Nearly 20,000 customers were without power in San Bernardino and Highland Monday due to a fire at a Southern California Edison substation.

The fire began about 2:10 p.m. at a substation at Rialto and Waterman avenues (map) in the southeast San Bernardino, according to the San Bernardino City Unified School District, which had 27 locations affected.

An estimated 19, 219 customers were affected by the outage, according to Lauren Bartlett, a spokeswoman for SoCal Edison.

Crews were working to switch customers to other circuits, she said.

The cause of the fire was under investigation.

Traffic lights that are out should be treated as four-way stops, Bartlett wanted remind drivers.

The America Red Cross Inland Empire posted a link to tips for dealing with power outages.

KTLA’s Brianna Ruffalo contributed to this article.

A 29-year-old man was recently detained after he and sheriff’s deputies exchanged gunfire in Victorville, according to San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department officials.

Deputies conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle carrying two men and a woman near Seneca Road and Navarro Drive (map) around 10:39 p.m Tuesday, Sgt. John Gaffney said.

The male driver then shot at the deputies, who returned fire, and fled on foot.

The man was found several minutes later nearby and was detained.

He was said to be in stable condition, although it was unclear if he was struck by the deputies gunfire.

It was also unclear why the sheriff’s deputies conducted the traffic stop.

A 43-year-old San Bernardino man was arrested on suspicion of killing his 42-year-old brother in San Diego, police said.

Jason Douglas Paris was arrested late Saturday in connection with the gunshot death of his brother Cedric O’Neal Paris, according to Lt. Michael Hastings. No motive for the slaying was given.

San Diego police had responded at 10 p.m. Saturday to a shooting in the Allied Gardens neighborhood and found the younger brother on the sidewalk. He was declared dead at the scene.

Minutes later, police in the Scripps Ranch area stopped a sport utility vehicle that matched the description given by witnesses of the shooter, Hastings said.

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Three people were taken into custody after a four-hour standoff ended Thursday morning at a home in San Bernardino, where a police SWAT team served a search warrant for a “high-risk narcotics suspect,” authorities said.

Police released a photo of weapons they said were seized after a standoff ended at a home in San Bernardino on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015. (Credit: Fontana Police Department)

The incident began about 5 a.m., when the Inland Valley SWAT team, comprised of officers from the Colton, Fontana and Rialto police departments, arrived at a home on the 1200 block of West 17th Street (map).

They were serving a search warrant for a man later identified as 20-year-old Jorge Alvarez.

Six people were inside the home, ranging in age from 15 to 75, officers determined, according to a news release from the Fontana Police Department.

Officers had information that Alvarez had high-powered assault rifles inside the home, prompting them to evacuate 10 homes in the surrounding neighborhood as a safety precaution.

After officers deployed flash-bang devices and broke windows by firing rubber bullets, there was initially no response from inside the home, police initially said.

In the news release, Fontana police said Alvarez and the five others came out of the home about 9 a.m. without incident after “continuous efforts throughout the morning to make contact.”

Two assault rifles and three attachments, including a grenade launcher, were found inside the home, along with ammunition and about 1 pound of methamphetamine, said Martha Guzman-Hurtado, spokeswoman for the Fontana Police Department.

Two men and one woman were taken into custody on suspicion of drug and weapons charges, the release stated They were all booked into West Valley Detention Center.

Children who were in the home were released to their parents, who were not in the house, police said.

San Bernardino Police Department Lt. Richard Lawhead initially described some of the people inside the home as victims, but said no one was being held against their will.

Authorities initially said only Fontana police responded, and they gave a different block for the address of the confrontation.

Police in San Bernardino were asking for the public`s help in identifying a gunman who robbed a convenience store armed with a shotgun.

Kareen Wynter reports for the KTLA 5 News at 6 on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015.

A police pursuit ended in a crash and the fatal shooting of a stolen car suspect on the 215 Freeway in San Bernardino Friday afternoon.

The pursuit began around 2 p.m. after officers tried to pull over an SUV near Belvan Avenue and Baseline Road that had been reported stolen by the owner, according Lt. Richard Lawhead of the San Bernardino Police Department.

When the driver refused to stop, a pursuit ensued.

