Southern California

POMONA >> The coroner’s office Saturday released the name of a 39-year-old man who died when the SUV he was driving crashed and caught fire in Pomona. The motorist was identified as Raymundo Romario of Pomona, said Lt. David Smith of the coroner’s office. The SUV crashed into two parked cars at 3:40 a.m. Friday […]

CHINO >> At least one person was killed early Saturday in a fiery crash between a semi-truck and another vehicle on the eastbound 60 Freeway in Chino, according to initial reports. The incident, described as a “fatal,” was reported a little before 2 a.m. on the 60 near the Mountain Avenue off-ramp, according to the […]

POMONA >> A driver was killed in a fiery crash early Friday morning, and Pomona police advised motorists to avoid the area for several hours. Officers and emergency personnel were called out to Towne Avenue between Ninth and 11th streets around 3:40 a.m. for a vehicle that crashed and then caught fire, according to a […]

Here in the transit world of 2017 — the world of Uber and Lyft, of light rail and, yes, that century-old Los Angeles favorite, convertible sports cars — there’s nothing sexy about taking the bus. But there never was anything sexy about taking the bus. While many who never rode them are nostalgic about Henry […]

LOS ANGELES — A man was hurt when he was struck in a hit-and-run crash in South Los Angeles, police said today. The crash was reported around 11:45 p.m. in the area of 110th and Figueroa streets, according to the Los Angeles Police Department’s Southeast Division. The victim was taken to a hospital where he […]

MONTCLAIR >> A crash on the eastbound 10 Freeway in Montclair prompted the closure of multiple lanes and snarled traffic Wednesday, but the last lane reopened about 2:30 p.m. in time for the homeward commute, according to a California Highway Patrol incident log. One person was taken to the hospital with minor injuries, according to […]

When the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s board of directors meets on June 22, it will face an important decision that will affect all of us years from now. On that day, board members will determine whether the nation’s second-largest bus fleet in North America should run on electricity or on renewable gas. With […]

Amid declining bus ridership, Metro is looking into overhauling and updating its transit network as a way to bring more people back to its system. While train ridership is up, the number of people using buses throughout the Metro system fell 18 percent in April, compared with the same month two years ago. Among the […]

CESENA, Italy — American motorcycle racer Nicky Hayden died, the Maurizio Bufalini Hospital announced on Monday, five days after he was hit by a car while training on his bicycle. Hayden was 35. Last week, the hospital announced Hayden had severe cerebral damage and multiple traumatic injuries. “The medical team has verified the death of […]