WHITTIER >> On a night that should have had Hun Joon “Paul” Lee eat birthday cake and open presents surrounded by family, Tuesday was one where about 500 people, mostly empathetic strangers, took part in a vigil honoring him. The non-verbal autistic teen, who died aboard a school bus nearly two weeks ago, was celebrated […]
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NORWALK >> Hundreds of mourners gathered in Norwalk Saturday to say their final farewells to a 19-year-old autistic student from Whittier who died after being left alone in a school bus last week. The death of Hun Joon “Paul” Lee, who died after being left unattended for hours on a contracted school bus parked at […]
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FONTANA >> A motorist was killed early Saturday when the vehicle struck a power pole in the southern part of town, police said. The single-vehicle crash, which occurred on Jurupa Avenue near Calabash Avenue, was reported at 2:52 a.m., said police Lt. Gary Aulis. As of 10 a.m., the street was still closed while officers […]
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Riding your bike from home to catch a bus or train comes with multiple issues. Carrying a bike onto a train takes muscles. Buses only have two bike slots so if those are taken, the rider is out of luck. Leaving a bike at the bus stop or station the whole day? Even with a […]
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SAN BERNARDINO >> Full and empty beer bottles and cans fell out of the bed of a pickup truck driven by an allegedly drunken man who crashed into at least one Rialto police vehicle as he tried to flee from officers Monday morning. Juan Pablo Mercado Romo, 36, was arrested on suspicion of driving under […]
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MULTAN, Pakistan >> A police official says a blast outside of a bus terminal in central Pakistan has killed at least nine people and wounded 48. Khalid Rauf says several of the wounded from the explosion Sunday night in the city of Multan are in critical condition. He blamed the blast on a remote-controlled bomb. […]
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CHINO HILLS >> An over-sized balloon believed to be developed by Google crash-landed into a palm tree early Saturday morning, leaving neighbors startled by the contraption. It didn’t take residents long to figure out what the white polyurethane material was that was stuck between the lawns of two homes in the 1600 block of Rancho […]
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WHITTIER >> Authorities have released the identity of a 19-year-old special-needs student found dead after being left on a school bus for hours Friday afternoon. Paramedics pronounced Hun Joon Lee of Whittier dead at the scene after he was found unresponsive in a bus parked at a Whittier Union High School District parking lot at […]
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BOGOTA, Colombia >> Actor Tom Cruise flew in a helicopter across the Colombian Andes just 10 minutes before a small plane on the same flight path crashed into a jungled mountain, killing three crew members from his upcoming movie, civil aviation authorities said. An official with the aviation agency, who spoke on condition of anonymity […]
