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POMONA >> Four people died and four other were hurt in a hit-and-run collision on the 60 Freeway in Pomona early Saturday morning, authorities said. The crash took place about 5 a.m. on the eastbound 60 Freeway, just west of Reservoir Street, California Highway Patrol officials said in a written statement. The eight victims, four […]

West Covina Councilman Mike Spence has battled alcoholism and drug abuse for more than 20 years, he said during a recent interview when confronted about a DUI he pleaded guilty to in 1998. The revelations may place Spence’s future with San Bernardino County Supervisor Curt Hagman, for whom he is chief of staff, in question. […]

Galen Beery, longtime president of the La Verne Historical Society, and his wife, Doris Beery, were killed Tuesday night in a vehicle collision near Grants, New Mexico. The collision occurred about 7 p.m. Tuesday on Interstate 40 at mile marker 84, according to a New Mexico State Police news release. Investigators believe the couple was […]

MONTCLAIR >> A 53-year-old woman was killed when a wrong-way driver collided into her car early Thursday morning on the westbound lanes of the 10 Freeway in Montclair, according to California Highway Patrol. • Video: Fatal wrong-way crash on 10 Freeway in Montclair The alleged wrong-way driver, Christopher Olivas, 23, of Fontana was arrested and […]

POMONA >> A man died late Tuesday night after crashing into a post on Philadelphia Street east of Reservoir Street, Pomona police said. Just after 10 p.m., a vehicle was traveling east on Philadelphia Street through the intersection at Reservoir Street when it turned left across lanes of traffic and crashed into a yellow post, […]

SALINAS >> Six turns from the end of the Pirelli World Challenge Championships Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on Sunday, Patrick Long of Manhattan Beach went off the pavement in a battle with Johnny O’Connell for the checkered flag. Soon after the finish, PWC officials deemed O’Connell for an on-track infraction and moved […]

CLAREMONT >> A Long Beach man was arrested Friday on suspicion of the burglary of a gas station in the Wolf’s Market Plaza witnessed by a Lyft driver early Thursday morning. Claremont police took Juan Martinez, 27, into custody, according to a police department news release. Shortly after midnight, the Lyft driver called police, saying […]

ONTARIO >> Police are trying to determine what caused a man to die while in their custody Wednesday morning. Shortly before 1:30 a.m., police responded to a solo-vehicle crash at Archibald Avenue south of Ontario Ranch Road. Officers found the driver, Kyle Briones, 28, of Ontario still unconscious in his car after it crashed into […]

TORRANCE — Former President Bill Clinton’s half-brother, Roger, pleaded not guilty today to two counts of misdemeanor DUI stemming from his June arrest in Redondo Beach. As has been the case in a previous hearing, Defense attorney Walter F. Wiggins Jr. appeared in court on behalf of the 60-year-old Clinton. A defendant’s court presence is […]