The City of Oakland has agreed to pay $32.7 million to settle lawsuits arising from the deadly 2016 Ghost Ship blaze. The fire occurred in an illegally converted warehouse where 36 people died. Advocates for the victims contend the city was negligent in not red tagging the building which had
Californians seem to love dogs. In the most recent survey done by Dogtime.com nearly 40% of California households own at least one dog. Many of us are convinced that pet ownership is good for their health and in an increasingly complex world having a dog or cat provides a ready
The leading cause of serious injury and death to older people is from falling. We often see this when people trip and fall on sidewalks causing broken bones to hips, arms & wrists—as well as head injuries. These injuries can result in hospitalization and surgeries. If someone trips and falls
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says human error causes about 94% of all crashes. While autonomous vehicles/Robocars promise to reduce this number the Institute says the best we can hope for is the elimination of up to one-third of them. These vehicles will be able to identify hazards and
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
Thanks to a recent order you will soon see a refund from your car insurance carrier. Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has ordered carriers to return premiums for at least the months of March and April and possibly May for insurance lines where the risk of loss has fallen due to
As of this writing 11 of 12 deaths from the Coronavirus nationally are from the State of Washington. 9 of those 11 are from the Life Care Center in Kirkland Washington. This same care home was investigated and fined $67,000 in April 2019 following two outbreaks of flu affecting 17
The next time you’re stuck in traffic and the radio states the reason for the back-up is a non-injury accident do you know what that really means? Anyone who’s ever been in a car crash understands the reality as no one was transported from the scene via ambulance. They also
The newest technology in new cars has the ability to assist drivers with parallel parking, blind spot detection and lane departure. These are clear improvements in some of the more intricate aspects of driving. However, as technology continues to develop many drivers are placing increasing reliance on driver technology and
Car insurance for new drivers is almost prohibitively expensive. Before you blame the greedy insurance company let’s review some statistics. According to the California DMV the crash rate for 16-year-olds is 3.7 times higher than drivers of all ages and the crash rate for 16 to 19-year-olds is 2.7 times
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