Author name: CCAR Staff

HUNTINGTON BEACH >> A police officer’s badge deflected a bullet heading for his heart in a gun battle during a car chase Friday morning that ended in a fiery crash in the Cajon Pass, officials said. The officer suffered minor cuts from shattered glass, but is now home. The gun-battle car chase started in the […]

Jenny and Roland Martinez have endured what no parent should: the death of a beloved child. But they’ve found strength in knowing that a nonprofit named in his honor has gone on to help many young people. Devastated by the loss, the Upland family said one of its worst fears was that time would fade […]

ONTARIO >> The two men killed in a crash in Ontario over the weekend have been identified, according to San Bernardino County coroner’s officials. Brandon Onyemaichi Nwarueze, 25, of Fontana and Steven Alvarez, 24, of Rancho Cucamonga were killed early Saturday morning following a crash near the eastbound 10 Freeway at Fourth Street, according to […]

LOMA LINDA >> The San Bernardino County Coroner’s Department has identified a cyclist killed Friday by an alleged hit-and-run driver as 62-year-old Redlands resident Randolph Stephenson. Stephenson was riding his bike west on Barton Road, east of Campus Street, about 11:45 a.m. Friday when he was struck by a minivan that failed to stop for […]

FONTANA >> A 22-year-old Fontana woman was killed Tuesday night when her small car collided with a full-sized pickup, police say. The collision happened about 9:45 p.m. Tuesday on Cherry Avenue north of Valley Boulevard, according to a Fontana police news release. The woman, identified by the San Bernardino Count Coroner Office as Clarissa Galarza […]

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department arrested a Rancho Cucamonga man who they believe struck and killed a bicyclist with his vehicle in Loma Linda as he was attempting to flee from deputies. San Bernardino County sheriff’s officials say they went to a home in Loma Linda where Eric Tofoya was staying shortly before 11 […]

HESPERIA >> Bus service to Phelan is back as of now on Route 20, and Route 21 will return Saturday, Victor Valley Transit Authority announced Friday afternoon. Route 21 Sunday service to Wrightwood remains suspended because of the Blue Cut fire. Deviation service — in which buses drive up to three-quarters of a mile off […]

Jurors on Wednesday, Aug. 17, found a Chino man guilty of assault with a deadly weapon for driving through a crowded downtown Riverside street during the 2014 Festival of Lights and for failing to help three victims who were hit. But the Riverside County Superior Court jury found him not guilty of similar charges involving […]

RIO DE JANEIRO — The German Olympic team says canoe slalom coach Stefan Henze has died from injuries sustained in a car crash last week. The German team says Henze, who was 35 and won a silver medal in canoe slalom at the 2004 Athens Games, died surrounded by his family. He underwent emergency surgery […]