PORTERVILLE — A pilot died Monday when a single-engine plane crashed and burned near Porterville Municipal Airport, authorities said. The plane had taken off from the airport and went down at around 2:30 p.m. in a field near one end of the runway, authorities said. The aircraft was incinerated. The...
Fresno Pilot Walks Away From Small Plane Crash on Herndon Ave
A small plane crashed and landed on its roof on Herndon on Saturday morning. But no one on the ground was injured, and the pilot walked away with bumps and scratches, authorities said. Philip Barnett told the Fresno Bee the engine of his Cessna 172 Skyhawk failed after he took off from...
R. Kelly Charged With Paying Bribe Before Marrying Aaliyah
NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors are accusing singer R. Kelly of scheming with others to pay for a fake ID for an unnamed female a day before he married R&B singer Aaliyah, then 15 years old, in a secret ceremony in 1994. The revised indictment, filed Thursday in New York,...
As Cameras Roll, Pilot Crash Lands in Half Moon Bay
HALF MOON BAY - A pilot and self-professed thrill seeker said Wednesday he was forced to bring his new plane down into the ocean off Northern California as it lost power, recording dramatic videos as he and his passenger treaded water in the chilly ocean awaiting rescue. Pilot David Lesh, a 34-year-old...
Sister: Earnhardt Jr. and Family 'Safe' After Plane Crash
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. is safe and in a hospital for evaluation after his plane crashed in east Tennessee, the NASCAR television analyst and retired driver's sister tweeted. Earnhardt's sister, Kelley Earnhardt Miller, tweeted that the driver's wife, Amy, and 15-month-old daughter, Isla, also were on the plane along with...