ENCINO >> Rams cornerback Troy Hill, a major contributor this season, was arrested Saturday morning on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol after a freeway car collision. Authorities said Hill, 25, was driving on the 101 Freeway in the San Fernando Valley when his Mercedes rear-ended a truck. Hill reportedly failed a field sobriety test […]

POMONA >> The Pomona Police Department will check for driver impairment at a DUI checkpoint Friday night. Officers will operate the checkpoint between 9 p.m. Friday and 3 a.m. Saturday at an undisclosed location, the department announced on its Facebook page. While the checkpoint’s location is not being advertised ahead of time, they’re typically set […]

MT. BALDY >> A Mission Viejo man died Wednesday when his motorcycle crashed head-on with a car on Mt. Baldy Road. Shortly before 4 p.m. Patrick James Cragin, 20, was riding his 2007 Honda CBR motorcycle at a high rate of speed down San Antonio Creek Road when he crossed the double yellow line separating […]

RANCHO CUCAMONGA >> Deputies are searching for a driver who struck a person then reportedly drove off early Thursday near the intersection of Kenyon Way and Milliken Avenue, officials said. The pedestrian, who has not been identified, was flown to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton. The person’s condition is not known. According to San […]

FONTANA >> Investigators are searching for two men who tied up a truck driver with zip ties and stole two diesel trucks and two flat trailers loaded with stacks of pallets, officials said. Late Wednesday night, a driver was in his trailer at a pallet yard in the 8000 block of Lime Avenue when he […]

West Covina Councilman Mike Spence fought back tears Tuesday night as he made his case for why he should become the next in line for mayor after being charged earlier this year with driving under the influence of an illegal drug. “I’m a flawed guy. I know that. I have struggled with addiction since I […]

Paterson, New Jersey has gifted America with the poets Allen Ginsberg and William Carlos Williams (and such other notables as Lou Costello and Fetty Wap). Now there is a movie called “Paterson” about a bus driver in Paterson who’s named, yes, Paterson. It is the loveliest American film of the year. Jim Jarmusch’s latest feature, […]

CHINO HILLS >> Members of the San Diego Christian College basketball team escaped injury early Sunday, but the driver of a car was killed as his vehicle rear-ended the team’s charter bus and caught fire in Chino Hills. The motorist was later identified as Xujun Lu, 26, of Chino Hills, according to the San Bernardino […]

There is absolutely no doubt who is the greatest NHRA Funny Car driver of all-time.. With 147 career national event victories, John Force virtually covers the next four drivers on the win list, whose combined total is 150. That’s how dominant the 67-year-old from Yorba Linda has been in the class. Force, a 16-time NHRA […]