Toyota has announced its investment in Ionna, joining forces with seven other car manufacturers to bolster the company's roll-out of a charging network for battery electric vehicles across North America. This move will provide Toyota and Lexus customers with access to Ionna's public network of DC fast chargers, set to be deployed later this year. Currently, Toyota offers two mass-market battery EVs in the US and Canada - the Toyota bZ4X and the Lexus RZ. The firm aims to offer 30 battery EV models globally across its Toyota and Lexus...

The pedestrian hit by a car over the weekend in Northeast Portland’s Madison South neighborhood has died, police said Tuesday. Federico Pedro Pascual, 52, was hit by the driver of a Toyota Sequoia SUV around 2 a.m. Saturday at Northeast Halsey Street and 92nd Avenue. The driver, Nicole M. Land, 23, of Milwaukie, remained at the scene. She was arrested and faces reckless driving, driving under the influence of intoxicants and other charges, police said. Police ask anyone with information about this case to contact the police bureau’s Traffic Investigations...

An Amber Alert was issued Tuesday morning for a missing 1-year-old boy. Authorities said Weston Landrum was abducted by a 46-year-old man in West Covina. He was last near North Grand Avenue and Fairway Lane, according to an alert from the California Highway Patrol. Weston is 3 feet tall, weighs 20 pounds, blonde hair and blue eyes and was last seen wearing camouflage pants and a gray shirt with a picture of a bunny on it. Authorities are searching for Wesley Williams, the suspect in the child's abduction. Williams is...

The California Highway Patrol on Tuesday was seeking witnesses to a crash involving three vehicles and a pedestrian who died Saturday morning on Highway 99 in Sacramento. The freeway crash was reported about 4:15 a.m. in the southbound lanes of Highway 99, just north of Fruitridge Road, the CHP’s South Sacramento office announced Tuesday afternoon in a news release. Three vehicles are listed in the news release as involved in the crash, including a 2013 Honda with a 32-year-old driver, a 2009 Toyota driven by a 22-year-old Elk Grove man...

The American Red Cross is responding to the tornado which devastated a small town in northwest Oklahoma Monday night, while continuing to help people impacted by last week’s tornadoes and Texas flooding. Meanwhile, millions of people face the threat of more tornadoes today. Trained Red Cross disaster workers and partners are responding across Oklahoma. They are providing a safe place to stay, food, relief supplies, health services, and emotional and spiritual care for people in Barnsdall affected by Monday’s devastating tornado and helping people in the southeast part of the...

Homeowners in Playa Del Rey are frustrated and upset after thieves broke into their residence and stole numerous personal items, including a safe containing tens of thousands of dollars worth of cash, jewelry, and family heirlooms. The couple says the break-in happened around 9:30 p.m. on May 3, while they were away for the evening. The victims say they don’t feel safe in their own homes after multiple break-ins have occurred recently in the neighborhood. Ala Tabatabai and Mytien Goldberg live in the home with their children and say local...

He is just 16 and has already been arrested five times for violent robberies and assaults — including allegedly pushing a Queens granny down church steps, sending her to the hospital. Teen brute Jayvaun Prince allegedly mugged another woman just days before he shoved 68-year-old regular churchgoer Irene Tahliambouris, leaving her with a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain, according to prosecutors. Following his arrest Thursday, Prince was charged both for the April 7 attack on Tahliambouris and the April 4 robbery, in which he allegedly threatened a 50-year-old...