Southern California

An Uber driver was charged Tuesday with raping a female passenger in a North Hollywood motel while she was unconscious, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday. Alaric Spence, 46, was charged on three felony counts: kidnapping to commit rape, rape of an unconscious person and rape by use of drugs, according to […]

ONTARIO >> A crash between a tractor trailer carrying wine and a second tractor trailer hauling 70,000 of beef has snarled traffic on the 60 Freeway near Ontario Tuesday. The crash was first reported around 12:30 p.m. on the westbound lanes of the 60 Freeway near Haven Avenue, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Devon […]

A motorist was injured when he was struck by gunfire in Pomona and then crashed his vehicle early Sunday, June 25. The victim was driving in the area of Indian Hill Boulevard and Kingsley Avenue about 3 a.m. when his vehicle was hit by several bullets fired from a grey Dodge Charger with three men […]

No one handles a car like Baby, the title character in Edgar Wright’s sixth feature film, “Baby Driver,” opening Wednesday. He can stop on a dime, glide through traffic and put the pedal to the metal when necessary, which is often since he’s a getaway driver. And all of this to the sound of sweet, […]

POMONA >> A Pomona man who stole a car from his neighbor while intoxicated, triggering a crash that killed another driver while fleeing from police at speeds topping 120 mph, was sentenced Monday to 18 years to life in prison. Michael D. Gardner, 39, was convicted April 20 of second-degree murder for the May 7, […]

FULLERTON — Two people were killed early Monday when a wrong-way driver slammed into another vehicle on the I-5 freeway, authorities said. The crash was reported around 3:20 a.m. on the freeway north of the 91, said California Highway Patrol Officer Monica Posada. A Honda sedan had been driving northbound in southbound lanes at about […]

LONDON >> A vehicle struck pedestrians near a mosque in north London early Monday morning, killing one man and injuring 10 other people in what police are investigating as a terrorist incident. Police said the 48-year-old man who was driving the car has been arrested and taken to a hospital as a precaution. He will […]

YOKOSUKA, Japan >> The U.S. Navy has identified the seven sailors who died when their destroyer collided with a container ship off Japan on Saturday. Seven crew members were unaccounted for after the collision flooded berths with seawater. Navy divers recovered the bodies after the severely damaged USS Fitzgerald returned to a Navy base in […]

YOKOSUKA, Japan >> Navy divers found the bodies of missing sailors Sunday aboard the stricken USS Fitzgerald that collided with a container ship in the busy sea off Japan, the Navy said. Searchers gained access to the spaces that were damaged during the collision and brought the remains to Naval Hospital Yokosuka where they will […]