Kaiser Hospital in Fontana, where Hanes was taken and later died.

San Bernardino had gone a decade and a half without a fatal on-duty crash involving one of its officers, officials said. The last one was in 2000.

Memorials with flowers were growing late Thursday at the San Bernardino Police Department and at the crash scene.

“I just want to tell him and his family that I am so appreciative of his duty to our county,” Corigliano said. “I want to thank anyone who puts that uniform on every day. It’s so sad to have it end this way. I send to his family my condolences.”

Anyone who may have witnessed or who has information about the collision can contact Ontario Police Department Traffic Officer Fred Ruiz at 909-395-2001, Ext. 4687, or 909-986-6711.

ONTARIO >> A San Bernardino police officer was killed early Thursday after his patrol unit was slammed into by a car driven by a man who police suspect was driving drunk.

Bryce Hanes, a 40-year-old Redlands resident, had just dropped off an inmate at the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga, when police said Hanes’ vehicle was broadsided by another motorist driving a dark blue 2008 Dodge Charger just after 2 a.m. at Etiwanda Avenue and Fourth Street in Ontario.

The impact left the patrol car pressed into a traffic light pole. A witness told investigating officers that the Charger’s driver ran a red light and collided into Hanes’ vehicle. The police officer had a green light, according to the witness.

The Charger’s driver, 27-year-old Archie Green III of Fontana, was hospitalized with minor injuries. When he’s released from the hospital, Green will be booked into county jail on suspicion of felony DUI causing death and vehicular manslaughter, according to Ontario police, who are investigating the crash.

• Photos: San Bernardino police officer killed in early morning crash

Later Thursday morning, a procession of police escorted Hanes’ casket, draped in an American flag, back to San Bernardino, where flags hung at half-staff at City Hall, and a department and hometown mourned.

“It’s with a great deal of sadness that we announce that we lost an officer overnight to a traffic collision,” said Jarrod Burguan, San Bernardino police chief.

Hanes is a 12-year veteran of the San Bernardino Police Department, with a wife and three children under the age of 12. Burguan described him as very well-liked, very committed to his job and a tremendous loss to the agency.

“He’s been an exemplary officer, completely dedicated to this city, this agency,” the chief said.

PART OF THE COMMUNITY

Hanes worked in patrol all 12 years of his service in San Bernardino and spent the majority of those years on the overnight shift. The crash Thursday occurred close to the start of his shift.

He is survived by his wife, Alice, and children Abigail, 12, Katie, 10, and Benjamin, 7, police said. He also has a brother in law enforcement, a San Bernardino police detective who recently retired from the department.

• Videos: Chief Jarrod Burguan talks about Officer Bryce Hanes | Scene of fatal crash | Officers arrive at hospital | Ontario Police Department details crash

Hanes graduated from San Bernardino High School in 1993 and was remembered by staff there as a good student who played on the varsity football team.

“He used to come in to my classroom during lunchtime and play chess,” recalled Clifford Corigliano Sr., the biology teacher at San Bernardino High School. “He was actually pretty good.”

Although Corigliano hadn’t seen Hanes since he graduated from high school, he said news of Hanes’ death hit him and other faculty hard.

“It’s a very sad thing to know that someone who you taught has died,” he said.

Students and staff will hold a moment of silence for Hanes during the school’s homecoming rally Friday morning.

LOSS RIPPLES ACROSS STATE

The officer’s death reverberated across the state, with dozens of agencies taking to social media offering their condolences to Hanes’ fellow officers and his family. Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck tweeted: “The men and women of #LAPD are mourning the death of @SanBernardinoPD Officer Hanes. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and the family!”

Gov. Jerry Brown ordered the Capitol flags to be flown at half-staff.

“Anne and I are deeply saddened to learn of the tragic death of Officer Hanes,” Brown said in a statement. “We offer our heartfelt condolences to Officer Hanes’ family, friends and co-workers at the San Bernardino Police Department. We join all Californians in mourning his loss and vow to always remember his selfless service and sacrifice on behalf of his community.”

San Bernardino Mayor R. Carey Davis attended a news conference Thursday morning and expressed his grief upon learning of Hanes’ death.

“I’m very saddened by the loss of one of our police officers,” Davis said. “I know Bryce was very well liked, loved, not only by the police department but beloved by his family.”

Davis later released a statement asking community members “not to forget the sacrifices made by our police department and by their families. I am grateful for his service and I ask that you please continue to keep Officer Hanes’ family and our SBPD family in your thoughts and prayers.”

Law enforcement officers from various agencies around the region went Thursday morning to Kaiser Hospital in Fontana, where Hanes was taken and later died.

San Bernardino had gone a decade and a half without a fatal on-duty crash involving one of its officers, officials said. The last one was in 2000.

Memorials with flowers were growing late Thursday at the San Bernardino Police Department and at the crash scene.

“I just want to tell him and his family that I am so appreciative of his duty to our county,” Corigliano said. “I want to thank anyone who puts that uniform on every day. It’s so sad to have it end this way. I send to his family my condolences.”

