What to do when you get a DUI If you are facing a DUI charge, it is understandable you are wondering what to do next and what your options are to help in fighting to possibly clear your case. Likely you provided a breath, blood, or urine test. Or possibly you have refused all tests…
Read MoreLabor Day weekend is an exciting time for most anglers. Unfortunately, nearly 20 percent of all boating accidents in California occur on holidays. Surprisingly, 80 percent of all boating fatality victims would have survived if they had been wearing a life jacket. Once an accident occurs, it is often too difficult, and usually too late,…
Read MoreSAN FRANCISCO – Following new guidance from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit has made it harder for plaintiffs to stop putative class actions from being removed to federal court. Ruling unanimously Tuesday, the three-judge panel held that plaintiffs can no longer act as “masters of the complaint,” free to forego some amount of…
Read MoreAt least 50 people were injured Thursday when a chartered casino bus overturned after apparently swerving on Interstate 210 east of Los Angeles. The accident occurred about 10 a.m. PT on eastbound 210 in Irwindale, just past the interchange with the 605 Freeway. The crash left the bus — with the front windows knocked out…
Read MoreA 41-year-old Modesto man suffered major injuries when his motorcycle collided with a car Saturday night. According to the California Highway Patrol, the accident occurred at 11:25 p.m. at Crows Landing and Bradbury roads between Turlock and Patterson. Marie Pinheiro, 61, was driving a 1998 Pontiac Grand Am south on Crows Landing while Timothy Rahe…
Read MoreLOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawyer for a man charged Tuesday with murder and assault for allegedly driving his car through a weekend throng on California’s famed Venice Beach boardwalk and killing an Italian tourist, said it was an accident that has left his client devastated. “I don’t believe he intentionally tried to hit anybody,”…
Read MoreTwo truckers whose rig crashed last week on the ramp at Highway 58 and Interstate 70 want to send out a warning about a built-in braking system used in many trucks. Ray Johnson and his wife Lee, both California residents, say the truck safety system OnGuard is to blame for the July 25 wreck in…
Read MoreBREAKING NEWS: California Highway Patrol is investigating a car accident in Hawthorne that sent a police sergeant and another driver to the hospital early his morning. Authorities say the crash involved a police cruiser and a Honda that collided shortly before 2 a.m. Wednesday in the Los Angeles suburb. CHP officer Robert Manzano told KPCC’s Ashley Bailey that there is…
Read MoreNEWS STORY: HYDE PARK (CBSLA.com) — A man was hit and killed Saturday evening crossing Crenshaw Boulevard in Hyde Park. Officials believed the victim to be 18 or 19 years old. The impact was so powerful the victim’s shoes were knocked off his feet. A witness said the victim also flew about thirty feet. The incident…
Read MoreA Lakeport woman was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence after she caused a three-car accident on Highway 101 south of Willits, according to the California Highway Patrol.Shannon R. Walton, 30, was driving a 1996 Chevrolet Suburban north on the highway, near the CalFire station, when she rear-ended a car that was slowing with…
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