Southern California

LOS ANGELES >> In the hustle and bustle of mass transit, riders rush the doors at train stations and bus stops, intent on making that appointment or getting to work on time. It’s inevitable with a system that gives 34 million rides a month that hurrying customers will leave stuff behind. What is not obvious […]

With a season of good cheer upon us, local police agencies are hoping that those who imbibe too much good cheer don’t then get behind a wheel and drive. To discourage driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, police departments are taking a number of tactics in a combined effort called “Drive sober or […]

VICTORVILLE >> A 52-year-old Upland woman was killed Friday morning when she lost control of her vehicle and struck a semi truck, coroner’s officials said. Diane Brayford was traveling northbound on Highway 395 about a half mile north of Bear Valley Road when she lost control for unknown reasons and hit the southbound semi just […]

There’s little more dangerous than gambling on how our nation’s top financial gamblers might place their bets. But right now, it’s hard to deny that we’re headed toward a major change in the economy as we know it. That’s because Donald Trump and his team want to shake the country loose from the pattern it […]

MUSCOY >> The man suspected in a hit and run collision that critically injured a 3-year-old boy in San Bernardino over the weekend is in jail, according to a San Bernardino County sheriff’s news release. Deputies arrested John Perez, 36, of Fontana 6 p.m. Wednesday on suspicion of hit and run resulting in injury, the […]

WEST COVINA >> A judge ordered Councilman Mike Spence to three years’ probation after he pleaded guilty Wednesday morning to driving under the influence of methamphetamine. Spence, 50, was charged with one count of a misdemeanor DUI in connection with a solo car crash in June that landed him in the hospital with serious injuries. […]

POMONA >> Investigators and family members hope someone will come forward to solve who struck and killed an Azusa father of two when he ran out of gas on a Pomona freeway just before Thanksgiving. Dwayne Armenta, 36, of Azusa was killed around 2:30 a.m. Nov. 23 as he was trying to get to a […]

SAN BERNARDINO >> Investigators released surveillance images of a man they believe struck and dragged a 3-year-old boy through a San Bernardino strip mall parking lot over the weekend. The photos show a man wearing a blue baseball hat and a long-sleeved orange shirt with writing on the back. The suspect vehicle was described as […]

SAN BERNARDINO >> Crews are working to clean up fuel that spilled on the eastbound 210 Freeway near Waterman Avenue in San Bernardino following a crash involving a tractor trailer early Tuesday morning. The crash between the large vehicle and a sedan was first reported around 3 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol incident […]