Anyone who may have witnessed or who has information about the collision can contact Ontario Police Department Traffic Officer Fred Ruiz at 909-395-2001, Ext. 4687, or 909-986-6711.

POMONA >> A blue-green bus with the words Covered California and messages urging people to sign up for health insurance rolled into Ontario and Pomona Tuesday as part of a 48 city, 10 day tour across the state to highlight organizations making an effort to sign up people for health coverage.

In Pomona, the Covered California bus carrying Peter Lee, executive director of the state’s marketplace for the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, stopped at the Pomona Community Health Center at the Village at Indian Hill and at Ortiz and Associates near the southeast corner of Garey Avenue and Third Street in downtown Pomona.

“This one insurance agency over the last two years has (enrolled) more than 5,000 people,” Lee said of Ortiz and Associates.

The company’s personnel have done an impressive job, but there are many people in Pomona who don’t have insurance and qualify for financial assistance that will help them purchase insurance or qualify for Medi-Cal coverage at low cost or no cost, he said.

“Tens of thousands of people in Pomona are eligible for subsidies,” Lee said.

People have heard about Obamacare, he said, “but they don’t believe it’s affordable to them.”

Having health insurance means a person will not have to shoulder a heavy financial burden if they have a serious medical problem, he said adding that “if something bad happens you’re going to get access to (the) best hospitals.”

The bus tour also stopped at the Pomona Community Health Center because it offers more than quality health care services, Lee said.

Personnel at the center are prepared to help patients sign up for health insurance, he said.

Alicia Ortiz, who partners with her husband in the family-owned Ortiz and Associates, said the secret to their success in enrolling people is customer service.

“Enrollment is just signing them up. The real job is answering their questions,” she said.

People have questions — ranging from why their insurance identification cards haven’t arrived to why their doctor won’t take their insurance — and they need someone who can help them.

“People need to be able to reach out to someone,” Ortiz said.

At the Pomona Community Health Center, “we never turn anybody away. We take care of everyone,” said Ellen Silver, chief executive officer.

In addition to providing quality health services, personnel work with patients to find out if they qualify for Medi-Cal or another insurance plan and help them find a plan that meets their health and financial situation, she said.

The open enrollment period continues through Jan. 31. For information about Covered California, visit coveredca.com.

POMONA >> A blue-green bus with the words Covered California and messages urging people to sign up for health insurance rolled into Ontario and Pomona Tuesday as part of a 48 city, 10 day tour across the state to highlight organizations making an effort to sign up people for health coverage.

In Pomona, the Covered California bus carrying Peter Lee, executive director of the state’s marketplace for the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, stopped at the Pomona Community Health Center at the Village at Indian Hill and at Ortiz and Associates near the southeast corner of Garey Avenue and Third Street in downtown Pomona.

“This one insurance agency over the last two years has (enrolled) more than 5,000 people,” Lee said of Ortiz and Associates.

The company’s personnel have done an impressive job, but there are many people in Pomona who don’t have insurance and qualify for financial assistance that will help them purchase insurance or qualify for Medi-Cal coverage at low cost or no cost, he said.

“Tens of thousands of people in Pomona are eligible for subsidies,” Lee said.

People have heard about Obamacare, he said, “but they don’t believe it’s affordable to them.”

Having health insurance means a person will not have to shoulder a heavy financial burden if they have a serious medical problem, he said adding that “if something bad happens you’re going to get access to (the) best hospitals.”

The bus tour also stopped at the Pomona Community Health Center because it offers more than quality health care services, Lee said.

Personnel at the center are prepared to help patients sign up for health insurance, he said.

Alicia Ortiz, who partners with her husband in the family-owned Ortiz and Associates, said the secret to their success in enrolling people is customer service.

“Enrollment is just signing them up. The real job is answering their questions,” she said.

People have questions — ranging from why their insurance identification cards haven’t arrived to why their doctor won’t take their insurance — and they need someone who can help them.

“People need to be able to reach out to someone,” Ortiz said.

At the Pomona Community Health Center, “we never turn anybody away. We take care of everyone,” said Ellen Silver, chief executive officer.

In addition to providing quality health services, personnel work with patients to find out if they qualify for Medi-Cal or another insurance plan and help them find a plan that meets their health and financial situation, she said.

The open enrollment period continues through Jan. 31. For information about Covered California, visit coveredca.com.

POMONA >> A 22-year-old resident here was arrested for DUI following a one-vehicle collision with a power pole at about 4:50 a.m. Saturday.

Officers responded to a traffic collision where a vehicle struck the Edison pole at Holt Avenue and Towne Avenue. As a result, the southbound lanes of Towne Avenue will be closed from Pasadena Street to Holt Avenue, so repairs can be completed, Pomona police said.

The driver of the vehicle, Richard Garcia, was arrested on a DUI charge, police said.

Repairs were ongoing well into the afternoon Saturday.