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It seems that everyone, no matter where they live, bemoans the quality of the driving in their hometowns. You rarely if ever hear someone exclaim, “We have the best drivers in Sacramento!” That’s because people tend to remember the mistakes that they are forced to react to on the roads and most will not remember […]
August 23, 2013—Redwood City, California—The California Highway Patrol has released its findings that the deaths of five women in May in a limousine fire were due to mechanical failure of the car and not to the driver’s actions. Authorities have stated that they will not charge the driver, who has been accused of making a […]
In a relatively unusual move, a Sacramento judge sentenced a defendant to 23 years to life for his role in a deadly DUI crash in 2012. Ryan Scott Baird, 23, had already been found guilty of two previous DUIs before the January, 2012, crash that took the life of victim Robert Sunderland III. The Yolo […]
The police were forced to shoot a pack of pit bulls that allegedly mauled two people in Kern County. The attacks occurred on a fenced property where the pit bulls were housed in Oildale. A man searching for his son entered the property, apparently with another woman, and was confronted by the three dogs. A […]
There are certain public safety issues that arise that, after some time has passed, people tend to start to ignore because they are fed up with hearing about it constantly. One of those issues that has been in the news constantly in recent months has been that involving distracted driving as more and more is […]
A Sacramento County sheriff’s deputy who was the only survivor of a 2005 helicopter crash that killed two of his co-workers and left him permanently disabled has learned that the county will stop his disability and medical payments after he successfully sued the helicopter company for defects that led to the crash. Eric Henrikson, 36, […]
California is full of waterways including lakes, rivers and streams and is surrounded on its entire western side by shoreline. Boating is one of the most popular sports in the state, and boaters take to the waters every day in the beautiful weather Californians enjoy most of the year. However, California unfortunately also has one […]
Doctors Hospital in Modesto has become the focus of a lawsuit concerning tainted baby formula. Sheila Vega has filed a lawsuit against the hospital claiming that her newborn daughter, Skylin, contracted salmonella while in the hospital’s neonatal unit. Skylin is now 15 months old but is still testing positive for the bacteria. Salmonella is a […]
A state highway near Marysville became the scene of a tragic bicycle crash when 19-year-old Judith Hansen was struck by a car. Hansen died of her injuries when she was thrown from her bike after allegedly veering into traffic from the shoulder of the road. The teen was riding north on the side of Route […]
Posttraumatic stress disorder or PTSD is a collection of symptoms that follow exposure to a traumatic event. PTSD can result from a victim’s experiencing trauma directly or from simply witnessing a traumatic event. Experts estimate that PTSD occurs in up to 14 percent of the population as either a short-term response or a long-term, chronic […]