WALNUT >> Deputies arrested a driver from West Covina for allegedly killing a jogger Monday morning. The jogger, 59-year-old Chi Shao of Walnut, was hit from behind while on La Puente Road and carried several yards before the car crashed into a brick wall shortly before 6 a.m., deputies said. He died at the scene. […]

One thing about drag racing is that you can’t win every race. There are so many elements, so many variables that it just can’t be done. But that doesn’t mean that you don’t want to win them all. So it stings a little bit writing this after a first-round loss to my Don Schumacher Racing […]

SAN DIMAS >> A man died in a crash on a 57 Freeway offramp in San Dimas Sunday afternoon after his Smart Car struck a tire, then careened into the center divider, authorities said. The crash was reported about 3:50 p.m. on the Covina Boulevard offramp of the southbound 57 Freeway, California Highway Patrol Officer […]

POMONA >> If a nation-wide poll is accurate, there will not be any new class champions in the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. Those who finished atop the poll for the season that begin Sunday at the Circle K Winternationals have all won driving titles before. Tony Schumacher, who has already captured eight […]

LOMA LINDA >> When a Loma Linda man saw somebody stealing his car early Thursday morning, he and his girlfriend jumped into a second car and gave chase until both vehicles collided near the Redlands border, leaving the alleged thief dead. Jose Medina-Razo, 19, of Fontana heard someone start up his car — a white […]

INDUSTRY — A driver was killed early Wednesday morning when his vehicle hit a tree and became engulfed in flames. The Coroner’s Office has not identified the dead man. Firefighters responded to a call of a traffic crash with fire in the 13100 block of Crossroads Parkway at 2:21 a.m. Los Angeles County Fire Inspector […]

LA CRESCENTA — Two big rigs collided on the Foothill (210) Freeway in La Crescenta today, shutting down the westbound lanes for nearly three hours and backing up morning rush-hour traffic. The crash took place on the westbound 210 Freeway near Ocean View Boulevard about 3:50 a.m., said California Highway Patrol Officer Francisco Villalobos. The […]

DEVORE >> A multi-vehicle crash involving a tractor trailer shut down all the lanes of the southbound 15 Freeway at the 215 Freeway for an hour in Devore Wednesday morning, leading to a major traffic nightmare. • VIDEO: 15 Freeway crash jams traffic in Cajon Pass The crash took place just after 5 a.m. Wednesday […]

LA VERNE >> When Joe Rivera saw the white light, he thought he was dead. And 35 years later, recounting the midair collision of two military helicopters over the Marine Air Station in Tustin at 7:20 p.m. Feb. 10, 1981, he remembered being aflame, his back broken and helicopter parts pinning him down as he […]