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The California Office of Traffic Safety has made funds available to police agencies across the state so that they can crack down on texting and cellphone usage as part of National Distracted Driving Awareness Month.  In the city of Industry, officers will be ratcheting up their efforts on Wednesday, April 24.  The Captain of the… read more

A company whose products were available in multiple states has been shut down by the  Food and Drug Administration over purported violations that could compromise the safety of consumers.  The Houston, Texas-based Chung’s Products was the target of the injunction, which was issued after inspectors reportedly uncovered circumstances that could lead to foodborne illness.  The… read more

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration may soon reconfigure its ratings system slightly to take into account how certain subsets of the population might react during a crash.  When a new automobile comes onto the market, the NHTSA rates it as part of something known as the New Car Assessment Program.  Since 1978, a vehicle… read more

The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands is considering a potential ban on all cellphone usage behind the wheel.  At the moment, only persons younger than 18 are barred from using their cellphones while driving.  That law even makes it illegal to talk or text on a phone using hands-free technology.  The proposed bill was… read more

The culmination of college basketball season might be tonight, but many across the country have already turned their attention to a different sport:  baseball.  When people think about safety issues, baseball usually isn’t at the forefront of their minds.  But the truth is, injuries can be quite common.  If you have a son or daughter… read more

Police across the entire state of California are cracking down on distracted driving throughout the month of April, and officers in the city of Santa Monica are no different.  But whereas officers in other localities are honoring Distracted Driving Awareness Month by targeting drivers for a day or a couple weeks or even the entire… read more

We’re still in the midst of National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and agencies across the country are doing what they can to spread the word about the threat posed when a driver uses his or her cellphone or engages in some other distracting behavior.  Over the weekend, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released a… read more

Lead poisoning is still a readily apparent danger across the United States, as Consumer Reports shows us in a new article.  The agency has also provided a few valuable tips that parents can follow to limit their children’s potential exposure to lead. Safety starts with understanding the danger.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention… read more

A court decision could prove to have an impact on the way that California’s cellphone driving ban is understood and enforced.  The decision is made even more important when you consider that April has been designated as National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, an event that will find officers with the California Highway Patrol and other… read more

The threat of distracted driving shows no signs of abating.  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released statistics which show that fatalities related to distracted driving were up in 2011 to 3,331 people killed.  That’s nearly 240 more than the number of fatalities the year prior.  But interestingly, injury rates actually declined by about… read more

The Napa Fire Department recently sent a contingent of members to a Senior Activity Center in Napa Valley to field questions and provide tips on staying safe in the event of an emergency, and some of the advice would hold true anywhere.  The officials stressed the importance of calling 911 in the event of any… read more

Recently, a news team took to the road with the Santa Maria sector of the California Highway Patrol to test out the efficacy of three apps which aim to limit a driver’s ability to text or talk on their cellphones at the wheel.  First up was Drive Safe, possibly the most well known of the… read more