More Speeding leads To Fewer But More Devastating Accidents

The “Stay At Home” order has led to fewer crashes with the unintended consequences of more speeding and potentially more devastating accidents. These facts are from a study released by the UC Davis Road Ecology Center. With the state on lockdown traffic accidents have dropped by about half. However, in

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Orinda Nursing Home Has 49 Test Positive For COVID-19

At the 47-bed Orinda Care Home skilled nursing facility 27 residents and 22 staff have tested positive for COVID-19. As a result 4 residents have been hospitalized and one has died. At a time when nursing homes are off-limits to resident family members, it’s more important than ever health and

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Some Workers Being Forced To Go To Work Amid Coronavirus

The message from government cannot be any clearer than “STAY AT HOME!” This is part of the plan to fight the coronavirus pandemic – stay at home, flatten the curve, save lives. Some workers express both fear and anger at being labeled as an “Essential Employee” and being forced to

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Fatal Crashes Spike When Clock Springs Ahead

Fatal car crashes nationally spike by 6% during the workweek following the daylight savings time’s “spring forward” change. That means the time change results in about 28 additional deaths according to a study. Looking deeper at the research shows the farther west a person lives the worse the crash chances

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Record Number Of Pedestrians Dying On American Streets

A recently released report shows conclusively that walking in America is getting more dangerous every year. In fact, 2019 was the most deadly year to date! Data from the first six months of 2019, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) predicts there were 6,590 pedestrian deaths that year,

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NTSB Reports On 2018 Fatal Tesla Crash

Apple engineer Walter Huang who died when his Tesla Model X slammed head-on into a concrete barrier had previously complained about the SUV malfunctioning on that same stretch of the Silicon Valley freeway. Those complaints were detailed by federal investigators in documents released involving this fatal Tesla crash. The Huang

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