Southern California

EL MONTE >> A pilot died Friday when his small plane crashed while taking off at the San Gabriel Valley Airport in El Monte. The plane appeared to experience engine problems. “Witnesses said somewhere between 100 feet to 200 feet off the ground, the (engine) noise ceased,” said Patrick Jones, air safety investigator with the […]

A staff sergeant from Ventura County was among the 16 servicemen identified Friday who died when the U.S. Marine aircraft they were flying in crashed in Mississippi earlier this week. The crash occurred Monday when the plane went down into a soybean field, killing 16 people aboard and spreading debris for miles, the Associated Press […]

A Mira Costa High School graduate who helped lead his Manhattan Beach football team to a championship in 2009 was among the group of elite U.S. Marines killed when their KC-130 Hercules aircraft crashed in western Mississippi this week, family members and friends said Thursday. Sgt. Chad Elliott Jenson, 25, who grew up in Redondo […]

On May 13, Aric Almirola was involved in a high-speed crash at Kansas Speedway. At first, the three-car accident looked just like any other NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series incident. However, it soon became apparent it wasn’t just another wreck. The race was red-flagged as safety crews cut the roof off to gingerly extricate the […]

With master driver Jack Peters at the wheel, I ride shotgun as we roam the highways and byways of Orange County picking up Uber riders and doing our best to stay alive. A young man in a blue Toyota Corolla so new it still has stickers on the windows navigates the 405 Freeway with both […]

CHINO >> Firefighters worked to free a person from a mangled vehicle following a crash involving a tractor trailer Tuesday morning in Chino, officials said. “Firefighters are in the process of extricating a single male patient from the vehicle,” said Massiel Ladron De Guevara, spokeswoman for the Chino Valley Fire District. Once the critically injured […]

ITTA BENA, Miss. (AP) — A U.S. military plane used for refueling crashed into a soybean field in rural Mississippi, killing at least 16 people aboard in a fiery wreck and spreading debris for miles, officials said. Leflore County Emergency Management Agency Director Frank Randle told reporters at a briefing late Monday that 16 bodies […]

ONTARIO >> A motorcyclist who traveled at speeds over 100 mph to escape a pursuing sheriff’s deputy was killed when he crashed into a car in Ontario early Tuesday, authorities said. The man’s name is not being released until his family is notified. About 12:45 a.m., a sheriff’s deputy tried to stop the GSXR1000 motorcycle, […]

ITTA BENA, Miss. >> A U.S. military plane crashed into a field in rural Mississippi on Monday, killing at least 16 people aboard and spreading debris for miles, officials said. Leflore County Emergency Management Agency Director Frank Randle told reporters at a late briefing that 16 bodies had been recovered after the KC-130 spiraled into […]