The chase ended just minutes later on the northbound 215 Freeway at University Parkway when the driver rammed several other vehicles, according to Lawhead.

When the driver attempted to ram a police car head-on an officer opened fire, killing the suspect at the scene, Lawhead said.

A SigAlert was called at 2:18 p.m. for the northbound 215 Freeway at University Parkway (map) due to police activity, according to the traffic log of the California Highway Patrol.

As of 9:45 p.m. the closure remained in effect.

Aerial video showed six police vehicles on scene, and a white SUV-type vehicle appeared to have crashed head-on into one.

A yellow tarp appeared to cover a body next to the SUV.

San Bernardino police on Saturday identified a 23-year-old Banning man as the stolen car suspect who was shot and killed after leading officers on a dangerous high-speed chase the day before.

Jonathan Larry Harden allegedly stole the 2013 Scion XB from Banning Friday, the San Bernardino Police Department said in a Saturday morning news release.

Police tracked down the vehicle using its GPS device and located the car near Barton and Baseline streets a short time after it was reported stolen, the release stated.

Officers turned on their lights and sirens as they attempted to pull over the vehicle, according to the release. But when Harden refused to stop, police initiated a pursuit around 2 p.m.

The chase went through surface streets and onto the freeway, during which time the “suspect drove in a reckless manner endangering the safety of the public,” the release stated.

During the pursuit, Harden reached speeds of up to 100 mph, ran traffic lights and stop signs, and disregarded the safety of other drivers, police said in the release.

A pursuit ended in a police shooting that left one person dead on the 215 Freeway in San Bernardino on Feb. 13, 2015. (Credit: KTLA)

At one point, Harden exited the 215 Freeway at University Avenue, ran a red light at the bottom of the off-ramp and crashed into an oncoming vehicle, according to authorities.

Harden continued driving and got back onto the freeway.

As the chase went on, Harden allegedly tried to strike police patrol cars several times with the car he was driving, according to police.

Officers used “legal intervention” to stop the vehicle, the release stated.

At that point, the Scion spun around and came to a halt in southbound lanes facing oncoming traffic. The car then collided with the front of a police patrol car and Harden was shot, according to police.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

An investigation into the incident continued Saturday. Police have asked anyone with information to call San Bernardino police Detective Marco Granado at 909-384-5628 or Sgt. Carl Williams at 909-693-6665.

Police were searching Monday for a carjacker who attacked and abducted a student at CSUSB and then stole a second vehicle at gunpoint.

The first carjacking occurred around 12:15 p.m. in parking lot G located near the gym on the campus of California State University, San Bernardino, according to a news release from campus police.

The armed suspect approached the student’s car and asked if he wanted to buy a pair of shoes, an email sent out by the school stated.

When the student declined, the suspect pulled out a handgun, got into the car and ordered the victim to drive away, according to school officials.

Once they were off campus, the suspect hit the student, demanded money and the victim’s cellphone, campus police said.

The suspect then ordered the student to get out of the car and drove off, the release stated.

A short time later, the suspect crashed the student’s car near the 215 Freeway and Highland Avenue, the school email stated.

The suspect then carjacked another vehicle at that location and was seen driving off in a gray Lexus, school officials said.

The suspect was not believed to be affiliated with the campus.

He was described as a Black man between 25 and 35 years old, weighing approximately 180 to 190 pounds and about 5 feet 10 inches tall.

He was dressed in a grey hoodie shirt, black shorts and a baseball cap.

He was also wearing a thick gold chain necklace with a large gold medallion and has a tattoo over his left eyebrow that said, “thrive”.

The San Bernardino Police Department and the California Highway Patrol were assisting University Police in the investigation.

Anyone with information was asked to contact University Police at 909-537-5165 or 909-537-7777.

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A man sought in connection with two carjackings in San Bernardino on Monday, including one involving a student at CSUSB, was arrested Tuesday after a pursuit in South Los Angeles.

The suspect, identified as Julio Cesar Dela Luz, was arrested along with two females who were riding in a stolen 2003 Lexus, according to a news release from the San Bernardino Police Department.

