The Coroner’s Office on Friday identified the driver who was killed in the crash that started one of two recent fires in the San Gabriel Valley. Michael Spengler, 53, died of multiple blunt force injuries and thermal burns after his pickup went over the side of Highway 39 near Morris Dam on June 20, according […]
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WASHINGTON >> A driver so enamored of his Tesla Model S sedan that he nicknamed the car “Tessy” and praised the safety benefits of its sophisticated “Autopilot” system has become the first U.S. fatality in a wreck involving a car in self-driving mode. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating the design and performance […]
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POMONA >> In anticipation of the July 4th holiday weekend, Pomona police will increase citywide patrols to catch impaired drivers, as well as setting up a checkpoint Friday. The checkpoint will begin 9 p.m. Friday and will run until 3 a.m. Saturday at an undisclosed location, according to a police statement. Patrol officers will be […]
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SAN ANTONIO HEIGHTS >> “He’s the real Angie’s List,” said Mark Ravelli about UPS driver Roger Flores, who can help remedy or resolve almost any situation for the San Antonio Heights neighborhood. “If you need something done, he’ll know the best person to get it done or can give you good guidance,” Ravelli added. Everybody […]
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CHINO HILLS >> A speed contest late Saturday between two teens from Chino ended with their arrests and minor injuries for a passenger when one of the cars collided with trees. Juan Nungaray, 18, and a 17-year-old male, both of Chino, apparently lined up on Soquel Canyon Parkway near Pipeline Avenue in Chino Hills and […]
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RIALTO >> Four people were arrested for driving under the influence out of 1,031 screened at a Friday night DUI/driver license checkpoint, according to a Rialto police news release. The checkpoint was held at 1243 S Riverside Ave. to screen northbound traffic on Riverside Avenue north of San Bernardino Avenue, the news release states. A […]
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CAJON PASS >> A man killed in a motorcycle crash Wednesday morning in the Cajon Pass has been identified as Anthony J. Ollenbittle, 33, of Godfrey, Ill., officials said. Ollenbittle was killed when he crashed into the back of a box truck just after 5:30 a.m. on the southbound lanes of the 15 Freeway near […]
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BALTIMORE >> A judge acquitted a police van driver of all charges including “depraved-heart” murder on Thursday in the death of 25-year-old arrestee Freddie Gray, whose broken neck on the way to the station set off Baltimore’s worst riots in decades. Six officers were charged in Gray’s death, but only Officer Caesar Goodson was accused […]
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CAJON PASS >> Traffic on the southbound lanes of the 15 Freeway near Oak Hills Road was backed up for nearly four miles as California Highway Patrol officers investigated a possible fatal motorcycle crash Wednesday morning, according to initial California Highway Patrol reports. The crash was first reported just after 5:30 a.m. as a crash […]
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