Chronicle reporter has personal angle on Southern California’s deadly wildfires Monday afternoon, I called my sister in Rancho Bernardo after hearing on CNN that homes in her San Diego suburb were being torched by wildfires. CNN had reported that “fires were consuming homes in the communities of Escondido, Rancho Bernardo, Forest Ranch and Lake Hodges.” [...]

Amherst police Thursday, Sept. 27 12:54 a.m. — Motel 6, Andrew A. Girard, 29, 900 block W. 13th St., Lorain, charged with possession of marijuana. Sunday, Oct. 7 12:54 p.m. — DePaola Park, Daniel D. Shattuck, 18, 4900 block Westford Court, Westlake, charged with abuse of harmful intoxicants after police found him unconscious. Friday, Oct. [...]

Elyria police Sunday, Oct. 21 9:53 a.m. – Tokyo Steakhouse, two 600-pound concrete lion statues outside the steakhouse pulled off their bases overnight. 2:48 p.m. – West Avenue, Kenneth A. Kettlewell, 33, 300 block Sixth St., charged with possession of crack cocaine and drug paraphernalia. 8:12 p.m. – Sherman Street, a man and women told [...]

AMHERST — When the Cleveland Quarries board of directors assigned the company’s historical records to the Amherst Historical Society in October 2005, it opened the doors to the community’s past in a way not seen before. Overseen by historian Howard Akin, the project of sorting through the records quickly grew massive as the society collected [...]

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. — An unprecedented national survey of pilots by the U.S. government has found that safety problems like near collisions and runway interference occur far more frequently than previously recognized. But the government is withholding the information, fearful it would upset air travelers and hurt airline profits. NASA gathered the information under an [...]