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• Woman Files Lawsuit Against Nursing Home

  IB Contributor | February 21, 2007 4:37 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  Dropped patients, common in nursing homes.More common than anyone wants to talk about is the injuries caused by lifting and moving patients in hospitals and nursing homes. Not only are patients injured but a great deal of hospital personal have injured backs from the lifting and moving. Some hospitals are using lifts but not enough of them to save the patients and the nursing staff.Women files...

• Lakeport School Bus in Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | September 14, 2007 8:37 AM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A school bus for the Lakeport Unified School District was involved in a minor car accident while trying to make a wide right turn on Monday afternoon. A Chevrolet Camaro was the other vehicle in the accident. The school bus driver was named the School Bus Driver of the Year by the California Highway Patrol for his safe driving record. "The school bus was far to the left, preparing to make a...

• Houston Boy Injured in Pedestrian Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | August 28, 2007 12:41 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  An 11-year-old boy from Houston was injured in a pedestrian accident on Long Point on Friday evening. The boy had run out into the street where he was hit by a pickup truck. His injuries were severe and he was flown by helicopter to Memorial Hermann Hospital. Guevara was driving a Chevrolet pickup in the left lane of the road way when the accident occurred.Investigators do not believe...

• Botulism Outbreak Prompts Canned Food Recall

  IB Contributor | July 22, 2007 12:24 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  This recall by Castleberry's Food Co. of Augusta, Georgia is the second by the company in a week after their products were linked to four cases of botulism the first in commercially canned foods in years.According to the Augusta Chronicle, Dave Melbourne, Castleberry's senior vice president, stressed that all other foods under the Castleberry's name are safe but the company decided to go ahead...

• Hollywood Freeway Accident Kills Motorcycle Driver

  Shannon Weidemann | July 15, 2007 12:52 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A man driving his motorcyle on the Hollywood Freeway was killed when he was struck by a hit and run driver. The motorcycle accident happened in the late evening on Friday. The rider was taken to a hospital after the accident and died, officials said. Witnesses said a vehicle hit a motorcycle, crashed into the center divider, hit another vehicle, then crashed into a light pole as its female...

• CHP Request: Fatality Free 4th of July

  IB Contributor | July 06, 2007 11:59 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  The California Highway Patrol Commissioner, Mike Brown, issued a challenge to the state's motorists for the Independence Day holiday. "We are asking all motorists to be extra careful and courteous this Fourth of July," was Brown's request. With a "maximum enforcement" effort on the part of the CHP, Brown was hoping for a traffic fatality free day. We have had only three days without a...

• Chinese Tires Up for Recall

  Shannon Weidemann | June 25, 2007 10:31 AM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A defective car tire is under pressure to be recalled because there is danger of the treads separating. The tires were manufactured in China and distributed by an American import company. They are missing a gum strip, a safety feature. The recall affects over 450,000 tires. Foreign Tire Service is the American company. FTS said it believes other importers also sold such tires made by...

• California Woman Killed in Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | June 18, 2007 1:46 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A woman from California visiting friends in Michigan was killed when she caused a car accident. She stopped at an intersection and then proceeded to drive into the path of a pickup truck. Trooper Gerald Bockhausen of the State Police's Richmond Post said police still are investigating the accident, but determined Middel was at fault.Bockhausen said the driver of the truck and witnesses both...

• Vaccines on Trial for Causing Autism

  Shannon Weidemann | June 14, 2007 12:30 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  The U.S. Court of Federal Claims is now hearing a case trying to prove that routine vaccinations caused autism in a child. The family of a 12-year-old girl with autism is asking the court to rule in their favor so that they may receive compensation from a federal vaccine injury fund. Theresa Cedillo and husband Michael allege thimerosal-containing vaccines weakened their daughter's immune...

• Wisconsin Nursing Home Resident May Have Been Abused

  Shannon Weidemann | June 08, 2007 2:23 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A resident of the Allis Care Center in West Allis, Wisconsin may have been a victim of nursing home abuse. The woman was being treated for diabetes. Her family got a call that she had fell from her wheelchair and was taken to the hospital. Andalhari says, "my grandmother looked like, as if someone had a bat and beat her. Beat her face, the left side, with a bat. As if she was punched in the...