San Bernardino County News

Several businesses, friends and complete strangers are rallying around 16-year-old Adam Downer to raise funds for medical expenses after the teen was hit by an alleged drunken driver while retrieving trash cans from the front of his home on June 7. The teen, a student and athlete at Yucaipa High School, is recuperating at a hospital but is unable ... (more)

The tab to defend San Bernardino County against nine lawsuits opposing a pipeline project environmentalists say will drain a swath of the Mojave Desert of precious groundwater grew to $1.5 million Tuesday after county supervisors approved an increase in legal costs.

More California court dates have been set for former Nevada Assemblyman Steven Brooks on charges stemming from a car chase and police confrontation in March.

Riverside County supervisors today authorized the payment of $100,000 -- to be split three ways -- to people who filed claims for a reward for information leading to the apprehension of ex-cop Christopher Jordan Dorner, who went on a rampage in February, allegedly killing four people, including a Riverside police officer, before killing himself.

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire rose today for the eighth time in nine days following a 17-day streak of decreases, increasing a half-cent to $3.983.

HESPERIA A Hesperia woman was killed Monday night after her vehicle collided with a large tree, splitting the car in two and trapping her inside, according to a news release from the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.

Third District Supervisor James Ramos is optimistic that a 45-day San Bernardino County moratorium on solar projects gives adequate time to develop "some balance" between the expanding renewable energy industry and affected local communities.

After reading the grim account of the irrational criminal murderer who rampaged through Santa Monica and executed innocent citizens, one has to look to the political environment in California as a causative factor.

HINKLEY Fireworks were blamed for a weekend fire in Hinkley which burned a quarter of an acre field adjacent to a dairy farm, according to San Bernardino County Fire Department Spokeswoman Tracey Martinez.

A head-on collision killed both drivers along the main highway through Morongo Valley, say San Bernardino County coroner's officials.

The National Republican Congressional Committee created this map spoofing the TV series "Game of Thrones" to poke fun at Democratic infighting in the 31st Congressional District.

The San Bernardino County Coroner's office says in a statement Sunday that 28-year-old Winston Perez died in a hospital after undergoing surgery for severe internal injuries.

Officer Sara Faden says 46-year-old Michael Rodney Kane was arrested in San Bernardino County early Monday.

A Los Angeles Unified elementary school teacher suspected of stabbing his estranged wife to death at a West Hills home where she had taken refuge was captured in San Bernardino County today, police said.

Superintendents, where the proverbial buck stops in each school district, are well-compensated for their time.

OAK HILLS For the last three years, Vince Arlotti, 62, has worked to make his son's request come true for his fallen firefighter friend.

Sitting in a downtown San Bernardino diner last week talking about her last 34 years as a prosecutor, Karen Bell reminisced about her career on her last day as chief deputy district attorney for San Bernardino County before heading into retirement.

The fourth part of the project cost 45 percent less than the engineer's estimate, according to San Bernardino County Supervisor James Ramos, whose district covers the extended 3.5 miles of freeway from Live Oak Canyon Road in Yucaipa to Ford Street in Redlands.

On Saturday, 06-15-13, at approximately 5:15 PM, Carlos Morales Guzman, an 18 year-old resident of Fontana, was riding his bicycle northbound along Beech Ave., north of Ceres Ave., in Fontana.

A Riverside man died from internal injuries caused by being crushed by cattle in a corral at a dairy farm, coroners said today.