Southern California

CLAREMONT >> Tristan Witte, a Harvey Mudd College student killed July 15 alongside a lifelong friend in a horrific freeway crash in Pasadena, is memorialized on a website in his honor. “Tristan was gentle and pure light,” wrote Jon Jacobsen, vice president for Student Affairs and dean of students at the Claremont college. “(He was) […]

SAN BERNARDINO >> After striking a tentative plea deal, a San Bernardino Superior Court judge Monday rescinded his offer to the man who drove a tour bus that crashed and killed eight people three years ago on Highway 38 in Yucaipa. Before the case went to trial July 1, the attorney for Norberto Perez, 56, of Tijuana and […]

LOCKHART, Texas >> Authorities confirmed Sunday that 16 people were killed in the fiery crash of a hot air balloon in Central Texas, saying it will take “a long process” to identify the victims of the worst such disaster in U.S. history. Although the National Transportation Safety Board did not identify the company operating the […]

FONTANA >> Police are investigating the circumstances that lead to the death of an unidentified pick-up truck driver as the vehicle overturned shortly after 6 a.m. Saturday. The vehicle was traveling westbound on West Liberty Parkway when it collided with a median, landed on its roof and slide for a short distances, said Corp. Luis […]

LOCKHART, Texas >> A hot air balloon carrying at least 16 people caught on fire and crashed in Central Texas on Saturday, causing what authorities described as a “significant loss of life.” Erik Grosof with the National Transportation Safety Board would not provide an exact number of how many people died. The crash happened at […]

CLAREMONT >> A Foothill Transit bus crashed into an electrical pole Friday afternoon, prompting a power outage in the area and the Claremont Police Department to close Indian Hill Boulevard for about half a block south of Foothill Boulevard. The incident happened at 5:30 p.m., according to an alert from Claremont police. The driver was […]

TWENTYNINE PALMS >> A Miramar-based Marine aviator assigned to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing died Thursday when his F/A 18C Hornet crashed in the desert near the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms. The crash happened during training maneuvers about 10:30 p.m., according to a Marine Corps news release. The name of […]

RANCHO CUCAMONGA >> A tractor-trailer lost most of its beer load Tuesday morning after the trailer struck something along its route, sheriff’s officials said. Just before 10:30 a.m., “The tractor-trailer was on Arrow (Route) near Archibald (Avenue) when the trailer portion struck an overhang or branch,” said Deputy Jay Bailey with the San Bernardino County […]

SANTA ANA (CNS) – California Highway Patrol investigators want to talk to Basketball Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman about a collision on the Santa Ana (5) Freeway in Santa Ana, a CHP officer said. Rodman is considered a “person of interest” in the two-vehicle crash, which occurred at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday in the southbound lanes […]