Southern California

COVINA >> Police arrested two men Tuesday for stealing a car and burglarizing cars located at a church parking lot. Awad Khair Zaben, 20, and Jose Francisco Chavez, 27, both of Fontana, were arrested by Covina police for car theft, possession of stolen property and for investigation of burglary, police said in a statement, Chavez […]

POMONA >> A 23-year-old man pleaded no contest Tuesday to felony vehicular manslaughter for a deadly crash last year in Pomona. Javier Luviano is facing two years in state prison, with sentencing set for June 15 at the Pomona courthouse, according to Sarah Ardalani of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Eric Savengrith, 25, […]

SAN BERNARDINO >> A violent collision claimed the life of a motorist following a stolen vehicle pursuit that ended near the southbound 215 Freeway at Fifth Street in San Bernardino Tuesday morning. • Video: Aftermath of 215 Freeway on-ramp crash The unidentified victim had just left work around 4:30 a.m. from the nearby rail yard, […]

RANCHO CUCAMONGA >> A woman who had just been picked up from LA/Ontario International Airport a few minutes before a fatal crash in Rancho Cucamonga has been identified as Amanda Kristina Polopolus, 30, of Oregon, according to the San Bernardino County Coroner’s website. Polopolus was visiting family when she was picked up Sunday morning by […]

PASADENA — Rails on both sides of the Metro Gold Line reopened early this morning, about 24 hours after a truck crashed and burned on the Foothill (210) Freeway near San Gabriel Boulevard and came to rest on the tracks in the center of the freeway, officials said. The crash damaged the wires that power […]

JURUPA VALLEY >> A pedestrian was killed Saturday when he was struck by a suspected drunk driver who lost control of his car at a Jurupa Valley intersection. The crash happened at 9:10 a.m. at the intersection of 68th Street and Wineville Avenue, near Louis Vandermolen Fundamental Elementary School and just east of the 15 […]

Authorities Saturday identified a 17-year-old boy who was killed when he crashed a car that rolled about 50 feet down a hillside in the San Gabriel Mountains above Claremont and overturned. The crash on Mt. Baldy Road north of Shinn Road was reported just before 10 p.m. Thursday, according to the California Highway Patrol. The […]

POMONA >> In a YouTube video, Cal Poly Pomona President Soraya M. Coley praised students and staff for enduring a “challenging situation” following a police pursuit that resulted in a multivehicle crash Thursday and involved a foot chase on campus. • Video: Dr. Coley addresses safety at Cal Poly Pomona On Thursday, deputies tried to […]