CLAREMONT >> Police plan two sobriety checkpoints at undisclosed locations in the city Thursday and June 10, they announced Monday. The checkpoints will start at 7 p.m. and end at 1 a.m. the next morning, according to a news release. Police say they will stop drivers long enough to ensure they are not under the […]

The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner’s office has identified one of two men killed in crashes involving five vehicles on the 10 Freeway in West Covina on Friday. You T Wang, 89, of South Pasadena, was pronounced dead at the scene of the fiery crash, according to Selena Barros, an investigator with the […]

QUETTA, Pakistan >> A Pakistani officer says police have registered a case against unknown U.S. officials, seeking to press murder charges over a May 21 drone strike that killed Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour and a driver. Abdul Wakil Mengal said Sunday police registered the case on behalf of the family of the driver, Mohammad […]

CORONA >> An off-duty motorcycle deputy who lives in Upland died from injuries he suffered in a traffic accident involving another motorcyclist and a car on Friday afternoon, police said. Philip Borja, 25 — a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy — was driving a motorcycle on Hidden Valley Parkway about 4:25 p.m. when he and […]

WEST COVINA >> In a strange, seemingly illogical series of events, a man and woman called police on themselves to falsely report a carjacking Friday before leading West Covina police on a chase that ended with a crash in Bassett that injured two bystanders, including a little girl, authorities said. Britanny Benquenchea, 26, and Joshua […]

WEST COVINA >> Two men died and one woman suffered injuries in crashes involving five vehicles on the 10 Freeway in West Covina early Friday. Three vehicles burst into flames and one driver wasn’t able to get out, officials said. Callers reported multiple explosions to the California Highway Patrol. The collisions occurred on the westbound […]

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 […]