San Bernardino

A deadly virus targeting domestic and wild rabbits that was detected in Palm Springs in May has now spread to San Bernardino, Orange and San Diego counties, state wildlife officials confirmed. Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease (RHDV2) is not related to the novel coronavirus and does not affect humans or domestic animals other than rabbits. “A dead desert cottontail rabbit was found in a green...

NBC4’s Vikki Vargas has the story of a woman who came down with COVID-19 and is married to a member of the San Bernardino Coronavirus Taskforce. From the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on June 29, 2020.

Police in Southern California shot and killed a man they believed was armed with a gun, authorities said Sunday. Officers responded to a gas station convenience store in San Bernardino at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday following a report of a man “waving around a handgun,” the city’s police department said in a statement. “Patrol officers arrived and located a...

One man was killed by police after responding to reports of a man waving a gun. As seen on Today in LA on Sunday, June 14, 2020.

A friend of the couple who carried out the 2105 San Bernardino terrorist attack will not be allowed to withdraw his guilty plea to a charge of providing material support by buying the rifles used to kill 14 people and wound 22, a federal judge ruled. The withdrawal attempt by Enrique Marquez, 38, was rejected in a ruling filed Wednesday…

More than 200 workers at eight LA-area meat and food processing plants have tested positive for COVID-19 and now some of them have inadvertently infected family members, according to an NBC4 I-Team investigation.  “I feel terrible. I passed it onto my wife because I didn’t know that I had the virus,” says Jose Guzman, a 10-year employee of the...

San Bernardino County is now moving into Phase 2 of reopening. Restaurants are preparing to reopen and accommodate the new safety measures. Christine Kim reports for Today in LA on Sunday, May 24, 2020.

Police Sunday continued to investigate a shooting in San Bernardino that left a 20-year-old Perris woman dead and another woman injured. The shooting was reported at about 12:30 a.m. Saturday in the 1900 block of North Little Zion Drive, according to the San Bernardino Police Department. Jatae Armster was pronounced dead at the scene, while a second shooting victim was…

The mother of a terrorist who killed 14 people in a 2015 attack on a holiday party in California pleaded guilty Monday to destroying evidence, a government official said. Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles, said Rafia Shareef of Corona entered the plea in federal court in Riverside in a plea agreement. Authorities earlier…

New harassment claims are being leveled at the mayor of San Bernardino and now some are calling for him to step down. Tony Shin reports for the NBC4 News on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020.

The third women to come forward in the scandal alleges sexual harassment, and calls Mayor John Valdivia a “predator.” Tony Shin reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m., Feb. 25, 2020. 

Two dog rescuers who are used to saving animals had an unusual and heart-stopping save — rescuing a chihuahua named Tinker who was discovered wandering on a San Bernardino freeway. Dog rescuers Faith Easdale and Jim Ralston spent their Tuesday morning at the intersection of the westbound 210 Freeway and the southbound 215. The two drove behind 5-year-old Tinker the…

A chihuahua running loose on a San Bernardino freeway was helped by two rescuers from Dream Fetchers who were on their way to help another pup Feb. 2020.

Police released a video that they believe could be a link between a string of deadly shootings in San Bernardino. Rick Montanez reported on NBC4 News at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020.

A residential no burn day alert was in effect Saturday in the South Coast Air Basin, which includes Orange County and non-desert portions of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Burning wood in fireplaces or any indoor or outdoor wood-burning device is prohibited during the mandatory wood-burning ban, according to the South Coast Air Quality Management District, the air…

The Mayor of San Bernardino, John Valdivia, is accused of sexually harassing two employees. He denied the allegations. Christine Kim reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020.

San Bernardino Mayor John Valdivia denied recent accusations of sexual harassment made by two of his former employees who claim he belittled and mistreated them. The accusations stem from Karen Cervantes, Valdivia’s former assistant, and Mirna Cisneros, a former customer service representative for the city. Both women say the mayor repeatedly sexually harassed and mistreated them until they had...

The fire department crew knew it had a tough task when a Pepsi truck skidded off an overpass of the 15 freeway at Cherry Avenue and over the K-rail, crushing metal and spilling soda everywhere, and trapping the river underneath the hood. “As soon as we got there, we saw the Pepsi truck slipped over on its side,” said Randy…

San Bernardino firefighters save a man trapped under a Pepsi truck. Kathy Vara reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020.