Sunnyvale – A married couple who this morning has been identified by the medical examiner’s office. Jonathan Page, 32, and Yu Wang, 29, died in a head-on collision on state Highway 152 in unincorporated Santa Clara County near the San Benito county line yesterday morning when a 45-year-old Aptos man driving a Ford pickup truck […]
Archives for September 2010
Man receives major injuries in Brentwood auto accident
BRENTWOOD — A man was struck by a vehicle at The Streets of Brentwood shopping center Friday evening, suffering major injuries according to the Contra Costa Fire District. The man was struck about 6:45 p.m. Friday night at the center, which is at 2455 Sand Creek Road, dispatchers said. The victim was taken by helicopter […]
FIXIT Rechargeable Spotlights recalled after burn injuries reported
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Innovage LLC have announced a voluntary recall of FIXIT One Million Candlepower Rechargeable Spotlights. The spotlight’s charging adapter can overcharge the battery, forcing it to rupture and leak battery acid causing a chemical burn injury. Innovage has received 13 reports of incidents involving minor skin chemical […]
California roadway deaths at lowest level since 1950
In figures released Thursday for 2009, statewide traffic deaths fell 10.3 percent — from 3,434 in 2008 to 3,081 last year. That’s the fewest deaths since 1950, when the death toll was 3,054 for California. And for the first time in more than a decade, motorcycle deaths in California have fallen — marking the end […]
One dead and many injured in San Bruno gas line explosion
At least one person has been found dead following a massive blast and fire likely sparked by a broken gas line in a residential area of San Bruno, California. However there have been other reports that three people have been killed, with one body found on a footpath after the huge explosion at around 6pm […]