Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

VINCENT - A driver died Thursday morning after slamming into the front of a semi.

The crash happened in southbound lanes of North Lark Ellen Avenue south of East Cypress Street just before 2 a.m. December 19. All lanes of Lark Ellen Avenue between Cypress Street and Lark Ellen Lane continue to be blocked.

The Toyota Corolla that slammed into the front of the semi is almost unrecognizable. As of 5:30 a.m., firefighters were still attempting to pull the driver from the twisted vehicle.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

VINCENT - Deputies are investigating what led to a stabbing and shooting at a home near Azusa Sunday night.

Two people were wounded by gunfire, one person was stabbed, and another person received minor injuries. The patients were taken to two different hospitals for treatment, according to Yvette Llacuna, dispatch supervisor with the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

The shooting took place on Banewell Avenue north of East Renwick Road just before 10 pm.f

The motive for the shooting was not publicly known. In a 12:30 a.m. interview with Sgt. Nafissi of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s San Dimas Station, deputies were still trying to figure out what led to the shooting, but witnesses were not willing to talk.

A CityWatch reader reported that a Halloween party may have been taking place at the home when the attacks occurred. People appeared to be wearing costumes as they exited the home.

The suspect description initially given to responding deputies was a Latino man in a ski mask. He wore a black shirt over black shorts.

VINCENT - The at-fault driver who reportedly made an unsafe exit onto Arrow Highway was airlifted to a trauma center after being extricated from his vehicle, the California Highway Patrol said.

The crash occurred in the 800 block of Arrow Highway March 7 around 2:20 p.m. in Unincorporated Azusa.

The driver, listed as a 32-year-old Azusa man, exited south in a Honda Accord from a 7-Eleven driveway onto Arrow and in the path of another driver, according to Officer Rodrigo Jimenez of the California Highway Patrol Baldwin Park Office.

The 19-year-old driver of a Lexus IS 250 swerved, but still crashed into the left side of the Honda, Jimenez told SGV CityWatch.

Firefighters extricated the Honda driver and he was transported by helocopter to Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, a level 1 trauma center.

Due to his injuries, the Honda driver has yet to face charges, Jimenez told SGV CityWatch.

The driver of the Lexus was relatively uninjured.

VINCENT – No one was injured and no residents were impacted after a large fire gutted a building at an abandoned school early Tuesday.

Los Angeles County Fire Department arson investigators are assisting Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputies in determining the cause of the fire at the former Tri-Community Adult School, 16209 E. San Bernardino Rd., according to Cpt. Ron Haralson, public information officer for the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

Firefighters were dispatched at 2:43 a.m. and once on scene saw heavy smoke and fire. The fire heavily damaged the cafeteria portion of the school, Haralson told SGV CityWatch.

More than 100 firefighters, including West Covina firefighters, battled the blaze.

Heavy equipment was summoned to break open the walls and roof of the cafeteria to better apply water and foam. No other areas of the school were destroyed, Haralson told SGV CityWatch.

San Bernardino Road between Irwindale Avenue and Vincent Avenue has been closed off for fire personnel and investigators to continue working on scene, which may be well into the morning, Haralson told SGV CityWatch.

The cause remains under investigation.

A building at the abandoned school was subject to an estimated $100,000 in damage April 9 when a possible transient cooking fire ignited in a classroom, authorities said in a previous interview.

A firefighter was injured in the April 9 fire.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

VINCENT - A driver died at the scene of a crash July 28.

The collision destroyed a power pole and damaged part of a residential cinder block wall at North Vincent Avenue and East Queenside Dr.

Los Angeles County Firefighters we’re dispatched around 1:49 p.m.

The driver of the crashed vehicle was unresponsive. CPR was being performed, according to the California Highway Patrol.

It is unclear if the driver died from crash injuries, or from a medical emergency which led to the crash.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

VINCENT - A likely cooking fire caused an estimated $100,000 in damage to the building at a shuttered school in unincorporated Covina early Friday, a Sheriff’s sergeant said.

Firefighters discovered one building at the site, 16209 E. San Bernardino Rd., fully involved with flames just before 2 a.m. April 9, according to Dispatch Supervisor Michael Pittman with the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

“The captain said the fire appeared to have started in one of the classrooms along the east side,” according to Sgt. Pete Shupe of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s San Dimas Station.

Evidence at the scene indicates a cooking fire started by squatters inside the classroom grew out of control, according to a report Shupe read.

One firefighter received minor injuries and was taken to an area hospital to be checked, Pittman told SGV CityWatch.

The building is on the former Griswold school site.

Firefighters reported flames were knocked down at 2:41 a.m., Pittman told SGV CityWatch.

Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor

VINCENT - 1,288 customers are without power after a transformer fell onto a tree, which fell onto wires in Vincent Monday morning.
 
Firefighters responded to a reported tree fire in the 4800 block of North Vincent Avenue, north of Cypress Street in the unincorporated community of Vincent around 11:30 a.m., according to a representative from the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
 
Firefighters were told that a tree caught fire, but no open flames were found.
 
There was no estimated time for repair given by Southern California Edison.
 
There were no reports of injuries.