OAKLAND — A dump truck driver lost control of his vehicle Wednesday during rush hour traffic while exiting Interstate 580 in Oakland, and set off a chain reaction of accidents that involved 13 cars and injured four people sending them to local hospitals, police said. The rush-hour accident occurred where eastbound Grand Avenue off-ramp meets […]
Archives for September 2010
Watsonville Father and Son Die in Plane Crash
WATSONVILLE – Bob Joseph Ross of Santa Cruz, the owner of United Flight Services, and his son, 32-year-old Michael C. Ross, of Austin, Texas, died in a airplane crash Tuesday, the second small plane connected to the business at Watsonville Municipal Airport to crash in less than a month. The Baxter County Sheriff’s Office said […]
Thinking of Dropping Your Auto Accident Coverage? Read This First
The L.A. Times recently published an article about a California State program that helps provide low-income Californians with auto accident insurance coverage at a reduced cost. It’s almost impossible to estimate exactly the number of California drivers without insurance, but a 2008 report by the insurance industry estimated about 18% of California drivers at that time did not […]