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The Latest Breaking News from Fontana

After last year’s Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona this column wished Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff a good night’s sleep – mostly because of his memorable press conference appearance where he took aim at the “lunatics” directing “online abuse” at his team based on improbable conspiracy theories. Twelve months on, unfortunately,…

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Matteo Fontana and Luise Valentin win inaugural Sahara Gravel stage race

Fontana holds off Petr Vakoc in men's category of four-stage event as Maddy Nutt takes second overall in women's event and wins Queen stage

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California City Pays Man Nearly $900K After Cops Forced Him to Confess to Killing His Father -- Who Was Alive and Well

The city of Fontana will pay $898,000 to a man who was coerced into confessing to his father's murder, only to find out he was alive and unharmed.

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New Footage Shows California Cop Brutally Punching Man Who Had Just Been Shot to Death

After fatally shooting a suspect, an officer from the Fontana Police Department continued to punch him as the suspect lay on the ground.

Latin Times

High Potential episode 1 recap: meet Morgan Gillory

In High Potential episode 1 we meet Morgan Gillory, a cleaning lady whose high IQ helps her solve cases with the LAPD.

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Friday favourite: The “trick” features that endeared Unser to Penske's forgotten car

The Penske PC27 is a somewhat improbable choice for Al Unser Jr’s favourite car. A two-time Indianapolis 500 winner and two-time IndyCar champion, he had his greatest successes at the wheel of the Lola T90/00, Galmer G92 and Penske PC23-94 in US open-wheel racing. By contrast, he went winless in the radical PC27…

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California Man Gets $900,000 Settlement for 'Psychological Torture' During 17-Hour Police Interrogation

Detectives in Fontana, California, told Thomas Perez Jr. that his father was dead and that he killed him. Neither was true.

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California man wins $1m after 17-hour police interrogation falsely accusing him of killing father, who was alive

Footage from inside Fontana Police Department showed Thomas Perez Jr crying, pulling out his hair and ripping off his shirt, and lying next to his dog – who officers threatened to have put down

The Independent UK

‘Psychologically tortured’: California city pays man nearly $1m after 17-hour police interrogation

Officers threatened to kill the dog of Thomas Perez Jr as they pressured him to falsely confess to killing his father, who was alive

The Guardian - US

Jan. 6 rioter who used a stun gun on Officer Michael Fanone sentenced to prison

Daniel Joseph "DJ" Rodriguez, 40, of Fontana, Calif., was sentenced to 12.5 years. Officer Fanone served on the Metropolitan Police Department Officer for nearly two decades before resigning in 2021.

WEKU

Southern California teacher captured on video repeatedly saying N-word to student in class

LOS ANGELES — A teacher at a Fontana middle school can be heard repeatedly using a racial slur during an exchange with a student in class that was captured on video.

Los Angeles Times

NASCAR 2023 at Phoenix schedule, entry list, and how to watch

NASCAR has seen three different winners in the first three races with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. snapping a 199-race winless streak to win Daytona 500. The following week at Fontana, Kyle Busch won in just his second start as a Richard Childress Racing driver. And then it was William Byron winning at Las Vegas,…

Motorsport

NASCAR Cup Fontana: Kyle Busch powers to record-breaking victory

Kyle Busch has taken the outright record for wins in most consecutive NASCAR Cup seasons as he triumphed at the final race at Fontana on its current layout.

Autosport

Trackhouse misses out on win, but scores a double top-five in Cali

Trackhouse Racing has picked up right where they left off, coming out of the gate with both cars running up front.

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Kyle Busch takes record-setting NASCAR win at Fontana

Now with a new team, Kyle Busch continued his NASCAR record-setting ways while winning Sunday’s Cup race at Auto Club Speedway.

Motorsport

Fontana NASCAR Xfinity race postponed due to rain

Due to rain and snow in the area, Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Auto Club Speedway has been postponed until Sunday.

Motorsport

Bell will start on pole after Fontana qualifying rained out

Christopher Bell will start on the pole for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup race at Auto Club Speedway after persistent rain forced the cancellation of both qualifying sessions for the Cup and Xfinity Series.

Los Angeles Times

Auto Club Speedway's two-mile oval takes a final lap into Inland Empire racing history

LOS ANGELES — Long before Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Busch notched their first NASCAR Cup Series victories at legendary Auto Club Speedway, Fontana was home to a quarter-mile strip that became a major stop for the National Hot Rod Association while also attracting on a nightly basis all manner of…

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NASCAR at Auto Club: Schedule, TV channel, entry list for 2023 Fontana

After another thrilling Daytona 500, the 2023 NASCAR Cup season moves onto Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California for Round 2 of the year.

Los Angeles Times

Why a 'three strikes' felon — on bail twice over — was on the streets, where he gunned down a deputy

LOS ANGELES — William Shae McKay could have been in custody Dec. 29 — in more than one case. Instead, the “three strikes” felon, already facing a life sentence, gunned down a Riverside County deputy before dying alongside a freeway in a hail of bullets.

Los Angeles Times

15-year-old girl killed in law enforcement shootout was likely unarmed, California attorney general says

LOS ANGELES — Savannah Graziano, the 15-year-old girl killed in a shootout between her father and law enforcement Tuesday in Hesperia, was likely unarmed as she ran toward deputies, according to a preliminary investigation that has been turned over to the California attorney general’s office.

Los Angeles Times

A 70-mile crime scene: Terrifying pursuit, freeway gun battle end in father, daughter dead

LOS ANGELES — Authorities had been looking for Anthony Graziano and his teenage daughter Savannah for nearly 24 hours when his Nissan Frontier pickup was spotted Tuesday morning near Barstow.

The Independent UK

Teen had been staying with father before mother's slaying

Authorities say the Southern California man who was accused of killing his estranged wife and abducting their 15-year-old daughter had been living with the teenager out of his pickup truck and hotels for weeks before the violence

Benzinga

Walmart Expands Transportation Partnerships To Reduce Emissions

Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) said it is transforming its transportation fleet through collaborations with manufacturers of three different fuel types – renewable natural gas, hydrogen, and electric. The retail giant will partner with Cummins Inc (NYSE:CMI) and will receive new 15-liter Natural Gas Engines and add them to a few of its trucks. It has also…

Los Angeles Times

Fontana's well-worn track welcomes back NASCAR before a makeover likely to add drama

LOS ANGELES — A celebration certainly, a sendoff perhaps, the WISE Power 400 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana on Sunday will combine elements of a storied past, a dynamic future and a keep-your-eyes-glued-to-the-road focus on the present.

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