Toyota Motor Corp announced a new recall for 1.66 million Avalon and other vehicles, mostly in Japan and the United States, the latest large-scale recall to plague the world’s largest automaker. Todays announcement comes on the heals of a recall in Canada and the U.S. of 1.3 million Corolla and Matrix cars carrying defective engine […]
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San Jose police officer runs over pedestrian
A San Jose officer driving a patrol car, stuck and injured a 63-year-old pedestrian crossing the street Monday night. At 7:22 p.m., the officer was driving west on Santa Clara Street between 13 and 14th streets when his patrol car hit an unidentified Fremont man, San Jose Police Officer Jose Garcia said. The victim was […]
Defective toys recalled 19 children injured
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in cooperation with Munchkin Inc, of North Hills, Calif., today announced a voluntary recall of the popular Bathtub Subs submersable bath toy. This recall involves battery-operated bathtub submarine toys. The toy is yellow, has a smiling face, turquoise windows, an orange propeller and an orange periscope that turns the […]
San Jose man killed in rear end accident identified
The victim in an early morning hit-and-run accident on Saturday has been identifed by the coroner’s office as javier Santacruz Orozco, 43 of San Jose. The accident happened on the freeway ramp that connects southbound Interstate 680 and southbound Highway 101. According to the California Highway Patrol, Orozco was killed after his car was rammed […]
eLEGS. A bionic device helping paraplegics walk
Berkeley Bionics™, developer and maker of bionic exoskeletons that augment human strength, endurance and mobility, has unveiled eLEGS, a wearable, artificially intelligent, bionic device that powers paraplegics up to get them standing and walking. eLEGS was unveiled at a press conference today in San Francisco by Berkeley Bionics’ CEO, Eythor Bender, who explained that the […]
