Several years ago in the wake of a tanker truck crash that caused a freeway collapse in the San Francisco Bay Area, Web sites began providing invaluable traffic information to commuters.  According to CNET.com, the crash occurred at 3:45 a.m. in April of 2007 in Oakland, igniting 8,600 gallons of gasoline on the Interstate 80 [...]

On March 23, 2011 the Associated Press reported that Jurors were set to resume deliberations Wednesday in the sentencing phase for a Coast Guard petty officer, who piloted a boat involved in a San Diego Bay collision that killed an 8-year-old boy. After a court-martial at Coast Guard headquarters in Alameda, a seven-member jury on [...]

Next month at the California Office of Traffic Safety Leadership (OTS) is offering a Training Seminar from Wednesday, April 20 to Friday, April 22, 2011.  The location is the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, California.  In addition, “Bicycle and Pedestrian Training” will be taught in a 16-hour session during the 2011 OTS Leadership and [...]

Flashback to 1989 – The Loma Prieta (M6.9) quake struck just as the World Series was beginning in San Francisco.   Centered 50 miles south in the Santa Cruz Mountains, the temblor killed 63, collapsed an elevated portion of a freeway in Oakland and a portion of the Bay Bridge, sparked fires that burned much of [...]

AOL Autos posted the results of The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) that issued its Top Safety Picks for 2011, with 66 vehicles making the grade.  According to autos.aol.com, “this year’s evaluations show that when it comes to vehicle safety features, a strong roof, one that offers exceptional protection in the event of a [...]

According to AOL Travel, San Francisco is an odd city namely because “the worst parts of the town are just blocks away from the most touristy parts.”  In addition, the website news.reavel.aol.com explains that “most tourists have a problem telling the neighborhoods apart, and the seedier areas are not exactly marked on a map.”  Furthermore, [...]

The Daily Pilot reports a “Newport Beach woman who could face possible vehicular manslaughter charges from a fatal crash” last month also recently plead guilty to an unrelated traffic violation– “her latest in a long string of tickets.” According to the story, the suspect, Danae Marie Miller, age 22, “pleaded guilty at the Central Justice [...]

According to the San Francisco Police Department, authorities are currently seeking the public’s help in hit and run accident.  Right now, the San Francisco Police Department’s Hit and Run Investigative Team is looking into an incident that happened on February 25, 2011 at 3:06pm at Market Street and O’Farrell Street. Police have revealed that a [...]

The staff at Editor and Publisher (E&P) announced on February 08, 2011 that “The Bay Citizen in San Francisco has launched a bike accident tracker on its website, BayCitizen.org.” P &E also reports that the user-friendly interactive map shows viewers, “every bicycle accident that has been reported to the police in nearly two years.”   [...]