This past Friday, I read a story in the San Francisco Chronicle addressing the following topic: Top 10 Myths concerning Car Insurance Companies and their Policies.  The article was based off of another website which discussed 15 Insurance Policies that You Don’t Need.  I found the information to be both helpful to consumers and interesting [...]

The San Francisco Examiner reported Monday, April 25, 2011 that Muni’s operators are raking in thousands of dollars in overtime while the City’s mass transit commuters are being threatened with another round of fare increases and service reductions.  Even more shocking: Muni drivers are guaranteed by city law to have the second-highest wages in the [...]

The Bay City News reported on April 15, 2011 that a dangerous three-vehicle collision occurred on Thursday of this week in South San Francisco.  The culprit?  The story indicated that “a 50-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and driving without insurance after allegedly causing the wreck in San Francisco’s Crocker Amazon [...]

The San Francisco Gate reported Friday, “California authorities say a train collision south of San Francisco has killed one person and resulted in the shutdown of commuter service.”  The incident happened, officials explain, “when a northbound train slammed into the car at a busy intersection in Palo Alto at around 5 p.m.” on April 15, [...]

According to yesterdays’ San Francisco Chronicle, The Gate reports the U.S. Coast Guard plucked one man, clinging to a life preserver, from the surf off Ocean Beach Sunday afternoon April 10, 2011 but rescuers are still searching for another man after their sailboat and an inflatable raft collapsed south of the Cliff House. The report [...]

According to a recent report in the New York Times, “Toddlers are usually switched from rear facing to forward facing car seats right after their first birthday — an event many parents may celebrate as a kind of milestone.”  But in a new policy statement, the nation’s leading pediatricians’ group says that is a year too soon [...]

According to Berkley’s Institute of Transportation Studies, The primary objectives of a Pedestrian Safety Assessment (PSA) are: To improve pedestrian safety in a city or county To create safe, comfortable, accessible, welcoming environments for pedestrians To enhance the walk-ability and economic vitality of local districts To meet these objectives, the Tech Transfer Program, also found [...]

According to Bay City News, the state Highway 4 Bypass in Brentwood reopened Sunday, April 3, 2011 during the afternoon.  The Bypass was opened back up more than seven hours after initially being shut down due to a fatal crash, a California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer told reporters. The accident was reported to have occurred [...]