Julio Cesar Dela Luz was arrested in connection with two armed carjackings in San Bernardino, including one involving a student at CSUSB. (Credit: San Bernardino Police)

Dela Luz was sought in connection with the abduction and carjacking of a student on the campus of California State University, San Bernardino on Monday morning.

The armed suspect approached the student’s green Ford Taurus and asked if he wanted to buy a pair of shoes, an email sent out by the school stated.

When the student declined, the suspect pulled out a handgun, got into the car and ordered the victim to drive away, according to school officials.

Once off campus, the suspect hit the student, demanded money and the victim’s cellphone, campus police said.

The suspect then ordered the student to get out of the car and drove off, the release stated.

A short time later, the stolen Ford Taurus was involved in a collision near the 215 Freeway.

A nurse who stopped at the crash scene to offer assistance was then carjacked at gunpoint by the suspect who drove off in her 2003 Lexus, according to the release.

Early Tuesday morning, L.A. County sheriff’s deputies spotted the stolen Lexus and a pursuit ensued, San Bernardino police said.

The chase ended when the driver crashed the stolen Lexus. He and two females inside the car took off on foot but were all eventually located and arrested, police said.

Dela Luz was positively identified by all of the victims, according to the release.

He was facing several felony charges, including kidnapping, carjacking, assault with a deadly weapon.

A 33-year-old man was fatally struck by car Sunday morning after being attacked at a San Bernardino gas station, authorities said. A 30-year-old woman who was with the man was injured.

A car is seen at a gas station in San Bernardino after an incident that left a man dead and woman injured on Sunday, March 1, 2015. (Credit: Newspro News)

The two victims had driven a silver Honda Civic to get gas at an Arco station in the 100 block of of West Highland Avenue (map) when the incident began about 11:36 a.m., according to a news release from the San Bernardino Police Department.

Two attackers approached the man, who was outside the car, and called to him by his street name, the Police Department said. After he got into the car to leave, the attackers forced their way into the vehicle and struck the man and woman.

The male victim then moved the Honda in reverse before closing the driver’s-side door, police said. As the car was moving, the man fell out of the vehicle and was pinned between it and several steel posts used to protect a water valve.

The attackers fled south on North Mountain View Avenue.

The male victim died at the scene, the statement said. The woman, identified as Simi Valley resident Kimberly Contreras, was taken to St. Bernardine’s Hospital. She was later released.

The motive for the attack was unknown. There was no indication that it was gang-related, said police Lt. Dan Gomez.

Anyone with information is asked to call Detective William Flesher at 909-322-5734 or Sgt. Carl Williams at 909-693-6665.

An investigation was underway in San Bernardino Wednesday after multiple shooters opened fire outside a packed nightclub overnight, killing two people and injuring five others, police said.

Dozens of gunshots were fired during a deadly shooting outside Stingers Nightclub in San Bernardino on March 4, 2015. (Credit: KTLA)

About 200 people were leaving Stingers Bar and Nightclub in the 100 block of West Club Center Drive (map) just after 1:45 a.m. when the gunfire erupted, according to the San Bernardino Police Department.

A separate but likely “related” shooting also occurred at an Arco gas station located about a quarter-mile down the road, according to San Bernardino police Lt. Rich Lawhead.

Dozens of rounds were believed to have been fired by multiple shooters between the nightclub and the gas station, Lawhead said.

A total of seven victims were located between the two scenes.

The two victims who died were identified as Petetrial Michael Scott and Jerry Jamale Jackson, both of San Bernardino.

Of the five people who were injured, two were in extremely critical condition, according to Lawhead.

A motive for the shooting was not immediately known, but the area was known for gang activity, according to Lawhead.

“We do believe that this is a gang-related shooting,” he told reporters at a news conference before dawn.

One witness, Eugene Jones, said he was telling clubgoers to leave the building when he heard shots ring out outside the building.

Three of his friends were among those hit by the gunfire, according to Jones, a nightclub promoter who was working at the time of the incident.

“I walked to my friend, and she was shot. Then I looked around and they said my other friend was shot. Then I walked outside and they said my other friend was shot,” he said.

“It’s kind of heartbreaking,” Jones added. “I don’t do the club events for this to happen.”

Investigators remained on the scene throughout the morning as they combed for evidence and searched for clues in the area.

