A construction worker was injured in a fall while working on the site of Newport Beach’s future city hall complex, according to a news report. The unidentified worker apparently fell 30 feet at the construction site, which is located at the 1100 block of Avocado Avenue in Newport Beach. The victim was taken to Western…
Four people were injured with burns to their face and arms following an explosion at a Newport Beach apartment complex, according to a news report. The Newport Beach Fire Department said that when firefighters arrived on the scene, they smelled gas and found smoke and flames coming from the first level of the apartment complex…
A 52-year-old Caltrans maintenance worker was struck by a car and killed while he was picking up trash along the northbound I-15 connector ramp to the eastbound 94 in San Diego County, according to a news report. Richard Gonzalez is the third Caltrans employee to be killed on California highways in the past two months. …
The city of Costa Mesa has hired a private investigator to look into the alleged suicide of city employee Huy Pham, who plunged to his death from the roof of City Hall on March 17, according to a news report. Several City Council members reportedly expressed concern that the City does not know everything it…
A 27-year-old Pomona man working as a window washer was killed in a Huntington Beach work accident when an extension rod he was using to clean windows came in contact with power lines, according to a news report. A Huntington Beach Fire Department spokesman said that Gandy Ochoa was using an aluminum extension rod to…
A construction worker was seriously injured when he fell from the scaffolding of a home under construction in a Corona del Mar neighborhood. According to the Newport Beach Fire Department, rescue crews were called to a residence under construction at Evening Canyon and Shorecliff after a man was reported to have fallen from construction scaffolding. …
Four people were hospitalized after complaining of headaches and difficulty breathing inside a Costa Mesa 99 Cents Only store, according to a news report. The Costa Mesa Fire Department was called in to investigate, and evacuated the building after finding high levels of carbon monoxide inside the store. Investigators said they believe the fumes were…
An explosion at a West Virginia chemical plant has killed two brothers who were employed there and critically injured another employee, according to news reports, which said that this was the third fatal explosion at the plant in 15 years. Jeffrey Scott Fish, 39, and James E. Fish, 38, were killed at the AL Solutions…
The FBI and Google are investigating the leak of approximately 200,000 names, addresses and Social Security numbers of confidential drug informants, victims and suspects from a Colorado sheriff’s department database. The Mesa County Sheriff’s Department is examining the database to determine if anyone’s safety is potentially in jeopardy. The FBI and Google investigation centers on…
A Salvation Army thrift store in Grand Junction, Colorado was crowded with holiday shoppers when a part of its roof suddenly collapsed, momentarily trapping 22 people inside. According to a news report, a portion of the thrift store’s ceiling collapsed onto the first floor. Store employees feared that one person had been trapped in the…
