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A tanker truck carrying over 8,000 gallons of gasoline crashed in Atwater (outside of Merced) on May 23, killing the driver and sparking a massive fire. The investigation of the crash is still ongoing, but the driver appears to have lost control and overturned the tanker while exiting Highway 99 to make a delivery nearby.... Read More

May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month in California, and even though it’s coming to a close it’s not too late to stress motorcycle safety. The operators of all vehicles on California’s roads are collectively responsible for everyone’s safety. Whether you drive a motorcycle, a car, an SUV, a big rig, or anything else with wheels... Read More

All car crashes are potentially expensive in many ways, but Riverside County has recently seen some of the costliest kind, in terms of both the financial impact and the effect on people’s lives. We’re referring to wrong-way crashes, which are especially dangerous because the victims often have little or no warning. There have been two... Read More

You probably have a sense that some roads and intersections are more dangerous than others—maybe you go out of your way to avoid a particularly busy intersection, or you stay off some streets because you’re convinced they’re just not safe, either because of some issue with the road itself, or because of the drivers you... Read More

There’s an old joke that “Dog Bites Man” isn’t news but that “Man Bites Dog” is. But we think that’s really getting it wrong: Dog bites have been on the rise in California for more than a decade, and that problem hasn’t gotten the news coverage it deserves. We only hear about dog bites in... Read More

A still-unexplained bus crash last month left a motorist dead and more than two dozen people injured. Most of those hurt were aboard the bus, but two occupants of another vehicle were also hospitalized after firefighters cut them free from their mangled car. A California Highway Patrol team will continue to investigate the crash.  ... Read More

On February 27, 2017, a Cessna 310 carrying five people crashed into a Riverside neighborhood shortly after taking off from Riverside Municipal Airport, on the return leg of a trip from a Disney park cheerleading competition. The plane came down in a residential area, destroying homes on impact. Four of the five people aboard died;... Read More

Back in 2016, a California woman rear-ended by a driver who was texting on his iPhone didn't just sue the driver, she sued Apple, arguing the company had the technology to disable texting while driving and chose not to use it. The case made headlines and raised a question a lot of accident victims still... Read More

Two days before Christmas, a batch of corn masa sold at an Amapola market in Downey turned out to be defective  ruining tamale preparations for families who'd already bought their ingredients, spent hours cooking, and planned their holiday around a meal that never made it to the table. It's a small story compared to a... Read More

Employers have argued for decades that their duty of care when it comes to exposure to toxic substances, such as asbestos, ends with their workers and is restricted to their own physical premises. The courts have largely accepted this argument, ruling in favor of employers who have been sued in personal injury or wrongful death... Read More