Several hours after the shooting occurred, dozens of family members and friends of the victims were involved in a “disturbance” at Loma Linda Hospital, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.

Approximately 75 people became “uncooperative” and “combative” with hospital personnel after they were told one of the victims had died, a news release from the department stated.

No one was hurt in the connected incident.

KTLA’s Kennedy Ryan contributed to this story.

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A string of crimes has hit the Cal State San Bernardino campus, including an attempted abduction Sunday and attempted sexual assault near the campus library days prior, according to officials.

In Sunday’s attack, a student said she was on her cell phone around 3 p.m. near the John M. Pfau Library when a man grabbed her from behind. He then placed his hand over her mouth and said he planned to take her to his vehicle, school officials stated in an email addressed to the campus community.

The woman said she elbowed the man and he ran away.

The attacker was described as a Hispanic man in his 20s, with a thin build, standing about 5 feet 8 inches tall; with medium-length, dark-colored hair. He was wearing dark-colored shorts and a gray T-shirt.

On Wednesday, another woman reported an attempted sexual assault in the Pfau Library, according to a separate email from campus officials.

The woman reported that she fought off the attacker, who then fled.

He was described as a Hispanic man between 19 and 21 years of age, standing about 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing about 135 to 145 pounds, with curly-black hair. He was wearing a black shirt, tan-cargo shorts, black socks and was carrying a red backpack.

Other recent crimes included a strong-arm robbery on Thursday when a man allegedly stole a student’s iPhone, according to another campus email.

And on Monday, Feb. 23, a man was arrested after allegedly stealing a student’s vehicle.

Anyone with information regarding campus crimes was asked to contact the university’s police department at 909-537-5165.

As the search continued for a 22-year-old San Bernardino women who disappeared under “suspicious” circumstances earlier this week, police on Sunday announced they were investigating two “persons of interest” in the case.

Sahray Barber is seen in a photo provided by family members.

The two people, whose identities have not been disclosed, may somehow be involved in Sahray Barber’s disappearance, a news release from the San Bernardino Police Department stated.

Barber was reported missing Monday morning after she was expected to take a bus to her job at The Art Institute but failed to show up at the location. She has not been seen since.

Some of Barber’s belongings were found in bushes inside the the complex of her apartment building in the 1500 block of West Northpark Boulevard (map), but San Bernardino police Lt. Rich Lawhead said Wednesday there did not appear to be any indication of a struggle.

Barber’s apartment is across from street from Cal State San Bernardino, and initially they were initially looking into whether her disappearance was related to a string of recent assault at the campus

In the Sunday news release, police stated they now do not believe it’s related.

Investigators have asked anyone with information about the case to call San Bernardino police Detective Al Tello at 909-821-8507 or Sgt. Carl Williams at 909-693-6665.

KTLA’s Anthony Kurzweil contributed to this story.

A search continued Monday for multiple people who exchanged gunfire and shot an 18-year-old playing basketball in San Bernardino the previous day, officials said.

At least two men were arguing at a Baker’s burger drive-through when the shooting occurred in the 1300 block of West Kendall Drive (map), San Bernardino Police Department Lt. Rich Lawhead said.

A single bullet flew across the street, where the teen was playing basketball at Shandin Hills Middle School.

He was struck in the abdomen and transported to a local hospital in serious but stable condition, Lawhead said.

Witnesses reported hearing several rounds fired and investigators think two handguns were used.

Investigators offered no description of the people they were searching for.

KTLA’s Feven Kiflegiorgis contributed to this report.

More than a week after the “suspicious” disappearance of a San Bernardino woman, she was found in good physical condition, according to police.

Sahray Barber is seen in a photo provided by family members.

Sahray Barber was last seen leaving her apartment on March 9 in the 1500 block of West Northpark Boulevard (map), Lt. Rich Lawhead of the San Bernardino Police Department stated in a news release at the time.

Police quickly called the disappearance “suspicious,” primarily because some of her belongings were found in bushes near the complex and the fact that she lived across the street from Cal State San Bernardino, where a string of crimes, including an attempted sexual assault and kidnapping, were recently reported.

There was no indication of a struggle, investigators said.

Police said Sunday there were two “persons of interest” in the case, but did not provide further details.

