Oakland, CA…At the conclusion of the 4th quarter of tonight’s football game, a female fan fell approximately 45 feet from the west upper deck (300) seating area to the upper west concourse below. Witnesses state the individual jumped from the top of the section. A good samaritan located on the upper west concourse tried to […]
Sacramento, CA…Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced on Thursday the approval of the state’s new flammability standards for upholstered furniture, the culmination of the administration’s year-long effort to modernize the standards and reduce Californians’ exposure to harmful flame retardant chemicals. “Today, California is curbing toxic chemicals found in everything from high chairs to sofas,” said […]
New York, NY…Citing intense global concern over the impact of disclosures regarding surveillance programs directed by the U.S. government agencies, investors in AT&T and Verizon Communications have filed shareholder proposals calling on the companies to publish semi-annual reports detailing how often they have shared information with U.S. or foreign governments and what type of customer […]
Washington, DC….THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. Today, the United States — together with our close allies and partners — took an important first step toward a comprehensive solution that addresses our concerns with the Islamic Republic of Iran’s nuclear program. Since I took office, I’ve made clear my determination to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear […]
Dallas, TX…50 years ago today President Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas. Lee Harvey Oswald was accused of the crime and arrested that evening, but Jack Ruby shot and killed him two days later, before a trial could take place. The FBI and the Warren Commission officially concluded that Oswald was […]
Sacramento, CA… Covered California™ released updated numbers showing that consumer interest in the agency’s health insurance marketplace and Medi-Cal remained strong. During the week ending Nov. 16, more than 476,000 unique visits were made to its website, CoveredCA.com, created jointly with the California Department of Health Care Services. In addition, more than 70,000 calls — […]
Watsonville, CA…On 11/19/2013, at approximately 12:45 PM, a woman from Watsonville, was traveling northbound on SR1 in a 1998 Ford Explorer. For unknown reasons, the vehicle swerved to the right off of SR1. The Explorer traveled through a fence, across Soquel Dr., into a parking lot where it was propelled into the air, the Explorer […]
Santa Cruz, CA…The BADGES (Before Aggressive Driving Gets Everyone Stopped) program in Santa Cruz County is a cooperative traffic safety effort amongst several law enforcement agencies throughout the county. Each month, a location and enforcement focus are chosen by one of the participating agencies, and the partner agencies assist in that focus area. This month […]
Washington, DC….President Barack Obama’s Weekly Address: “Hi, everybody. On Thursday, I visited a steel plant in Cleveland, Ohio to talk about what we’re doing to rebuild our economy on a new foundation for stronger, more durable economic growth. One area where we’ve made great progress is American energy. After years of talk about reducing our […]
San Carlos, CA…Experts in the dermatology field have agreed that it is difficult for dermatologists to read biopsy slides. If this is true, then why do some dermatologists still insist on doing so, resulting in patient compromise? It’s frightening for me to think of how trusting I was with my family dermatologist of about 20 […]
