Police in the Inland Empire are looking for those responsible for burning a 3-month-old puppy and abandoning it along with another puppy in San Bernardino. Last Thursday, the city’s animal services was called to a vet’s office on West Highland Avenue, after staff found two lab retriever puppies in the parking lot. Vets say one pup, now named Ember, suffered severe injuries and needed immediate treatment. The other puppy was not harmed. Over the last week, officials say Ember is improving and will be placed with a foster caretaker when she is medically cleared.  Anyone with information on ..read more

A teenager was arrested Wednesday for allegedly opening fire at other teens, killing one of them and injuring the other. Investigators with the San Bernardino Police Department took the 16-year-old gunman into custody at his constitution school. “Two lives were lost,” Lt. Jennifer Kohrell with the police department said. “That’s really the tragedy in this case that we have a 14-year-old who’s now dead, and we have a 16-year-old who is now in custody, facing the charges of murder.” The 14-year-old victim and another teen were shot near Acacia Avenue and 13th Street on March 27 during San Bernar ..read more

Instead of April showers, the mountain community of Running Springs is getting April flurries. Spring storms have been sweeping through the San Bernardino mountains in recent weeks, bringing several feet of snow. The unusually cold weather caught many people visiting by surprise. “We were hoping that by now the snow would not be here,” said Kyle O’Neil. “[We are] a little nervous but seeing a bunch of other people kind of helps.” Vacationers found themselves in a winter wonderland they hadn’t anticipated. “We did not come prepared. We had to buy snow pants, hats, gloves, the whole thing,” sai ..read more

Authorities in San Bernardino County are cautioning residents about fraudulent telephone calls aimed at collecting debts or property tax payments under pretenses. Officials issued a joint warning urging residents to be wary of callers claiming to represent county agencies and threatening to suspend their driver’s licenses if payment isn’t made promptly. The callers are reportedly using spoofed telephone lines to make it appear as though they’re calling from legitimate county numbers. San Bernardino County Auditor-Controller, Ensen Mason, and Assessor-Recorder-County Clerk Chris Wilhite emphasi ..read more

Officers with the San Bernardino Police Department rescued a 3-year-old child Sunday when a woman pointed a gun at him inside an apartment The mother of the child confirms her son is okay, and that the woman shot by police while holding a gun to the child’s head was her friend. A still image from a police body-worn camera appears to show a woman pointing a gun at the child. San Bernardino police said they got a call around 8 a.m. from a panicked woman saying her 3-year-old grandson was being held at gunpoint by 35-year-old Darvet Brown, a friend of the family. And according to the grandmother ..read more

A San Bernardino police officer is under investigation after cellphone video captured him striking a man and kneeing him in the face multiple times while another officer pinned him down during an arrest earlier this week. The investigation was launched following the Monday arrest of a man who led police on a pursuit in a suspected stolen car. The chase ended when the driver crashed into a pole and was subsequently arrested by two officers who used force to detain the man. Cellphone footage captured the man face down in a street near the site of the crash as one officer pinned the man down and ..read more

Investigators in the Inland Empire are looking for a possible serial arsonist after they responded to four suspicious fires within a few blocks of each other this weekend. The fires included one at a San Bernardino dental office. Dr. Sanjay Patel said his heart sank when he saw what was left of his sign outside his office. “To see it destroyed in such a short time span that’s really heartbreaking it really is,” Dr. Patel said.  At first he just thought someone started a fire in a trash bin as a way to keep warm. “I didn’t think it was anything suspicious or anything like that, it’s just h ..read more

More than 100 foster kids in the Inland Empire got a priceless holiday gift on Wednesday. They were adopted into a loving family. It was a day of celebration for the children ages nine months to 17 years old. That’s because they are officially being adopted at the 23rd annual adoption finalization event for San Bernardino County children and family services. “Honestly I couldn’t sleep last night because I was so excited,” Juliet Wade said.  Wade and her husband Phillip are foster parents who adopted an adorable little boy. They say the birth mother had to give him up, and when they found ..read more

San Bernardino police stumbled upon two young alligators two and a half feet long while investigating a squatter case on Santa Fe Street last week. Animal services were called in to retrieve the reptiles. The young alligators were found with their skin bearing traces of white paint, indicating a lack of proper care in their previous environment, as noted by the Forever Wild Sanctuary in Phelan, where they are now located. “It was evident from the dryness of their skin that these alligators were not maintained in a suitable wet environment,” a representative from the sanctuary said. The Forever ..read more

A controversy is brewing in San Bernardino after two men made racist remarks about a Black woman during the public comment portion of a City Council meeting. The comments were made as Amy Malone was voicing her opposition to the city hiring Charles Montoya as city manager last Wednesday. Moments after Malone began to speak, she was interrupted by two other speakers who were waiting via Zoom for their turn to talk. Both speakers repeatedly used the N-word. “Go back to Africa,” one of them said. As a Black woman, Malone said, she’s not shocked by racism. But, she added, she’s appalled with how c ..read more