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Spring is here, and teenagers across California and indeed the entire country are looking forward to prom.  But the yearly ritual also comes with a slew of hazards that should be avoided at all costs.  Many teens will be tempted to engage in alcohol consumption and other potentially dangerous behaviors, and if you’re a parent,… read more

A recent tragedy in Greeley, Colorado shows the human toll that texting and driving can take.  Too often, it’s easy to get bogged down in the numbers regarding crashes and citations and the like and forget that every single one of those numbers represents someone whose life may have been irrevocably altered by texting at… read more

Another compounder has announced the recall of all products, joining an ever-lengthening list of companies that have had to make similar announcements.  Thankfully, it reportedly didn’t take a slew of adverse incident reports to be issued before this particular recall was issued. The defective product recall was announced by Green Valley Drugs, a compounding pharmacy… read more

With officers across California cracking down on distracted driving throughout the month of April, one would hope that drivers are getting the message and beginning to refrain from using their phones in any manner behind the wheel.  But a new survey out of San Diego shows that the danger is still readily apparent on Southern… read more

In Louisiana, texting while driving is illegal, but traffic officers attempting to issue a citation to drivers who look to be engaging in the act have come across a roadblock:  many an offender will claim that they weren’t texting at all.  Instead, they argue that they were logged on to social media to send a… read more

Even as Texas lawmakers get ready to consider a texting and driving ban, the city of Houston is taking matters into its own hands.  Yesterday, the Public Safety Committee of the Houston City Council met to talk about a potential statute that would make texting at the wheel an illegal act.  The meeting only involved… read more

The Sheriff’s Department of Santa Barbara County is warning drivers to remove distracted driving from their lives, especially now that spring break in the area has drawn to a close and kids head back to school.  Drivers are being asked to use particular caution when navigating through school zones.  Santa Barbara County, like all other… read more

Lawmakers in the state of Maryland have passed a couple of laws which aim to improve safety on the roads.  Starting October 1, drivers can be pulled over just for talking on their handheld phone.  Previously, the matter was considered a secondary offense, meaning that a cellphone citation could only be assessed if the person… read more

This past January, the Stryker Corporation announced the recall of ShapeMatch Cutting Guides typically used during knee replacement surgery.  The company worried that the products may have been produced in a manner not in line with approved procedural methods or in the parameters laid out in surgical preoperative planning.  At the time, surgeons were told… read more

Police in the city of Novato will attempt to improve pedestrian safety in the area thanks to a grant from the California Department of Public Health.  As part of the organization’s PedSafe program, police officials will be able to put forth the “It’s All Up To Us” campaign.  The $8,000 grant will be earmarked for… read more

Recently, we provided parents with advice that aimed to help them make sure their kids were protected from harm throughout baseball season.  But we understand that baseball isn’t the only sport that student athletes are going to be taking part in over the next couple months.  Between soccer, track and field, and anything else your… read more

We recently brought you word of the California Highway Patrol’s efforts to root out distracted driving in the Santa Cruz area, and now we’re also getting a sense of how successful an anti-distracted driving campaign has been in Los Angeles County. From April 1 through April 7, a whopping 2,183 citations were issued to distracted… read more