Recent Blog Posts
Refinery Explosion Could Have Been Worse
Last month a refinery explosion at an Exxon Mobile refinery rocked neighborhoods located just south of Los Angeles. It was a blast that registered 1.7 on the Richter scale. The explosion injured four workers at the plant. In spite of Exxon Mobile’s claims that the neighborhoods surrounding the refinery were never in any real… Read More »
Obscure Law Protects Californian Cyclists
There is a law in California that went into effect more than a year ago, but many people are unaware of it. The law, designed to protect cyclists, dictates that drivers maintain a distance of at least three feet from anyone riding a bike on the roadway. To date, only six citations have been… Read More »
Viral Video Shows Driverless Car Crashing
A viral video on the internet captured from a dashcam shows a roadway incident with a driverless car. The accident that was captured on video footage happened at around 3:45 p.m. on September 1st. The driver of a silver Hyundai suddenly braked in the left-hand lane of Harbor Boulevard in Rowland Heights and a female driver… Read More »
California Closes Gender Gap Among Wage Earners
In California, if employers are not paying men and women the same wage for what can be called “substantially similar work,” they will soon be breaking the law. The California Senate passed a bill last week that is considered the strongest measure in the country aimed at closing the wage gap between men and… Read More »
Proposed Law Strictly Limits Use of Drones
Thinking of flying a drone over private property in California? If a new bill passes, you could soon be breaking the law. Senate Bill 142 will prohibit the flight of drones in any airspace over private property, up to 350 feet in the air, without express permission from the property owner. The proposed law… Read More »
Glass Shower Door Explodes on Child
A mother from Canyon Country, Rebecca Bruce suffered a major scare when her daughter Lily was trying to keep her sister from opening her glass shower door. Suddenly, the glass shower door exploded, cutting Lily from head to toe and sending the child into a panic. Bruce called paramedics and Lily was transported to an… Read More »
Recording Police in California is Now Legal
There has been much talk in the months of late about whether or not it is legal to record the police in action. Many citizens feel it is not only a way to protect their safety, but the only way to ensure the police are held accountable for their actions. Thanks to a new… Read More »
Man Found Dead in Elevator Machine Room
Firefighters and paramedics were dispatched to an office building in the Bunker Hill section of Los Angles and found the body of a Burbank man in an elevator room. Emergency crews found the body of a man, now identified by Los Angeles County coroner’s officials as Robert Khodadadian, 38, of Burbank. Khodadadian was reportedly… Read More »
Teen Arrested in Fatal Accident
Police have arrested a 19-year-old driver that they believe was involved in an accident that killed three people in North Hills. Emergency crews were called to the scene of a two vehicle head-on collision that occurred at 8300 N. Haskell Avenue at approximately 3:00 a.m. The collision involved a Jeep Liberty and a 1993… Read More »
New Law Eiliminates Grand Jury
In the vast majority of cases, when a person commits a felony, evidence is heard by a grand jury. It is the grand jury who ultimately decides if the case will proceed to court. As of last Tuesday, police shootings and uses of excessive force will no longer be heard by grand juries in… Read More »