Freight train carrying iron ore derails in California
December 20, 2022 GMTVICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A freight train carrying iron ore derailed Tuesday morning in Southern California, officials said.
About 23 cars of the Union Pacific train derailed around 8 a.m. in the city of Victorville, more than 65 miles (104.61 kilometers) northeast of downtown Los Angeles, according to the railroad.
Star high school athlete shot dead in Southern California
November 2, 2022 GMTVICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A star high school football player was shot to death on a Southern California street and police were searching for his killer.
Richard Reed Jr., 17, was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 11 p.m.
1 injured, house destroyed in Southern California explosion
June 30, 2022 GMTVICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A pre-dawn explosion and fire leveled a home, injuring one person inside, and damaged at least two other homes Wednesday in Southern California, authorities said.
Prison inmate sentenced for dealing meth from behind bars
June 27, 2022 GMTST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — An inmate serving time for dealing methamphetamine was convicted was sentenced Monday to an additional 29 years behind bars for running a drug trafficking operation from behind bars.
California store owner charged in errant shooting of girl
April 18, 2022 GMTSAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — A co-owner of a Southern California shoe store who allegedly wounded a 9-year-old girl while shooting at shoplifters has been charged with assault with a firearm, authorities said Monday.
Store owner to be returned to California in girl’s shooting
April 15, 2022 GMTLAS VEGAS (AP) — A Southern California shoe store owner accused of shooting and wounding a 9-year-old girl when he opened fire at shoplifters agreed Thursday to be returned from Nevada to face charges in the case.
Police: Girl shot as California shop owner fires at thieves
April 14, 2022 GMTVICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California shoe store owner opened fire at two shoplifters, police said, but mistakenly shot a 9-year-old girl about to get her picture with a mall Easter bunny.
Shooting at Southern California mall wounds 9-year-old girl
April 13, 2022 GMTVICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A shooting inside a Southern California shopping mall Tuesday wounded a 9-year-old girl and authorities were seeking the attacker, reports said.
Woman suspected in husband’s killing found in Mexico
March 22, 2022 GMTVICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A woman suspected of killing her husband at their Southern California home seven years ago was arrested in Mexico, authorities said.
Sheriff's deputies found Antoine Smith shot to death in Victorville on May 12, 2015 after friends and co-workers reported the 35-year-old missing.
California cites grocery stores for not giving virus leave
July 27, 2021 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — California regulators have cited and fined three El Super grocery stores for failing to provide or delaying paid sick leave to 95 employees affected by COVID-19, officials said Tuesday.
Prime Healthcare, doctors pay $37M to settle kickback claims
July 20, 2021 GMTONTARIO, Calif. (AP) — Southern California-based Prime Healthcare Services and two of its doctors will pay $37.5 million to settle whistleblower lawsuits that claimed the hospital system paid kickbacks to one of the physicians and bought his practice for more than it was worth, prosecutors said Monday.
Video shows California deputy kicking suspect in head
June 20, 2021 GMTVICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California sheriff’s deputy is under criminal investigation after he was recorded on video kicking a pursuit suspect in the head while the man appeared to be surrendering.
US infrastructure plan spurs talk of Vegas-LA rail service
April 18, 2021 GMTLAS VEGAS (AP) — Proposed federal infrastructure funding for rail projects has transportation planners taking another look at a Los Angeles-to-Las Vegas passenger route that Amtrak stopped in 1997 and at a high-speed rail line along the congested Interstate 15 corridor to Victorville, California...
Video shows hanging death of homeless Black man was suicide
June 20, 2020 GMTVICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Video has confirmed that a Black man found hanging from a tree at a Southern California homeless encampment killed himself after breaking up with his girlfriend, it was reported Friday...
Feds to review cases into hanging deaths of 2 black men
June 16, 2020 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal authorities will review local investigations into the hanging deaths of two black men in Southern California to determine whether federal law was violated, officials said Monday...
Cops investigate hanging death of black man; 2nd in 2 weeks
June 14, 2020 GMTPALMDALE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in the Southern California city of Palmdale are investigating the death of a 24-year-old black man found hanging from a tree near City Hall, which they originally described as an apparent suicide, prompting outrage in the community...
Prosecutors reduce charge in Los Angeles cop shooting case
May 7, 2020 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors charged a Los Angeles police officer with felony assault with a firearm Wednesday after he allegedly shot a fellow officer during an off-duty, weekend camping trip. The charge is a reduced offense from when he was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
Self-styled daredevil dies in crash after rocket launch
February 23, 2020 GMTBARSTOW, Calif. (AP) — A self-styled daredevil died Saturday after a rocket in which he launched himself crashed into the ground, a colleague and a witness said...
Virgin: Vegas-to-California train work could start in 2020
December 11, 2019 GMTLAS VEGAS (AP) — Construction on a high-speed train between Las Vegas and Southern California could start late next year if bonds are approved by February, the company planning the project said...
Divers recover body of teen who jumped off Lake Havasu cliff
July 7, 2019 GMTLAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say they have recovered the body of a California teenager who apparently drowned after jumping off a cliff at Arizona's Lake Havasu...
The Victorville Horror
August 5, 2018 GMTAmid the chaos of family separations and zero-tolerance policies being implemented at our borders, Immigration and Customs Enforcement decided in early June to begin transferring immigrants to prisons operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.