LOS ANGELES — Authorities today warned that they will be out in force during this weekend’s Memorial Day festivities, targeting drunken and drugged Southland drivers. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department plans to have checkpoints in West Hollywood and Paramount, along with an amplified presence in Lancaster; while the California Highway Patrol “is deploying all […]

RANCHO CUCAMONGA >> Jan. 7. It is the day that changed Stephanie Vasquez’s life — even if she has erased it from her mind. Recent Rancho Cucamonga transplants Stephanie and her husband, Steve Vasquez, were waiting to turn onto an interstate in Kyle, Texas, when a car struck another vehicle, causing that vehicle to hit […]

UPLAND >> The man killed in a crash in Upland Tuesday afternoon has been identified as 28-year-old Luis Hiram Cruz Hernandez of Rancho Cucamonga, according to the coroner’s report. Shortly after 1:30 p.m., Hernandez was driving in the 2600 block of North Mountain Avenue when he apparently lost control and crashed through a fence before […]

CHINO >> A recent DUI checkpoint netted three arrests, the Chino Police Department reported Tuesday. Officers set up a checkpoint in the 14400 block of Pipeline Avenue between the hours of 8 p.m. Friday and 3 a.m. Saturday, according to a news release. During that time, officers arrested one for driving impaired either by drugs […]

RANCHO CUCAMONGA >> California Highway Patrol officers are investigating a fatal solo-vehicle crash here Tuesday. Shortly after 1:30 p.m. the driver, a 19-year-old Rancho Cucamonga man, was driving in the 2600 block of North Mountain Avenue when he apparently lost control and crashed through a fence before rolling the car over and hitting a tree, […]

POMONA >> Eight months after a Pomona man was killed in what was thought to be a hit-and-run, his family hasn’t been able to afford to bury him. Besides Joshua Aaron Pyle’s sudden death, the family has had to grapple with illness and financial struggles. “We just weren’t prepared for something like that,” said Bob […]

When the Indianapolis 500 race is over Sunday and the winner has his picture on sports pages and on TV, the runner-up will be forgotten. It happens to second place all the time, After all, who was the second flier to cross the Atlantic after Lindburgh or the runner-up when Roger Bannister broke the 4-minute […]

SAN BERNARDINO >> The investigation into what caused a church bus to lose control and crash on Highway 330 in the San Bernardino Mountains on Sunday continued Monday while the victims were released from the hospital. Twenty-one people were hurt, seven seriously, as the bus headed down from Big Bear following an annual retreat, officials […]

SAN BERNARDINO >> A small tour bus carrying 22 members of a Downey church from a retreat in Big Bear overturned Sunday afternoon on Highway 330 two miles north of the 210 Freeway, injuring nearly two-dozen people – six seriously – and blocking the road in both directions. About 5:15 p.m., the California Highway Patrol […]