Author name: CCAR Staff

In the three years following the fatal bus crash near Yucaipa, the government agencies that regulate vehicle safety have implemented several policies aimed at improving standards and the process determining when vehicles are too unsafe to be on the road. Immediately following the Feb. 3, 2013, crash that killed eight people, politicians and government officials […]

CLAREMONT >> Claremont police plan a sobriety checkpoint somewhere in the city Friday night to catch impaired drivers. The checkpoint will be set up in an undisclosed location between 7 p.m. Friday and 2 a.m. Saturday, according to a Claremont Police Department news release. Officers will be looking for signs of drug or alcohol impairment, […]

POMONA >> A bicyclist was injured in a collision with another vehicle tonight in Pomona and taken to County-USC Medical Center. The collision occurred shortly before 8 p.m. at McKinley and Orange Grove avenues, said Lt. Alex Illoraza of the Pomona Police Department. The victim’s condition has not been confirmed.

It happened again on Friday. The Metrolink Ventura County Line into Los Angeles was delayed “up to 10 minutes” due to the commuter rail’s new collision-avoidance system known as PTC. Positive Train Control is a computer program using global positioning satellites to gather information about a train, its route and velocity. If something is not right, […]

ONTARIO >> A 35-year-old Kansas City man was arrested Saturday morning after the reportedly stolen car he was in crashed on a 10 Freeway westbound offramp during a brief pursuit with police. An Ontario police officer spotted a Nissan Maximum, which was reported stolen out of Las Vegas, shortly before noon on Inland Empire Boulevard. […]

SAN BERNARDINO >> A trial may happen next month for the bus driver charged in the 2013 tour bus collision in Yucaipa that killed eight people and wounded many more. Norberto Bravo Perez appeared Friday in San Bernardino Superior Court for a hearing to determine whether both sides are ready to go to trial in […]

POMONA — A woman was fatally injured today in a traffic crash in Pomona, police said. The two-vehicle crash was reported shortly before 9 a.m. on San Antonio Avenue south of San Bernardino Avenue, Pomona police said. The woman, in her 50s, died at a hospital, police said. Authorities withheld her name, pending notification of […]

Maria Galvan of Van Nuys has been breathing easier since she obtained her driver’s license in March. Galvan had previously been stopped by police twice, and both she and her husband had their cars confiscated for driving without a license, she said. They each had to pay fines of $1,500 and were unable to pay […]

POMONA >> An infant and an adult were airlifted to a trauma center Saturday night after being involved in a multi-vehicle collision. The crash occurred around 9:39 p.m. at the intersection of Mission Boulevard and East End Avenue, said Eddie Pickett, fire supervisor for Los Angeles County Fire Department. There were a total of 10 […]