West Covina Councilman Mike Spence has battled alcoholism and drug abuse for more than 20 years, he said during a recent interview when confronted about a DUI he pleaded guilty to in 1998. The revelations may place Spence’s future with San Bernardino County Supervisor Curt Hagman, for whom he is chief of staff, in question. […]

Galen Beery, longtime president of the La Verne Historical Society, and his wife, Doris Beery, were killed Tuesday night in a vehicle collision near Grants, New Mexico. The collision occurred about 7 p.m. Tuesday on Interstate 40 at mile marker 84, according to a New Mexico State Police news release. Investigators believe the couple was […]

MONTCLAIR >> A 53-year-old woman was killed when a wrong-way driver collided into her car early Thursday morning on the westbound lanes of the 10 Freeway in Montclair, according to California Highway Patrol. • Video: Fatal wrong-way crash on 10 Freeway in Montclair The alleged wrong-way driver, Christopher Olivas, 23, of Fontana was arrested and […]

POMONA >> A man died late Tuesday night after crashing into a post on Philadelphia Street east of Reservoir Street, Pomona police said. Just after 10 p.m., a vehicle was traveling east on Philadelphia Street through the intersection at Reservoir Street when it turned left across lanes of traffic and crashed into a yellow post, […]

SALINAS >> Six turns from the end of the Pirelli World Challenge Championships Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on Sunday, Patrick Long of Manhattan Beach went off the pavement in a battle with Johnny O’Connell for the checkered flag. Soon after the finish, PWC officials deemed O’Connell for an on-track infraction and moved […]

CLAREMONT >> A Long Beach man was arrested Friday on suspicion of the burglary of a gas station in the Wolf’s Market Plaza witnessed by a Lyft driver early Thursday morning. Claremont police took Juan Martinez, 27, into custody, according to a police department news release. Shortly after midnight, the Lyft driver called police, saying […]

ONTARIO >> Police are trying to determine what caused a man to die while in their custody Wednesday morning. Shortly before 1:30 a.m., police responded to a solo-vehicle crash at Archibald Avenue south of Ontario Ranch Road. Officers found the driver, Kyle Briones, 28, of Ontario still unconscious in his car after it crashed into […]

TORRANCE — Former President Bill Clinton’s half-brother, Roger, pleaded not guilty today to two counts of misdemeanor DUI stemming from his June arrest in Redondo Beach. As has been the case in a previous hearing, Defense attorney Walter F. Wiggins Jr. appeared in court on behalf of the 60-year-old Clinton. A defendant’s court presence is […]

POMONA >> After two days of deliberation, a jury found an Alhambra man guilty of second-degree murder in a 2014 traffic collision in Claremont, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday. Ryan Munoz, 39, was driving his truck west on the 210 Freeway near the Towne Avenue offramp early June 28, 2014, when […]