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jgomez February 5, 2010
February 5, 2010 – Anthem Blue Cross has told some customers it will raise their health insurance premiums as much as 39 percent beginning March 1. The increases, reported Friday by the Los Angeles Times, involve as many as 800,000 customers who buy individual coverage. People with group coverage aren’t affected. In a statement, the Woodland Hills-based insurer declined to specify the size of the rate changes or how many people will be affected. The company — which is the largest for-profit health insurer in California — blames the increases on rising health care costs. It says its prices may …. »
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February 5, 2010 – A rollover crash in northwest Bakersfield Thursday morning slowed traffic for short time during the morning commute. The Bakersfield Police Department said the crash happened around 9 a.m. at Brimhall and Allen roads. Sergeant Mary DeGeare said Michael Walden, 22, was traveling south on Allen Road in a red 1991 Ford Explorer. Walden told police that he experienced brake problems approaching the red light at Brimhall. Police said he swerved to miss stopped traffic at the intersection, entered the intersection against the red and collided with Taylor Boles, 19, who was traveling east on Brimall Road …. »
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February 5, 2010 – A car plunged down a steep cliff Thursday night, setting off a chain reaction that saw multiple cars slamming into debris and causing the closure of lanes on the I-15 at Highway 76. The accident began at 10:20 p.m. when a car broke through a guard rail, falling down a cliff. One person was trapped and needed to be rescued and airlifted to a hospital. As more cars approached the scene, they continued to collide with debris in the road.
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jgomez February 4, 2010
February 4, 2010 – Toyota Motor Corp., acknowledged that it has begun fixing problems with the brakes in its Prius, but remains undecided about a recall, adding to the catalog of safety woes of the Japanese automaker. Toyota said Thursday that Prius models sold since late last month, including those shipped overseas, had the problem with the antilock brake system corrected. But that still leaves the potential flaw in Priuses sold in Japan and overseas before late January. And while Japan’s transport minister urged Toyota to consider a recall of the Prius and said he is ordering an investigation into …. »
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February 4, 2010 – The California Department of Public Health is warning people not to consume certain ready-to-eat Italian sausage products manufactured by Daniele, Boar’s Head, Black Bear, and Dietz and Watson, because they may be contaminated with Salmonella. The products subject to recall include: 10 oz. packages of “Daniele Naturale Salame Coated With Coarse Black Pepper.” Catch weight packages of “Daniele Pepper Salame.” 9 oz. packages of “Black Bear Of The Black Forest Baby Genoa Pepper Salame.” 20 oz. packages of “Daniele Deli Selection, Genoa Salame, Smoked Salame, Peppered Salame, Rustic Salame.” 340- and 454-gram packages of “Daniele …. »
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jgomez February 3, 2010
February 3, 2010 – Two people are injured following a collision between a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) minivan and a trolley at Park Boulevard and G Street in the East Village district of downtown San Diego. The northbound trolley was struck while crossing the intersection. Witnesses said the trolley had the green light and was honking its horn while approaching the intersection. The USPS minivan struck the front of the trolley beneath the driver. According to witnesses, the trolley driver immediately stopped, got up and asked if anyone was injured. Witnesses said a man in a wheelchair and a woman …. »
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February 3, 2010 – Two casino patrons were killed and eight people were hurt Wednesday when a speeding vehicle crashed through the entrance of a hotel in the southern Nevada resort town of Laughlin, police said. Investigators believed the 75-year-old male driver of a silver Pontiac Vibe suffered a “medical episode” before the 9:30 a.m. crash at the Edgewater Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas Police Officer Barbara Morgan said. “The vehicle ran into the front entrance right near the valet,” Morgan said. Two people were killed at the scene, five were taken hospitals with unspecified injuries, and the driver was …. »
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February 3, 2010 – The California Highway Patrol said the driver of a box truck was killed in Bakersfield when the box truck he was driving slammed into a turning big rig. Around 7:15 a.m. Tuesday, a big rig was traveling westbound on Pond Road and stopped at the intersection of Pond Road and Highway 43, Officer Robert Rodriguez said. Rodriguez said Casimiro Casares, 43, of Washington, the driver of the big rig, needed to make a left turn, but was unable to clear the turn and became stuck. Moises Vargas Gonzalez, 34, of Wasco, the driver of a box …. »
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February 3, 2010 – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with Dollar General, of Goodlettsville, Tenn., today announced a voluntary recall of Special Forces and Police SWAT Toy Gun Sets. This recall includes a Special Forces Weapons and Accessories Set and a SWAT Police Play Equipment Set. Each set includes two toy guns and related accessories. The number 48JQH09 is printed on the right side of the larger gun included in the recalled sets. The orange tips located at the end of the toy guns’ barrels, which are designed to distinguish them from real guns, can easily …. »
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February 3, 2010 – A motorist who drove his SUV into a parked car, then pulled onto a sidewalk and pinned three people against a wall, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to DUI and hit-and-run charges. Jon Arly Winchester, 26, was ordered held on $103,600 bail. Deputy District Attorney David Uyar told Judge Francis Devaney that Winchester drove his SUV into the back of a car around 2 a.m. Friday, backed up, then pulled onto the sidewalk in the 1800 block of Garnet Avenue and struck the victims, who were standing outside the Silver Fox Lounge. One of the three suffered …. »
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