Mayor Bill Alexander

A Rancho Cucamonga businessman's personal and corporate assets were frozen by a judge this week after federal regulators filed a civil complaint accusing the businessman of defrauding investors of millions of dollars. Michael John Bowen, 57, allegedly raised $28 million from about 500 investors while lying and deceiving them about his Orange County-based business operations, according to the claim filed in Santa Ana federal court Monday by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Bowen allegedly lied to investors about one of his companies going public in the United Kingdom, and portrayed business ventures as successful when in reality they were failing, according to the SEC ... Read Full Story

1. You’re trying to pedal faster to keep from being hit, but your bicycle won’t get out of the lowest gear.  2. There’s a gas tanker truck bearing down on you.  3. There’s another one coming from the other direction.  4. You’re delivering newspapers with your bicycle when one of the newspapers you throws comes right back and hits you in the face.  5. You’re wearing only the hospital dressing gown on your bike and crowds of people are looking at you.  6. Doctors on bicycles are chasing you.  7. Dogs on bicycles are barking at you.  ... Read Full Story

UPDATED AT 5:30 RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- A girls' softball coach has been charged with a misdemeanor sex crime for allegedly kissing a 13-year-old girl on his team, prosecutors said today. Frank John Castellanos, 48, would be required to register for a sex offender for the rest of his life if convicted of the charge, said Deputy District Attorney Jason Anderson. Castellanos, of Rancho Cucamonga, allegedly kissed the girl, a member of his Rancho Cucamonga softball team, as they sat together in a car on Feb. 11, Anderson said. The charge against Castellanos -- for annoying or molesting a child -- was filed Tuesday in ... Read Full Story

RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- Nearly two weeks after her car was broadsided by a transient accused of fleeing authorities in a stolen car, an 18-year-old woman remains in critical condition with serious head injuries. Jessica Garcia, of Rancho Cucamonga, is in a medically induced coma in the intensive care unit at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton, said San Bernardino County Sheriff's spokeswoman Tracy Dorsey. Garcia has not regained consciousness since the Nov. 3 crash, Dorsey said today. Patrick Griffin, 41, has been charged with four felonies for allegedly running several red lights attempting to evade a sheriff's deputy on Arrow Route in Rancho Cucamonga. ... Read Full Story

UPDATED at 6:25 p.m. with Griffin's mug shot, additional information on the case, and updated map. RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- An 18-year-old woman remained hospitalized in critical condition today with injuries she suffered this week when her car was broadsided by a transient accused of speeding through red lights in a stolen car. The alleged driver in Tuesday's collision, 41-year-old Patrick Griffin, was charged by the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office today with four felonies: grand theft auto, evading a police officer, and two counts related to DUI causing serious injury, said San Bernardino County sheriff's spokeswoman Tracy Dorsey. "Preliminary investigation determined that (Griffin) ... Read Full Story