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A suspected DUI driver has been arrested after a 12-year-old bicyclist was killed in Costa Mesa over the weekend. The Orange County Register reports that on Sunday, December 6th at approximately 6:00 p.m.,  Richard Levalle, 59, was driving his pickup truck eastbound on Arlington when he blew through a stop sign at the intersection of  ...

A man in the Boyle Heights area has been hospitalized and is in critical condition after a hit-and run-motorist struck and dragged both him and his scooter. My News LA reports that the man was crossing Mott Street at approximately 10:35 a.m. on Friday, December 5th.  While partially through Mott Street and Whittier Boulevard’s intersection, ...

A federal grand jury has indicted the captain of a dive boat of 34 counts of seaman’s manslaughter.  The federal indictment comes after the dive boat,  Conception, caught fire off the coast of Santa Cruz and cost the lives of  33 passengers and one crew member. The Paso Robles Daily News reports that the indictment ...

A Southern California family is mourning the tragic loss of a father and his two young children killed in a fiery crash involving a drunk driver on Friday night.  CBS affiliate station KCAL reports that the crash happened in San Bernardino on Friday, November 27th at approximately 11:45 p.m. when 31-year-old Tavea Tarlton was driving ...

There are many ways someone can get hurt on the job, even when at-work safety is a priority.  Six workers at the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Eastvale were sent to the hospital after being exposed to an “unknown substance” at the facility. Newsweek reports that the incident happened at approximately 4:38 p.m. on Saturday, November ...

After an accident on Friday, November 20th where a truck carrying some 50,000 pounds of cookie batter overturned on the 15 freeway near the El Cajon Pass, another tanker truck hauling milk overturned on the 5 Freeway, spilling some of its load onto the roadway. Yahoo News reports the accident took place in the Boyle ...

Over the last few years, there has been a sharp uptake in the number of motor vehicle attacks in the United States.  NPR reported that at least 50 reported vehicular attacks where a car was turned into a weapon.  In half of the attacks taking place from May to June, the motive behind the attacks ...

For those who get behind the wheel after consuming alcohol, the price for drinking and driving can be high. Not only do they take the chance of getting into an accident, facing arrest, fines, and loss of license, they also can end up harming themselves and others. That has proven to be the case for ...

Even what many would consider a minor traffic accident or fender bender can end up with someone getting hurt. Incidents like a chain reaction crash that happened in Anaheim earlier this week can send drivers, passengers, and others to the hospital. Station KTLA reports the crash happened at approximately 5:30 p.m. on Monday, October 16, ...

On Tuesday, November 10, the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office announced that it will be opening an independent investigation into the death of an 18-year-old man who was shot and killed in June.  The shooting involved a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy. According to the story appearing on the NPR and PBS related website, GPB, ...