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• FDA Wants Warning Label Strengthened on Anemia Drugs

  Shannon Weidemann | May 10, 2007 2:03 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  Amgen Inc. and Johnson & Johnson sell and market two very popular injectible anemia medicines. The FDA advisory panel has voted that Aranesp and Epogen, also known as Procrit, should have stronger warning labels. ESAs are approved to treat chemotherapy-induced anemia and chronic kidney disease-related anemia. The agency committee was meeting to reassess the risks of using of ESAs in the cancer...

• Camp Pendelton Pedestrian Killed

  Shannon Weidemann | May 08, 2007 3:16 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A man from Canada walking near Camp Pendelton was killed after being hit by a semi-truck. The 31-year-old pedestrian was walking on Interstate 5 when he was hit. The accident was reported at 4:41 p.m. on the northbound I-5, just north of a rest area. It is possible that the truck driver never saw the victim, and the driver appears to have done nothing wrong, a CHP officer told broadcast...

• Racing Cars in South Gate End in Fiery Crash

  Shannon Weidemann | May 06, 2007 6:48 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  Two cars were racing on the Long Beach Freeway on Friday evening and ended up causing a fiery accident. A Corvette and another car were illegally racing at speeds up to 120 miles per hour according to witnesses. The two cars crashed into one another and then into another car. "They were definitely racing -- the Corvette and the other dark car were going head to head and crashed. ... they were...

• Menu Foods Expands Pet Food Recall

  Shannon Weidemann | May 04, 2007 7:37 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  Menu Foods, the manufacturer that has recalled the majority of dog and cat food contaminated with melamine has expanded their pet food recall again. Foods that were made on the same equipment as food made with the contaminated wheat gluten have been recalled. The latest action comes amid reports from U.S. health officials that more than 4,000 dogs and cats may have died from eating...

• Napa Motorcycle Accident Injures Man

  Shannon Weidemann | May 02, 2007 7:11 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A man from Yountville was driving his motorcycle in Napa along Dry Creek Road when he lost control of the vehicle. The motorcycle accident happened on Sunday afternoon. California Highway Patrol Lt. Mike Berger said the man ran off the roadway and went into an embankment."We suspect speed was involved as well as possible DUI," Berger said. "Folks on the scene smelled alcohol on the guy."The...

• Big Rig Accident Kills Two

  IB Contributor | May 01, 2007 11:37 AM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  Three more critically injured in Long Beach multi-vehicle truck accident.Three big rigs were involved in a double fatality accident on the 710 Freeway (Long Beach Freeway) Monday afternoon according to the Los Angeles Times. The accident included a two-axle box truck and a red Nissan compact carrying four passengers. The two fatalities were in the Nissan. Three others were critically...

• Seafood Warning Given in California

  Shannon Weidemann | April 30, 2007 11:33 AM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  There has been a rash of birds falling ill and dying from a naturally occuring domoic acid poisoning and California health officials have issued a warning against eating certain seafoods. Domoic acid can be found in shellfish and fish caught off the southern California coast. The seafood warning pertains to bivalve (two-shelled) shellfish such as oysters, clams and scallops, as well as...

• Five Car Crash on Long Beach Freeway

  Shannon Weidemann | April 28, 2007 11:22 AM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  An early morning crash on the Long Beach Freeway caused several other vehicles to collide into each other. The crash involved five cars and left 10 people injured. The accident happened north of Long Beach Boulevard around 2:15 a.m. A witness at the scene said the initial accident prompted the Long Beach Fire Department to place flares on the freeway, and confusion with the pattern after the...

• Long Beach Commuter Train Hits SUV

  Shannon Weidemann | April 27, 2007 12:00 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  The Metro Rail commuter train hit an SUV on Friday April 13th. There were no injuries on the train. The driver of the SUV was taken to the hospital for observation. The accident occurred about 9:30 a.m. at Long Beach Boulevard and 7th Street."The driver of the SUV tried to make an illegal left turn onto oncoming traffic on a one-way street," said Will Nash, a Long Beach Fire Department...

• Los Angeles Child Plays With Lighter and Gets Burned

  Shannon Weidemann | April 25, 2007 2:43 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A 6-year-old girl in Los Angeles was playing with a lighter at her home when her clothes caught on fire. She ran out of her house and caught the attention of a 17-year-old neighbor by her screams. He was able to wrap her in a towel to extinguish the fire. Firefighters and Paramedics arrived at a single-family residence to find a severely burned 6 year-old female, conscious and alert, however,...