Scooter Injuries Triple As Ridership Increases

Electric scooter related injuries resulting in hospitalizations have more than tripled over five years nationwide according to a recent report by UCSF. “We know for sure there has been an explosion of riders in the past couple of years” said study author Dr. Benjamin Breyer who went on to say

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Bicycle Fatalities Hit 25 Year High In California

From 2016 to 2018 more cyclists died in traffic incidents in California than during any other three year period in the past 25 years. During that three year span 45 cyclists were killed and countless more injured according to the National Highway Transportation Administration. These alarming figures translate to about

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Accident Reported – No Injuries

The next time you’re stuck in traffic and the radio states the reason for the back-up is a non-injury accident do you know what that really means? Anyone who’s ever been in a car crash understands the reality as no one was transported from the scene via ambulance. They also

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Impossible Burger Tests Positive For Round-Up

As Beyond Meat’s new “Impossible Burger” is bringing increased attention to the alt-protein food category, it’s important to know what’s actually in it. The Impossible Burger was first written about in 2017 when Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) documents uncovered that the FDA disagreed with the company’s safety assessments of

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Water Agency Pays $14 Million After Teens Die In Canal

The families of two 17 year olds who were fatally electrocuted while trying to save a dog from a canal in Dixon each received $7 million in civil settlements from the irrigation district. Jacob Hourmouzus and Jacob Scheider were killed after they jumped in the Weyand Canal off Dixon Avenue

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Local Skydiving Center In The News Again…

Another parachutist was killed in Lodi this past week. The diver who died was skydiving on a very windy day and while they likely meant to land at the skydiving center they instead landed on the adjacent and very busy Highway 99 with a tragic result. The skydiver was from

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