San Bernardino County News

BARSTOW An 82-year-old man was killed after he was run over by a pickup truck in a traffic collision Friday night, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner. At 8:15 p.m., the Barstow Police Department responded to a report that a man was pinned underneath a pickup truck after being run over in the 2200 block of P Street in Barstow.

Personnel from as far away as Fontana, Redlands, Upland, Rialto and other municipalities joined the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department Victorville Station in the operation, which kicked off the sheriff's crime sweep season.

LUDLOW An 81-year-old woman died after the vehicle she was traveling in ran off westbound Interstate 40 outside of Barstow and rolled, authorities said - marking the second fatality on the highway in a week.

Assistant City Manager Tom DeSantis was digging in his garden Friday, May 17, a furlough day for Moreno Valley employees, when a city-related call came in.

The Rev. Anthony Dao, speaks Friday, May 17, at the "Sharing Asian Gifts: Faith and Cultures" conference at the pastoral center of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Bernardino.

It's been an expensive few months for counties holding special elections to fill legislative and congressional seats.

A dog and its puppies taken in by San Bernardino County Animal Care and Control at its Devore shelter are seen in an August 2011 photo.

A 27-year-old man and his mother were given life sentences today for a robbery that turned deadly in a Buena Park motel room four years ago.

A 16-year-old boy was arrested and a 14-year-old girl was issued a citation Friday after inappropriate photos were sent and distributed by students at two San Bernardino County high schools.

The boy is accused of allegedly tweeting nude photos of girls. The girl is cited on a less-serious charge of distributing obscene matter A high school student from Rancho Cucamonga could face jail time after tweeting nude pictures of at least four underage females.

For the first time in nearly 4 1/2 years, Riverside County's unemployment rate dipped below 10 percent, state officials reported today.

The Retired Employees of San Bernardino County will hold its monthly meeting on Monday, May 20, at 1:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the San Bernardino Public Employees' Association at 433 N. Sierra Way, San Bernardino.

The unemployment rate in Inland Southern California declined to 9.6 percent in April from 10.5 percent the previous month.

VICTORVILLE Nearly 19 months of courtroom wrangling continued this week as the sentencing of an attempted murder convict was postponed for the sixth time, according to court records.

Norma J. Torres was elected Tuesday to the California State Senate , according to the Secretary of State's office in Sacramento.

VICTORVILLE A Hesperia man led deputies on a chase through the side streets of Victorville in a stolen car before fleeing on foot and being apprehended Thursday morning, according to a news release from the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.

A firefighter douses the flames as a car burns. Jared Michael Bennett, a 26-year-old Highland man was killed Wednesday, May 15, when his vehicle veered onto the shoulder of Highway 210 in San Bernardino and struck the trailer of a parked big rig.

VICTORVILLE Foul play was not immediately suspected after the body of a man was discovered by a garbage collector Thursday morning near a Victorville restaurant, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department officials said.

Colton attorney Eloise Gomez Reyes has gained the imprimatur of the influential group EMILY's List, which has added Gomez Reyes to its "On The List" listing of candidates circulated among the group's large donor network.

In May 2011, Bishop Gerald Barnes, at right, ordained three Vietnamese-born men into the priesthood during a Mass in Chino Hills.