A woman in Canyon Country suffered severe injuries after both she and her Chihuahua were attacked by two Pit-Bulls during a walk. According to an ABC News report, Tempo Edwards was walking her dog when two pit-bulls attacked her. Edwards reportedly suffered bite marks on her hand and neck. The…
Nina Arabian, 77, of Irvine, died in an Irvine auto accident Aug. 15 after the car she was a passenger in struck a wall surrounding a gated community, The Orange County Register reported . The Orange County Coroner said that Arabian died of blunt force trauma after the vehicle hit…
Nathan Gonzalez, 14, of Mission Viejo, who suffered severe head injuries after being struck by a drunken driver as he was skateboarding with friends on Los Alisos Boulevard Aug. 10, has died. Neighbors and residents of Aliso Villas where this fatal Orange County auto accident occurred are saying that for…
Filiberto Napoleone, 76, of Corona, was reportedly struck by a sport utility vehicle Aug. 14 at a busy Corona intersection, according to this news report. Napoleone was walking on Border Avenue when he was hit southeast of Fraser Circle. He was reportedly pronounced dead at the scene of the California…
Exploitation by nursing homes is hitting an all-time high or an all-time low, whichever way you want to look at it. According to this in-depth report by the Wall Street Journal, nursing homes across the country are trying to evict frail and ill residents and replacing them with shorter term…
James Tedrow Gauntt, 24, of Los Angeles was killed in a San Diego pedestrian accident on the Del Dios Highway in Rancho Santa Fe after he was struck by two cars, one of them a hit-and-run vehicle, according to a news report in the San Diego Union-Tribune. The accident reportedly…
The City of Irvine was incorporated on December 28, 1971, under the general laws of the State of California. The city operates under a charter law form of government which was adopted in 1975, meaning Irvine has a City Council-City Manager form of government. The City Manager is appointed by…
Federal safety regulators are delaying a tougher vehicle roof-strength standard by three months, according to a news report in the Detroit Free Press. This more stringent standard is expected to prevent highway deaths in rollover accidents that caused vehicles with weak roofs to cave in and crush causing numerous fatalities,…
Los Angeles County fire Capt. John Ellis, 55, was killed in a motorcycle accident in Lancaster, according to a CBS News report. The fatal motorcycle accident occurred at 70th Street West and Avenue I Saturday night when the 42-year-old driver of a Chevrolet pickup truck pulled into the intersection in…
Officials believe a San Francisco helicopter crash has killed eight firefighters and one pilot involved in battling a wildfire in Northern California. According to an Associated Press news report, the Sikorsky S-61N helicopter was destroyed after it crashed in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. Officials have still not been able to…