Extreme winds caused havoc Friday night across the Inland Empire. Trees toppled over striking powerlines, cars and houses. In Upland, a large Eucalyptus tree smashed a trailer of a big rig on Foothill Boulevard. A small brushfire threatened several homes with embers being driven by strong winds in Upland. A tree came down on top Read More…
Hundreds of people flocked to Wrightwood on Christmas Day to play in the snow and ski at the Mountain High Resorts. Highway 2 saw huge traffic delays in both directions going through Wrightwood and up to the resorts. As the evening temperatures fell and the roads iced up, cars began to stuck. One person reportedly Read More…
A large sinkhole swallowed one of the downbound lanes of Highway 18 below Crestline Thursday night. CHP and Caltrans received the report around 9:3opm after heavy rains moved through the area. Caltrans deemed the road unstable and shutdown both directions of the highway. According to Caltrans, the road could take days to fix. Highway 18 Read More…
Heavy rain soaked the Inland Empire much of the day Thursday. The rain continued overnight into Friday morning, extremely heavy at times. A flash flood alert was issued for the burn scar areas near Oak Glen, Forest Falls and Lytle Creek. Mud flowed near Lytle Creek road as county crews kept an eye on the Read More…
A fierce winter storm caused trees to fall in Ontario causing damage Tuesday afternoon. A large tree fell on an apartment complex in the 100 block of West J street. There were no reported injuries but the building was red tagged. A tree also fell on top of a car along Euclid avenue and 5th Read More…
Heavy rains from the storm that hit Southern California on Monday sent mud and debris flow through the El Dorado burn scar in Oak Glen. Potato Canyon road was impassible Monday evening as rescue crews from Cal Fire and the San Bernardino County Fire department fanned out in the area to make sure all residents Read More…
A summer monsoon storm brought heavy rain, thunder and lightning to the Inland Empire early Monday morning. Several dozen lightning flashes were reported. Several cities including Fontana experienced brief heavy downpours. The unstable weather lasted throughout the day bringing hot and muggy conditions. By Monday evening, the weather pattern had moved out of the area.
Extremely strong wind gusts toppled a big rig early Thursday morning in Fontana. The big rig was traveling on the northbound 15 transition road to the eastbound 210 freeway went it overturned around 1:30am. The overturned big rig blocked both lanes of the transition road until a heavy-duty tow truck was able to drag it Read More…
The first of three winter storms have hit the Inland Empire. Snow fell Saturday afternoon and into the evening in the local mountains. Chain control checkpoints were set-up on all of the major roadways leading into Wrightwood, Lake Arrowhead, Big Bear and Running Springs. Snow also fell Saturday evening at the 3,700-foot level in the Read More…
Two people were rescued from rising Santa Ana River waters Monday night. Firefighters received a call of a male and female along with 3 dogs trapped on island in the Santa Ana Riverbed before 9pm along Riverside Avenue. The swift water rescue team from the Riverside County Fire Department put an inflatable boat into the Read More…