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• One Killed in Crash on 405

  Susy Owen | June 20, 2009 6:09 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  A 25-year-old Santa Monica woman was killed Friday when she lost control of her subcompact car and slammed into a tractor-trailer truck on the northbound San Diego (405) Freeway, officials said. The...

• Pilots at Fault in Mid-air Collision

  Rick Patterson | June 14, 2009 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  The National Transportation Safety Board said that the pilots of two planes were at fault in a mid-air collision that killed five in Corona, CA in January, 2008. The the two Cessnas collided about a...

• MotorCycle Crash Under Investigation

  Susy Owen | June 19, 2008 9:01 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  David Frazelle, 29, of Hawthorne, California was riding his motorcycle at approximately 6 p.m. on a Monday evening when he stuck a truck. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The truck driver was...

• Nursing Home Abuse/Neglect & Little known facts

  Susy Owen | September 29, 2007 6:40 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Would it surprise you to know that nursing home abuse and neglect is more prevalent in facilities that are owned by private investment firms. With many of our elderly in need of nursing homes in terms of business there is big money to be made. And that fact has not gone unnoticed by investment firms. However, business are looking at their bottom line and are often employ aggressive cost cutting...

• New Procedures in Hospitals Can Reduce MRSA Infections

  Jenny Albano | July 27, 2007 1:16 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  New procedures in hospitals could drastically reduce the number of infections patients receive during their stay at hospitals. Some hospitals have started having nurses swab the nasal passage of every incoming patient to test for drug-resistant bacteria. Those who are found positive are put in isolation rooms so other patients and medical personnel won't contract an infection. Also, hospitals...

• Pet Owners Blog on Pet Food Recall Issues

  Susy Owen | June 06, 2007 12:12 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  As soon as Menu Foods began their massive recall of contaminated pet food on March 16, a popular website for animal lovers - www.petconnection.com - began providing information to alert people as to what was going on and providing them with information they would need. According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, 56% of U.S. households are pet owners. I believe it is safe to say,...

• Castaic Accident Injures Two

  Susy Owen | September 09, 2009 8:14 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Arcadia resident Noel Burden, 69, was driving his 2007 Chevrolet Corvette south on The Old Road near Hasley Canyon Road when he pulled into the northbound lane to pass the vehicle in front of him,...

• More Contaminated Pet Food Uncovered - Pedagree Announces Recall

  Susy Owen | August 22, 2008 11:43 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Just when you thought man’s best friend could eat in peace, Mars Petcare announced a voluntary recall of their product - PEDIGREE® Complete Nutrition Small Crunchy Bites sold in Albertsons...

• Sex Scandle for Bradenton Police

  Susy Owen | August 19, 2007 7:18 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Bradenton police officials have a police misconduct scandal of sorts on their hands. It is believed that on-duty officers were having sex with a prostitute. Bradenton City Council, as well as others, are calling for an independent investigation into the matter.It seems that the prostitute talked. Her name is Dawn Marie Gibson. Ms. Gibson freely admits that not only is she a prostitute but she is...

• Tainted Pet Food - Getting to the Bottom of it

  Susy Owen | May 11, 2007 5:32 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  At this point and time the details are sketchy. However, it appears that two of the Chinese companies that produce the tainted products that made their way to the mouths of our beloved pets, have had their managers detained by the Chinese government. This comes on the heels of an investigation here in the U.S. by the Food and Drug Administration Unbelievably, the pet food recall involves almost...