A pedestrian was struck and killed by a car while walking in East San Jose on Tuesday, police said. The woman, whose age was listed as 75 and not immediately identified, died at the scene. She was struck by a blue 1997 Toyota Camry at the intersection of Capitol Expressway and Cunningham Avenue, next to […]
Archives for August 2011
Perfect Fitness fined for failing to report dangerous product
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Perfect Fitness, of Sausalito, Calif., has agreed to pay a $425,000 civil penalty. The settlement agreement has been provisionally accepted by the Commission (5-0). The penalty agreement resolves allegations by CPSC staff that Perfect Fitness knowingly failed to immeditatly report, as required by federal law, […]
12th fatality this year for Caltrain
A woman was struck and killed this morning by Caltrain in Burlingame which triggered significant delays in service. this morning, and the response is delaying service, authorities said. The collision happened at about 10 a.m. when the woman was hit by a southbound train south of Trousdale Drive near the Broadway station, said Caltrain spokeswoman […]
Charges filed in San Francisco DUI hit and run
San Francisco prosecutors charged Andrew Alan Vargas, 21, of Hayward Monday with felony counts of drunken driving and hit-and-run for an alleged rampage that critically wounded a 9-year-old boy visiting from suburban Philadelphia. Vargas was charged with two counts of drunken driving causing injury and one count of hit-and-run causing injury as well as an […]
Product defect testing researchers sentenced for fraud
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced this week that the final of four sentences handed down in federal court against the president of Tampa- based Youth Research, Inc., and its contractors. Youth Research’s president and two of the firm’s contractors were convicted of various federal offenses related to falsifying data in connection with […]
