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Families of Metrolink crash dead to get average of $4.2 million
Families of the 24 Metrolink passengers killed in the collision with a freight train three years ago in Chatsworth will receive an average of $4.2 million each in compensation under a distribution formula worked out by a Los Angeles judge and made...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Judges, Human Interest, Disasters and Accidents
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Authorities simulate plane crash at Bob Hope Airport
Authorities staged a full-scale emergency response at Bob Hope Airport Tuesday, an exercise required every three years by the federal government to test readiness in case of a real incident.
On Tuesday, emergency crews simulated a jet fire, complete with...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Air and Space Accidents, Health, Disasters and Accidents, Bob Hope
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Bike collisions on the rise
Burbank police say they’re concerned about an increase in the number of bicycle accidents over the past two years — a trend made all the more troublesome since the injuries have also gotten more serious.
Through October this year, police have...Tags: Transportation, Travel, Motorvehicle Accidents, Road Transportation
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MTA bus, two vehicles collide in North Hollywood, two injured
A collision involving an MTA bus and two vehicles in North Hollywood Friday morning left two men critically injured and four other people with minor injuries. Paramedics were sent to the 12600 block of Sherman Way after a 9:12 a.m. call about the crash,...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Bus Accidents, Bellaire, Motorvehicle Accidents, Health
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Close Verdugo bike lane, reopen pool
I have lived between Clark and Verdugo for 52 years. I rode my bicycle as a child and an adult on Verdugo Avenue and never had a problem. My children rode their bikes, and they never experienced problems, either. The night they had their new bike...Tags: Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Career and Workplace, Human Interest, Motorvehicle Accidents, Disasters and Accidents
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Residents should be filling council chambers
At the Dec. 11 Burbank City Council meeting, I was one of three speakers who protested the awarding of merit-based bonuses to city employees. I attended the council meeting after reading Gretchen Meier's article on the subject on Dec. 10. Frankly, I was...Tags: Career and Workplace, Motorvehicle Accidents, Disasters and Accidents, Employees
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Decision on bike paths delayed
Burbank bicyclists will have at least another six months of designated bike paths and left-turn lanes along Verdugo Avenue between Olive Avenue and Hollywood Way. Verdugo Avenue was restriped in May to allow for bicycle lanes in both directions, as...Tags: Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Transportation, Travel, Motorvehicle Accidents, Disasters and Accidents
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Motorcyclist killed in Burbank
A 65-year-old Burbank man was killed Tuesday morning after his motorcycle collided with a big rig at Buena Vista Street and Burbank Boulevard, officials said — the second fatality on city streets in less than a week. The motorcyclist, who...Tags: Vehicles, Motorvehicle Accidents, Sports, Motorcycling, Disasters and Accidents
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Mailbag: Changing from the polluting norm
It amazes me when I hear a few residents of Burbank whine about how they do not want to adopt change in their city ("Remove bike lanes from busy streets," June 12) because they don't want to be like other cities and like things the way they are. Things...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Death, Transportation, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Travel
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Parnelli Jones returns to Indianapolis 500 to commemorate 1963 win
For a while, when the Indianapolis 500 was as iconically American as stars and stripes and apple pie, its rock star was a California guy named Parnelli Jones. He symbolized his generation's need for speed. He sat on the pole at Indy and in our frontal...Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Indianapolis 500, Accidental Death
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Police: Woman charged in fatal crash was drunk, reading a text message
Montgomery County authorities allege a woman was drunk and reading a text message when her vehicle struck and killed a Hatfield teen. On Friday, officials announced charges had been filed against 31-year-old Sarah Ann Derstein of Lansdale that include...Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Telecommunication Service
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'Unusual condition' on track before New York-area train crash
NEW YORK — The conductor of a train involved in a derailment and crash outside New York City last week noticed an "unusual condition" on the track before the cars went off the rails, and the area where the wreck occurred had recently undergone...Tags: National Transportation Safety Board, Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), Transportation Industry, Amtrak, Metro-North Railroad
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