Southern California

LOS ANGELES >> Paul Walker’s daughter sued Porsche for wrongful death Monday, claiming the sports car that her father was in when he was killed suffered from numerous design defects. The lawsuit filed by Meadow Rain Walker seeks unspecified damages for defects that her lawyers claim kept the actor trapped in the Porsche Carrera GT […]

LOS ANGELES >> A Los Angeles area assemblyman said a bill signed Monday by Gov. Jerry Brown to create a public alert system aimed at tracking down hit-and-run drivers will make streets safer statewide. AB 8 calls for “yellow alerts” showing details about a fleeing vehicle — such as color, make, model and license plate […]

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FONTANA >> Fontana police are still investigating the cause of a fatal traffic collision that killed a San Bernardino motorcyclist last week. The unidentified 42-year-old rider died Thursday evening following the crash at Sierra and Summit avenues, according to a police report. Just before 6 p.m. Thursday, police say the man was riding his 2014 […]

SEATTLE >> An amphibious tour vehicle and a charter bus carrying foreign college students collided on a busy Seattle bridge Thursday, killing four people and sending dozens to hospitals in a wreck that scattered crumpled metal and broken glass on the road. Seattle Fire Chief Harold Scoggins said 12 people were in critical condition, and […]

Kings general manager Dean Lombardi stood in front of the team last week, before training camp began at the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo, and delivered a speech like none of the others he’s given in his long management career in the NHL. Lombardi had a good deal of ground to cover in the […]

UPLAND >> Two women are dead following a high-speed crash into a slope and a highway sign here Monday night. The unidentified women in their 20s were pronounced dead at the scene, said Sgt. Cameron Broyles with the California Highway Patrol. Around 10:15 p.m., the women were traveling east on the 10 Freeway near San […]

WHITTIER >> On a night that should have had Hun Joon “Paul” Lee eat birthday cake and open presents surrounded by family, Tuesday was one where about 500 people, mostly empathetic strangers, took part in a vigil honoring him. The non-verbal autistic teen, who died aboard a school bus nearly two weeks ago, was celebrated […]

NORWALK >> Hundreds of mourners gathered in Norwalk Saturday to say their final farewells to a 19-year-old autistic student from Whittier who died after being left alone in a school bus last week. The death of Hun Joon “Paul” Lee, who died after being left unattended for hours on a contracted school bus parked at […]