Nearly a week later, police said Barber was located in good physical condition and reunited with her family, a news release stated.

“There are several questions that will need to be answered in the coming days as investigators in the case were given conflicting information (from) several people who were directly related to the investigation,” a news release from the San Bernardino Police Department stated. “We are happy to report a good ending to a very serious case.”

A man was injured in San Bernardino after a burning object was thrown into his car, causing him to crash, authorities said Saturday.

An unidentified object was thrown into a car, causing severe damage, on March 20, 2015, in San Bernardino. (Credit: Newspro News)

He was driving in the 1000 block of West Second Street (map) when someone pulled up to his car and threw the burning object into it at around 8:02 p.m. Friday, said Sgt. Gerald Beall of the San Bernardino Police Department.

The victim then drove forward, struck a Mercedes-Benz SUV and pushed it into the side of a vacant apartment building. The woman inside the SUV was not hurt.

The driver of the car was hospitalized after suffering burns to his hands and arms, and an injury to his right eye. He was later identified by police as 22-year-old Humberto Zubia.

It was unclear whether the attack was random or Zubia was specifically targeted. There was no immediate indication that the incident was gang-related, authorities said.

Authorities were searching for the person who threw the burning object. That person was described only as a Hispanic male, said Lt. Vicki Cervantes.

KTLA’s John A. Moreno contributed to this report.

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The mother of a young girl who was left in the care of a friend and did not return showed up at a San Bernardino police station Friday, authorities said.

The girl’s mother dropped her off around noon Thursday and said she was “running  to the courthouse,” according to a news release.

“The mother has left her child briefly with this person in the past and has always returned,” the release said.

Officers from the San Bernardino Police Department responded about 7:06 p.m. after receiving a call about the matter.

Unable to locate her mother or her residence, police asked the public for help in identifying the girl known only as Veronica.

On Friday, Veronica’s mother showed up at a San Bernardino police department, Lt. Rich Lawhead of the Police Department said.

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It was unclear if the mother would face any charges, Lawhead said.

Surveillance video captured a woman being shot in the arm in a San Bernardino doughnut shop early Saturday morning, police said.

The shooting occurred at Master’s Donuts in the 300 block of East Baseline Street (map) around 2:22 a.m., San Bernardino Police Department Lt. David Green said.

During the incident, a woman was shot in the arm, Green said. Her injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.

Witnesses said they heard as many as 10 gunshots.

“I’m very scared. I don’t know what to do, I just got on the floor,” said a clerk at the doughnut shop who did not want to be identified.

The shop’s owner said it was the third shooting in two years near the store.

Surveillance video showed at least six people were in the store when the shooting occurred, and most dropped to the floor.

The injured woman was using an ATM around the time a bullet flew through the window, hitting her in the arm. She immediately fell to the floor and appeared to begin calling someone as another store patron came to her aid.

The shooting was not related to a robbery, and investigators were searching for the shooter or shooters, police said.

A 19-year-old man was killed and three others were injured when a vehicle involved in a possible street race crashed head-on into another car in San Bernardino Wednesday night, police said.

A 19-year-old man was killed and three others were injured after a possible street race in San Bernardino ended in a head-on collision on April 29, 2015. (Credit: Newspro News)

The 1992 Mitsubishi GT appeared to be racing westbound down Highland Avenue near Macy Street when it lost control and collided with a 2011 Toyota Corolla that was headed eastbound at about 10 p.m., according to news release from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.

The driver of the Mitsubishi was pronounced dead at the scene.

He was later identified by the County Coroner as Mark Anthony Jimenez, a 19-year-old resident of San Bernardino.

Three people in the second car — which did not appear to have been involved in the street race — were injured and transported to a hospital, John Cardillo of the San Bernardino Police Department said. Their conditions were not immediately known.

It was not immediately clear what happened to a second car that was believed to have been involved in the race.

An investigation into the deadly crash was ongoing, according to Cardillo.

A pursuit suspect whose elbow was dislocated during a 2014 arrest in San Bernardino planned to file a federal civil rights lawsuit against the officers and the city, his attorney said Friday. Kirk Hawkins reports for the KTLA 5 News at 10 on Friday, May, 1, 2015.