Fontana News

Four female employees of the Fontana school police department are accusing a former officer of sexually assaulting and raping them, according to lawsuits.

With his slight build and his long, curly hair, the white, 37-year-old Fontana man who was forced to use a glass eye does not look like a typical Bloods street gang member, but, according to law enforcement, he has proven looks can be deceiving.

Heartbreak over the death of his brother in a 2004 motorcycle crash sent Charles Johnson down a destructive path of drugs, crime and incarceration.

Four Fontana Unified School District Police Department employees claim they were raped or sexually assaulted by an officer with a history of sexual misconduct, according to lawsuits filed in San Bernardino Superior Court.

A firefighter uses a drip torch to light a section of vegetation during a training fire along Sierra Avenue north of Summit Avenue in North Fontana May 23, 2013.

A 52-year-old Moreno Valley resident is suspected of forging and filing fraudulent real estate documents in the San Bernardino County Recorder's Office, was arraigned last week in San Bernardino on eight felony counts.

The big redevelopment dreams that Town Manager Mark Nuiami has for Yucca Valley are catching up with the town's dwindling reserves.

Fontana police arrested three men Wednesday on suspicion of siphoning as much as 300 gallons of gas out of underground tanks at a Foothill Boulevard station.

Dennis Byas was known for being frugal during his time as superintendent of schools, a characteristic that he took to heart.

FONTANA Firefighters from the High Desert participated Wednesday in wildland fire training complete with a live burn and water drops from a helicopter in preparation for what may be an unusually active fire season, according to San Bernardino County Fire Departmentofficials.

Nearly two dozen students of Encore Jr./Sr. High School in Hesperia competed and placed in the National History Day competition.

Sammy Hagar will come back to Fontana to serve as the Grand Marshal of the parade celebrating 100 years of Fontana on Saturday, June 1. The parade starts at 11 a.m. at Arrow Boulevard and Sierra Avenue and progresses south to Merrill Avenue and Veterans Park.

Wu-Tang Clan will perform at Rock the Bells 2013, which comes to San Manuel Amphitheater in Devore Sept.

A Victorville man who allegedly had a stash of stolen copper wire worth an estimated $200,000 to $300,000 was arrested in Fontana on Sunday.

The crash occurred about 2:40 p.m. on Lytle Creek Road, north of Glen Helen Parkway in an unincorporated section of Fontana.

A 1-year-old Rialto boy was in critical condition with head trauma and internal injuries after he was struck by a passing vehicle in Fontana, authorities said Sunday.

By a 3-2 vote, the school board has dismissed its attorney, Maribel S. Medina of the Los Angeles law office of Meyers/Nave. Fontana Unified school board member Leticia Garcia called the action irresponsible given the fact that the process to find a replacement has not begun and the district has large holes in its upper management.

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.

The wreck happened at 11:09 a.m. Saturday, May 4, near along a dirt portion of Duncan Canyon Road near Sierra Avenue.

Fontana police Cpl. Kevin Goltara works with bullets in his left shoulder and lower right back, reminders of the carjacker who got the drop on him during a traffic stop 10 years ago.