Southern California

MEDAN, Indonesia >> The death toll from the crash of an air force transport plane in Indonesia jumped to more than 140 on Wednesday, as officials confirmed a bigger-than-previously-reported passenger list and a growing number of victims from the neighborhood where the plane went down. North Sumatra police major A. Tarigan told TVOne that 141 […]

ALTADENA >> Coroner’s officials on Monday identified the motorcyclist killed in a crash on Angeles Crest Highway as a 27-year-old Jeffrey Yamato of Alta Loma. Ed Winter, assistant chief of investigations and operations for the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner, said Yamato died at the scene . The autopsy is pending. The fatal crash […]

IndyCar drivers Ryan Briscoe and Ryan Hunter-Reay collided with a little more than a lap to go in Saturday’s MavTV 500 at Auto Club Speedway. Both drivers were able walk away from the incident and managed to avoid serious injury. The race included cars racing four- and five-wide in excess of 210 MPH on the […]

ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST >> A 27-year-old Fontana man died early Sunday after his motorcycle collided head-on with an SUV on Angeles Crest Highway, deep in the Angeles National Forest above Altadena. The crash was first reported about 8:25 a.m. at mile marker 36.89 of Angeles Crest Highway, north of Ladybug Canyon Road, California Highway Patrol […]

CORONA >> A homemade aircraft has crashed into a cellphone tower in Southern California, killing one person and injuring another. The Riverside County Fire Department said Sunday the plane hit the cell tower and went down in an unincorporated area of Corona. Authorities say one person died at the scene. A survivor was thrown from […]

Saturday’s IndyCar race in Southern California did not end well for Australian driver Ryan Briscoe, but it could have been a lot worse. A lot worse. With nine laps left in the MAVTV 500 at Fontana’s AutoClub Speedway, Briscoe’s car was sent airborne after being clipped by American Ryan Hunter-Reay. Fortunately for Briscoe, and everyone […]

JUNEAU, Alaska >> recovery crew on Friday reached a remote site in southeast Alaska where a sightseeing plane crashed, killing all nine people aboard. Chris John of the Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad said the aircraft was sitting at a steep angle and three members from his organization had to secure it so they could safely […]

POMONA >> A DUI case against a 23-year-old man was dismissed Friday after a jury deadlocked and a mistrial was declared, the man’s attorney said. The jury deadlocked 9-3 in favor of declaring Max Seeget not guilty and the prosecutor dismissed the case, said attorney David Diamond. Diamond said jurors did not believe the testimony […]

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO >> Three people were killed and two others seriously injured Thursday night in a two-vehicle collision in San Juan Capistrano. A dog also died in the head-on collision, which was reported at 7:53 p.m. on Camino Capistrano, south of Avery Parkway, between the 5 Freeway and San Joaquin Hills (73) Transportation Corridor, […]