Southern California

RANCHO CUCAMONGA >> Deputies are searching for a driver who struck a person then reportedly drove off early Thursday near the intersection of Kenyon Way and Milliken Avenue, officials said. The pedestrian, who has not been identified, was flown to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton. The person’s condition is not known. According to San […]

FONTANA >> Investigators are searching for two men who tied up a truck driver with zip ties and stole two diesel trucks and two flat trailers loaded with stacks of pallets, officials said. Late Wednesday night, a driver was in his trailer at a pallet yard in the 8000 block of Lime Avenue when he […]

West Covina Councilman Mike Spence fought back tears Tuesday night as he made his case for why he should become the next in line for mayor after being charged earlier this year with driving under the influence of an illegal drug. “I’m a flawed guy. I know that. I have struggled with addiction since I […]

Paterson, New Jersey has gifted America with the poets Allen Ginsberg and William Carlos Williams (and such other notables as Lou Costello and Fetty Wap). Now there is a movie called “Paterson” about a bus driver in Paterson who’s named, yes, Paterson. It is the loveliest American film of the year. Jim Jarmusch’s latest feature, […]

CHINO HILLS >> Members of the San Diego Christian College basketball team escaped injury early Sunday, but the driver of a car was killed as his vehicle rear-ended the team’s charter bus and caught fire in Chino Hills. The motorist was later identified as Xujun Lu, 26, of Chino Hills, according to the San Bernardino […]

There is absolutely no doubt who is the greatest NHRA Funny Car driver of all-time.. With 147 career national event victories, John Force virtually covers the next four drivers on the win list, whose combined total is 150. That’s how dominant the 67-year-old from Yorba Linda has been in the class. Force, a 16-time NHRA […]

I sat near the top of the grandstands at the Fairplex late Thursday afternoon watching Top Alcohol Dragster qualifying for the NHRA Finals on a perfect Southern California day. I just needed a little time to be a fan and not thinking about what lies ahead before my Napa Auto Parts team and Rahn Tobler, […]

POMONA >> A motorcyclist killed when he crashed into a Nissan Pathfinder in Pomona was identified Friday by the coroner’s office as 24-year- old Eduardo Jaramillo of Pomona. The collision occurred about 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Towne Avenue and Phillips Boulevard, Pomona police Sgt. William Tucker said. Jaramillo was taken to a hospital where he […]

Editor’s note: Southern California’s Ron Capps will provide his thoughts and insights throughout the Auto Club Finals, the NHRA season finale. He is within striking distance of winning his first Funny Car championship. It seems like a lot more than two weeks have gone by since we raced at Las Vegas, and I can’t wait […]