CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. >> NASA’s Mercury-orbiting spacecraft, Messenger, is going out with a bang this week, adding a hefty crater to the little planet closest to the sun. The first spacecraft to circle Mercury, Messenger is expected to slip out of orbit and slam into Mercury on Thursday following a successful four-year tour of the […]

A fleeing driver, who may be connected to a home-invasion robbery in Big Bear, allegedly rammed into a sheriff’s patrol vehicle Sunday. Steven Mercado, 31, of Rancho Cucamonga, was severely injured Sunday after he reportedly ran from a San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy from the Rancho Cucamonga station, who was investigating a stolen vehicle call, […]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — UFC light heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones ran from a crash that hospitalized a pregnant woman but quickly came back to grab “a large handful of cash” from the car, witnesses told police. According to police, the accident occurred in southeastern Albuquerque just before noon Sunday when the driver of a rented […]

POMONA >> A motorcycle passenger was killed in a crash on the 57 Freeway on Sunday, authorities said. The crash, which happened about 1:40 p.m. on the southbound side of the freeway at the junction with the westbound 10 Freeway, also injured the motorcycle operator, who was airlifted from the scene, according to authorities. The […]

Following an internal probe, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has imposed unspecified discipline on a veteran deputy who fatally struck a cyclist with his patrol car in Calabasas 15 months ago as he was typing on his in-car computer, officials said. Deputy Andrew Wood hit and killed prominent entertainment attorney Milton Olin Jr. in […]

BREA >> A canyon road connecting Orange and San Bernardino counties was closed Saturday and would probably remain closed into Sunday morning after a vehicle crashed into a utility pole, snapping it and taking down power lines. No one was injured when the vehicle left the road and slammed into the wooden pole about 10 […]

POMONA >> A resident died after being hit by a car and the suspected driver was arrested after fleeing the scene, police said Saturday. Lindsey Ann Prieto, 30, of Pomona was in a crosswalk at Garey Avenue and Rio Rancho Road about 8:30 p.m. Friday when she was hit by a vehicle, according to Pomona […]

Name: John Force Title: NHRA Driver Age: 65 A drag racing icon, Force’s excitable attitude is as combustible as the 7,000-horsepower funny cars he has driven to a record 16 championships. Reiterating that retirement is not in his vocabulary as recently as February, the Yorba Linda resident plans to add to the 141 national event […]

A Pasadena police officer was injured Monday afternoon when he was knocked off his motorcycle in Upland on the 210 Freeway just east of Euclid Avenue. The Pasadena motor officer was taken to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center by way of helicopter, according to a news release from Pasadena Police Department. There was no indication of […]