A 4-year-old girl was playing in her yard in Redlands last night when she suddenly went missing. When her father began walking around looking for her, he allegedly discovered a father's worst nightmare: she was naked, screaming and banging on the window of an apartment where authorities believe she had been kidnapped and molested, reports ABC7. more ›

A 28-year-old California Highway Patrol Officer died this weekend on the 15 Freeway in the Barstow area. Officer Justin McGrory (pictured right) and his partner were conducting a traffic stop when a red 2009 Pontiac G6 rammed into McGrory, according to the San Bernardino Sun. Police do not believe alcohol was involved, but the 18-year-old driver who stopped at the scene was arrested for vehicular manslaughter. more ›

Welcome to the first day of Summer. Currently in pursuit is one that began all the way in Redlands in San Bernardino County, heading westbound on the 10, and has made it's way to northbound 405 freeway via the 605 freeway, according to KCAL9-TV and live streaming from KTLA. The suspect was allegedly involved in an armed-robbery. Update: The suspect exited the freeway onto the streets of Long Beach. The chase ended at the Shoreline Village where the suspect hit a dead end. The suspect may have shot himself, according to a report. more ›

A police pursuit this morning in San Bernardino County this morning has left one California Highway Patrol officer dead, according to the Associated Press. The chase caused two accidents, one killing the motorcop in a Redlands intersection around 6:30 a.m. Several people have been arrested. Last night, a short two-minute chase in Lake View Terrace, a L.A. neighborhood of the northeast San Fernando Valley, left a 6-year-old girl dead. The LAPD chased a vehicle that turned onto a residential street where it slammed into and pinned the girl against a wall, explained the LA Times. She later died at the hospital. The driver will be booked for murder, said Chief Charlie Beck. more ›

It's been nearly a week of shaky ground out in the San Bernardino County city of Redlands. Since Wednesday, when we counted around 75 small quakes since the previous Saturday, there's been around 40 more quakes of varying, but inconsequential sizes, including a few over 3.0, which the USGS takes slightly more seriously on their listings by marking them in a bolded red. A 11:53 a.m. there was a light 3.4 earthquake, followed by a 3.3 a minute later. Then at 11:57, another 3.3, among a handful of other microquakes. Update: Apparently, there was a 3.6 quake at 11:56 a.m. that went unreported on USGS' site until 12:45 p.m. more ›

Around 75 small earthquakes have struck the Redlands area since last Saturday, when a light 4.1 earthquake shook the area. Today, the quakes continued with a 3.5 magnitude shaker at 1:35 p.m. More locally, a 2.0 quake also struck the Malibu area at 7:30 a.m. this morning. As always, each little quake is hopefully a reminder to get prepared because not all quakes will be so small. more ›

New Year's Eve-Eve just keeps rattling. After a pleasant shaker in the Death Valley area this morning and a large set of them at the border--the biggest being a 5.8 that swayed buildings in San Diego--a 3.3 magnitude earthquake rattled near Mentone and Yucaipa at 4:17 p.m. in San Bernardino County this afternoon. more ›

Three fires continue to burn east of Los Angeles, most notably the so-called La Sierra Fire in Norco at the Riverside border. As of this morning, the fire was 90 percent contained while firefighters continued to douse hot spots throughout the 160 acre burn area. Two firefighters suffered injuries--one a burn to his face, another experienced heat exhaustion. more ›

A fire burning in Redlands within San Bernardino County has scorched at least 5 acres, according to Carl Baker with Redlands Fire Department, who spoke to KNX1070. As of 2:45 p.m., no structures had burned, but some were threatened. Evacuations have been ordered along Sunset, west of Helen in addition to homes on Edgemont and Fairmont. More evacuations had been ordered, but Baker was unaware of specifics at the time of the interview. "If this grows and continues, certainly we'll be setting up an evacuation center," he said. The blaze began around 1:45 p.m. more ›

Unfortunately, the uploaded photos were not tagged, leaving it up the Flickr community to do so. Searching for "California" or "Los Angeles" still has limiting results. As Stephen Shankland says at CNET's Underexposed blog, "it's a safe bet that the Library of Congress photos won't immediately sport a huge range of highly descriptive tags... I can't imagine the government would pay on its own to fund some dedicated tagging effort." more ›