A motorcyclist was killed this morning in a collision on southbound Highway 101 near San Tomas Expressway. According to the Highway Patrol they began receiving reports just before 6 a.m., of motorcyclist down in the slow lane of 101 just south of San Tomas Expressway, according to Officer Peter Van Eckhardt. Witnesses told the CHP […]
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Another Caltrain death brings total to 11
A Caltrain struck and killed a man on the tracks in Sunnyvale on Tuesday evening during heavy commute time, according to the commuter line. This marks the fifth death since June 1, 2011. A southbound commuter train hit the man at the Lawrence station in Sunnyvale at 6:45 p.m., Caltrain officials said. The Lawrence Station […]
1 dead 3 injured after UCSF shuttle bus and big-rig accident
One man was killed and three were injured after an accident involving a big rig and a UCSF shuttle bus in San Francisco‘s Hayes Valley neighborhood this morning, police said. The accident, which occurred at Octavia and Oak streets at 6:20 a.m., happened when a Peterbilt tractor-trailer truck carrying four cars collided with the UCSF […]
Macy’s to pay 750K for failure to report defective products
Macy’s Inc., of Cincinnati, Ohio, has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $750,000 for failure to report children’s apparel with drawstrings. The Consumer Protection Safety Commission (CPSC) staff accused Macy’s of knowingly failing to report to CPSC immediately that it had sold children’s sweatshirts, sweaters and jackets with drawstrings at the neck between 2006 […]
Study reviews treatment protocals for Neuroblastoma
Treating the rare children’s cancer neuroblastoma with a high dose of chemotherapy that is now the standard in Europe has proved to be most effective in an 18-country study comparing treatment regimes. Outlining the study’s results, the Institute of Cancer Research in a statement said the European protocol offered 16% better disease-free survival at three […]
