Southern California

RANCHO CUCAMONGA >> San Bernardino County coroner’s officials have identified a man who died in a single-vehicle collision in Rancho Cucamonga on Wednesday as a 43-year-old San Bernardino resident. Christopher Brown was declared dead at the scene of the crash on southbound Cherry Avenue near the 15 Freeway at 7:31 p.m., according to a coroner’s […]

MOUNT BALDY >> The pilot killed when the plane he was flying crashed near Mount Baldy on Tuesday has been identified as Stephen Lassetter, 66, of Upland. The small white Piper PA-28 had taken off from Upland’s Cable Airport and was headed for Riverside when it crashed, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The plane […]

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. >> A school bus driver was behind bars Tuesday after a crash killed five youngsters and plunged Chattanooga into mourning over what the mayor called the “most unnatural thing in the world” — a parent losing a child. Police said Johnthony Walker, 24, was speeding along a narrow, winding road Monday afternoon with […]

MOUNT BALDY >> The pilot of a single-engine Piper airplane was found dead inside the aircraft, which crashed in the Mount Baldy area early Tuesday morning, officials said. • Video: Fire official provides update on Mount Baldy plane crash “Crews have reached crash site. Single occupant with fatal injuries,” said a Twitter post from the […]

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. >> Bloodied students lay on stretchers, while other children walked away dazed with their parents after an elementary school bus crash that killed six Monday in Chattanooga. Chattanooga police Chief Fred Fletcher said the crash was “every public safety professional’s worst nightmare.” The bus was carrying 35 children from Woodmore Elementary, students in […]

POMONA >> Four people were airlifted to a hospital Saturday from a multiple-vehicle collision on the 57 Freeway in Pomona, authorities said. It was reported at 1:38 p.m. on the southbound 57 Freeway south of the 10 Freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol. The four victims suffered traumatic injuries, Los Angeles County Fire Department […]

ENCINO >> Rams cornerback Troy Hill, a major contributor this season, was arrested Saturday morning on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol after a freeway car collision. Authorities said Hill, 25, was driving on the 101 Freeway in the San Fernando Valley when his Mercedes rear-ended a truck. Hill reportedly failed a field sobriety test […]

POMONA >> The Pomona Police Department will check for driver impairment at a DUI checkpoint Friday night. Officers will operate the checkpoint between 9 p.m. Friday and 3 a.m. Saturday at an undisclosed location, the department announced on its Facebook page. While the checkpoint’s location is not being advertised ahead of time, they’re typically set […]

MT. BALDY >> A Mission Viejo man died Wednesday when his motorcycle crashed head-on with a car on Mt. Baldy Road. Shortly before 4 p.m. Patrick James Cragin, 20, was riding his 2007 Honda CBR motorcycle at a high rate of speed down San Antonio Creek Road when he crossed the double yellow line separating […]