More than four years after three UC Berkeley graduate students were killed in a high-speed crash, the two Oakland men responsible were sentenced last Friday. Eric Barnes, 28, and Stanley Jacks…
A 70-year-old woman walking across Geary Boulevard at Ninth Avenue was killed Thursday morning when the driver of a white van hit and killed her while making a left turn. This was the 23rd…
Most of us have heard the tragic news of the big rig driver who failed to negotiate the recently installed “S” curves in the Bay Bridge. A truck driver from Hayward died on Monday…
Safety investigators dismissed numerous reports of sudden acceleration, then said data were lacking. I am sure many of you were shocked to learn that since 2001, more than 1,000 Toyota and Lexus…
Wisconsin State senators are set to begin debate Tuesday whether to ban texting while driving for people under age 18 because of the higher rate of automobile accidents in that group. Wisconsin…
They say that misery loves company, and if so, this might be one of the few times that San Francisco loves LA. A Los Angeles county bus collided with another vehicle last week in the Silver Lake…
Federal highway safety inspectors have released new details of a fatal car crash that triggered Toyota Motor Corp.’s largest recall, including a finding that the Lexus ES 350 sedan involved had a…
At a time when many are questioning the very future of Medicare—financial support for the program is under attack, coverage is shrinking, the number of beneficiaries is climbing…
While we have been conditioned to trust our doctors, recent developments at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles leave us wondering whether that is as prudent as it once was. The Los Angeles Times…
I am happy to report that more Americans are buckling up than ever before, with 83 percent of vehicle occupants using seatbelts during daylight hours, according to the U.S. Secretary of…
Target Corporation. will pay $7 million to an 80-year-old woman who suffered brain injuries after being struck by an automatic door at an Illinois store. In the lawsuit, head injury attorneys…
Many people have been injured or killed in public transit accidents over the last four months. The most current incident is last week’s crash here in San Francisco, in which nearly fifty…
