Articles by Robert J. Lopez

It was one of those moments firefighters fear most. Read more

Julian Ayala tells anyone who will listen that the Pico Youth & Family Center pulled him from the grip of substance abuse and street gangs. Read more

Three observers who say they were at the Chatsworth Metrolink station before last month’s deadly train crash have asserted in interviews that a final, crucial railroad signal was green as the commuter line’s engineer headed toward the collision point. Read more

Engineer Robert M. Sanchez pulled Metrolink 111 out of the Chatsworth station and was rolling north at 54 mph. Read more

Chatsworth residents are planning a candlelight vigil tonight to honor the victims, survivors and rescue workers of the Metrolink crash that killed 25 people and injured 135 one week ago. Read more

After two California train accidents this summer in which cellphone use may have been a factor, state regulators were preparing a ban on the wireless devices for rail crews in the weeks prior to the Metrolink crash in Chatsworth that killed 25 people. Read more

Federal investigators are trying to determine whether back-to-back, split-shift workdays that began before dawn and ended at 9 p.m. Read more

Federal investigators said today that records from Metrolink engineer Robert M. Sanchez’s cell phone show that he sent and received text messages while on duty last Friday, the day he was involved in a catastrophic collision in Chatsworth. Read more

Federal investigators said Wednesday that records from Metrolink engineer Robert M. Sanchez’s cellphone show that he sent and received text messages while on duty Friday, the day he was involved in a catastrophic train collision in Chatsworth. Read more