A Moreno Valley man accused of deliberately causing a crash that killed a 60-year-old motorist and put four others in harm’s way pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murder and other offenses. Brian Jay Davidson, 57, was arrested last month after allegedly inflicting ultimately fatal injuries on Joseph Laverty of Moreno Valley. Along with first-degree murder, […]
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A hole caused by a water main break in The Villages, Florida, swallowed a minivan Thursday, and two people were inside the vehicle. Dave Harris lives nearby and said his wife drove by the spot where the hole opened just before the van fell into the road. “I went inside to get her and to […]
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Drive safe and sober during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend or face the consequences, the California Highway Patrol said Monday. The agency will initiate its annual Thanksgiving “maximum enforcement period” beginning at 6 p.m. Wednesday, when all available officers will deploy to catch drunk or drug-impaired drivers, speeders and other traffic violators. The MEP will conclude […]
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Google Maps is about to get some new features that will help users report on incidents such as accidents and speed traps in an upcoming update. These real-time reporting features were popularized by the navigation app Waze, which is owned by Google. Waze has a devoted user base because it can sometimes give drivers a […]
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An 86-year-old driver who may have been suffering from a medical issue was involved in collisions Wednesday with a bicyclist and another vehicle in Cathedral City, police said. Around 9:30 a.m., police responded to reports of a Honda colliding with a cyclist on Landau Boulevard and McCallum Way, according to Cathedral City police Sgt. John […]
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Boeing and Porsche, meet George Jetson. The US aircraft giant and German sports car maker announced Thursday they are teaming up to “explore the premium urban air mobility market and the extension of urban traffic into airspace,” through “a fully electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle.” Translation: They want to develop an electric vehicle that […]
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The Desert Hot Springs Police Department announced Tuesday that it received a $48,000 grant for enforcement and education programs intended to reduce the number of road deaths and injuries. The grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety will fund programs including DUI and driver’s license checkpoints, the creation of “Hot Sheets” to identify repeat […]
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Riverside County supervisors Tuesday formally declared their opposition to a proposal to install express toll lanes on the Riverside (91) Freeway between Corona and the 60/91/215 interchange, based mainly on lack of justification for the lanes. “If we were adding capacity, I would feel different,” Supervisor Karen Spiegel said of the Riverside County Transportation Commission […]
