The Senate has passed legislation to make food safer in the wake of deadly E. coli and salmonella outbreaks, potentially giving the government broad new powers to increase inspections of food processing facilities and force companies to recall tainted food. The $1.4 billion bill, which would also place stricter standards on imported foods, passed the […]
Coroner identifies San Jose mom killed in accident
Judith Cervantes 30 of San Jose has been identified by the Santa Clara County coroner’s office as the woman in a single-vehicle crash near Eastridge Mall yesterday. Cervantes was driving with her 3-year-old nephew when she crashed into a light pole Monday at about noon, according to San Jose police. Cervantes later died at a […]
VMC teams with Berkley Bionics to help patients walk
Valley Medical Center and Berkley Bionics have teamed up for trials of the exciting new system called eLegs. As detailed in our article and in TIME magazine last week this new invention promises a new reality for people with spinal cord injuries, stroke, MS, or any condition that has them unable to use their legs. […]
San Jose woman dies following Nov 5 auto accident
Susan Gerlach, 56, was taken off life support Wednesday according to her husband Gary Gerlach. Ms. Gerlach who worked at Stanford University‘s artificial intelligence lab and whose car was struck by another on Nov. 5 in Cupertino has died as a result of her injuries. Her Prius had been struck by another car at Stevens […]
Big-rig driver involved in 3 seperate fatalities
Big-rig driver Gabriel Manzur Vera, who was involved in collisions that killed cyclist and Santa Cruz teacher John Myslin in Santa Cruz in 2007, Lauren Perdriau Ward, a 47 year-old mother of two from Los Altos hills was also was driving during a third fatal accident in Moss Landing in 2003. Police determined Vera was […]
