Southern California

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — Alabama coach Nick Saban says offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin “hitched a ride” with him after missing the team bus from University of Phoenix Stadium on Monday night. After Alabama beat Clemson 45-40 to win the College Football Playoff championship game, Kiffin was delayed leaving the stadium while speaking to a reporter from […]

A Rancho Cucamonga family is asking for the public’s help after a young couple was involved in a fatal crash in Texas. The family of Stephanie Vasquez – who is due in March – said the California native and her husband, Steve, were involved in a fatal crash just outside of Austin, Texas on Thursday […]

CAJON PASS >> Traffic through the Cajon Pass was at a near standstill for a couple of hours Friday morning following a three-vehicle crash on the 15 Freeway, according to California Highway Patrol reports. The crash, at Kenwood Boulevard, resulted in a 15-mile backup to Oak Hill Road at the top of the Cajon Pass, […]

ONTARIO >> A 37-year-old parolee accused of fatally shooting a man as he drove with his two young children was found Thursday hiding in an Ontario chicken coop, Ontario police officials announced Friday. Javier Alejandro Frias of Ontario was arrested on suspicion of murder after officers found him Thursday evening in the backyard of a […]

BLUES AT DUCKS Faceoff: 7 p.m. TV/Radio: Prime / 830 AM Update: Rookie goalie John Gibson practiced with his teammates Thursday after he was knocked out of a 4-0 loss Wednesday to Toronto when the Maple Leafs’ Nazem Kadri crashed into him early in the third period. Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau told reporters Gibson was […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. >> California issued more than a half-million driver’s licenses under a new law granting the identifying documents to immigrants who may be in the country illegally. The Department of Motor Vehicles announced Wednesday that 605,000 licenses were issued since AB60 took effect last January. That’s out of 830,000 applications. AB60 allows people who […]

PASADENA — A multi-vehicle crash this afternoon involving a jackknifed big rig has prompted closure of several lanes of the westbound Foothill (210) Freeway at Sierra Madre Boulevard in Pasadena, according to the California Highway Patrol. No injuries were reported.

ONTARIO >> Federal transportation safety officials have taken an interest in a New Year’s Eve crash in Ontario in which a driver of a Toyota Yaris said the car began to accelerate uncontrollably before smashing into another car. Five people died in the collision that happened shortly after 7 p.m. near Vineyard Avenue. The crash […]

Metro wants to discontinue three major bus lines serving more than 1.4 million customers per year in the San Gabriel Valley and southeast Los Angeles County, part of the mega agency’s de-emphasizing of fringe-area bus routes, documents and interviews show. A report on “proposed service changes” released in December calls on discontinuing lines 190, which […]