the 1987 biopic chronicles the rise of Pacoima teen rocker Richard Steven Valenzuela, better known as Ritchie Valens, before his untimely death in a 1959 plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.

Written and directed by Luis Valdez, the 1987 biopic chronicles the rise of Pacoima teen rocker Richard Steven Valenzuela, better known as Ritchie Valens, before his untimely death in a 1959 plane ...

Just like whitewater, winds can swirl like a whirlpool or crash down on top ... All other aircraft had been grounded. Touching down in Pacoima, their fuel nearly depleted, they saw the Air ...

Pacoima, CA. – One person was hospitalized after being injured in a car accident on Friday evening in Pacoima. According to a California Highway Patrol report, the accident happened on the 5 Freeway ...

A U.S. Marine from California has been identified by military officials as one of four people killed when a plane contracted ...

The Marine who died in a Thursday plane crash in the Philippines was an intelligence and electrotonic warfare specialist ...

Wednesday’s deadly collision between an American Airlines flight and a military helicopter outside Washington, D.C., followed the Army’s highest rate of flight mishaps in more than a decade.

Editor's note: This page reflects news of the plane crash near DC on Thursday, Feb. 6. For the latest updates, please read USA TODAY's coverage of the plane crash investigation on Friday ...

Premium Washington DC Plane Crash Highlights: U.S. Coast Guard, along with other search and rescue teams, operate near debris at the crash site (Taylor Bacon/U.S. Coast Guard/Handout via Reuters ...

The NTSB is an independent federal agency responsible for investigating all civil aviation accidents as well as serious incidents in the U.S. involving other modes of transportation, such as ...

All 67 people on board the plane and the helicopter were killed in the crash. Hundreds of families are in mourning after an American Airlines regional jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk ...