Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has done victims of Orange County nursing home abuse and negligence a huge disservice by vetoing all state funding for the Long-Term Ombudsman Program. We blogged about the staff cuts suffered by the Orange County Council of Aging, a group whose ombudsmen have been doing an excellent…
California Highway Patrol investigators are now saying that the driver of a charter bus, who caused a crash near Williams in Colusa County on October 5, 2008 that killed nine and injured several others critically, was not under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the time of the charter…
A 93-year-old man struck and killed in a Long Beach hit-and-run bicycle accident on October 9, 2008 has been identified as Bernard Nelson. He was riding his bicycle west across the northbound lanes of Santa Fe Avenue at Canton Street when 81-year-old Lloyd Hills hit him and then fled the…
Seal Beach mom Cathy Busse was killed, and her 14-year-old son, Sam, suffered injuries in a Seal Beach bicycle accident on October 12, 2008 after a pickup truck struck them, The Orange County Register reports. This tragic 10/12/2008 bicycle accident occurred after the late model blue Ford pickup truck driving…
Blaise Meadows, 20, has been charged with murder in connection with the death of Andrew Parker, 46, of Lake Forest who died in an Orange County rollover accident earlier this year. According to an October 10, 2008 news report in The Orange County Register, Parker lost control of his Alfa…
Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Union Pacific — two large freight railroads that share tracks with Metrolink — have pledged to install advanced track safety measures by the year 2012, the Los Angeles Times reported on October 9, 2008. This decision comes about a month after the catastrophic Chatsworth Metrolink…
The family of Lena Dickerson is suing Disneyland, claiming the toddler was attacked by a dog in the park’s petting zoo on October 3, 2006 according to a report on Fox News. The child was bit several times on the face leaving her permanently scarred. Court documents allege that a…
Treon Pique, 27, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging that a Contra Costa Sheriff’s deputy instructed a police dog to attack him after he had surrendered. According to a September 26, 2008 article in the San Francisco Chronicle, Pique is suing the county for $1 million for the dog…
The Michigan Department of Agriculture has determined that the E. coli-tainted lettuce, which has sickened more than 36 people in Michigan, originated from California. . According to this October 9, 2008 article in the Detroit Free Press, the tainted California lettuce was sold by distributors in Michigan to institutions and…
Orange County’s Council on Aging is a local nonprofit advocacy group that pays surprise visits to nursing homes and investigates Orange County nursing home abuse and negligence complaints. Unfortunately, the Council has recently cut most of its staff because of California’s budget cuts. According to this October 8, 2008 news…