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16 German high school students among French Alps plane crash victims

HALTERN, Germany >> A stunned German town mourned 16 students who went down aboard Germanwings Flight 9525 on their way home Tuesday from a Spanish exchange, while the opera world grieved for two singers who were returning from performing in Barcelona — one of them with her baby. “This is surely the blackest day in […]

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Locals charged in hit-and-run of waitress chasing down party that left restaurant without paying

SANTA ANA >> Charges were filed Tuesday against four people accused in a dine-and-dash at an Anaheim-area restaurant that ended with a waitress getting run over in the parking lot as they drove off. Rowshaid Cordell Pellum, 24, of Cerritos, was charged with aggravated assault and hit-and-run with injury, both felonies, and a misdemeanor count […]

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Two arrested in Pomona after high-speed chase, crash

POMONA >> Two men were arrested for suspicion of possession of methamphetamine and felony evading Monday after leading police on a high-speed chase and crashing into a parked car in Pomona. David Delayo, 24, of Pomona and Joseph Delayo, 21, of Baldwin Park were behind bars tonight after being arrested in the area of Towne […]

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Jon Wilhite, survivor in crash that killed Nick Adenhart, is back with Angels

TEMPE, Ariz. — Jon Wilhite was always a baseball kid. He grew up in Manhattan Beach in the 1980s playing catcher. Mike Scioscia was his favorite player, naturally. Eventually Wilhite became a star at Mira Costa High School and a valuable player off the bench for some powerful Cal State Fullerton teams from 2005-07. The […]

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NASCAR driver diary: Martin Truex Jr. happy with another Top-10 finish

Martin Truex Jr., driver of the Furniture Row Racing Chevorlet, shares his thoughts through the NASCAR weekend at Auto Club Speedway. If someone had told me after our final practice on Saturday that we would finish eighth, I would have said we’ll take it and let’s go home. • DRIVER DIARY: Martin Truex Jr. not […]

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NASCAR driver Brian Vickers out for three month due to blood clots

FONTANA >> Brian Vickers is out of a race car for at least three months. The 31-year-old NASCAR Sprint Cup driver will be on blood-thinning medicine until then after suffering small blood clots on Thursday during his flight to Southern California. He said he had pain level of “10” during the flight. He went to […]

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Oxnard Metrolink crash: Trucker turned onto tracks, drove 80 feet before train struck him

OXNARD — A truck driver mistakenly turned onto the tracks of a commuter rail line and went about 80 feet before getting stuck, federal accident investigators wrote Thursday in their initial findings about a deadly train collision last month outside Los Angeles. The National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary report reiterates much of what investigators discussed […]

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NASCAR Driver Diary: Martin Truex Jr. looking for more than a strong start

Martin Truex Jr., driver of the Furniture Row Racing Chevorlet, shares his thoughts through the NASCAR weekend at Auto Club Speedway Our single-car Furniture Row Racing team comes to Southern California on a high note. We have posted four straight top-eight finishes and are ranked third in the Sprint Cup driver point standings. No question, […]

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