J&Y Personal Injury Blog

MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) -- Gracie Sigarroa was only given a 13% chance of survival but she and her new daughter beat the odds.

Now, just few months after giving birth, the family was given another difficult diagnosis.

Parents of a Glendale student are outraged after a teacher allegedly assaulted their son during class. 

The assault reportedly happened on April 10 at Woodrow Wilson Middle School, according to Edit Novshadyan, the student’s mother. She claimed school officials tried to cover up the incident following their complaint.

“How could this happen in this...

A man running away from a Tuolumne County sheriff's deputy on Tuesday died after the man took out a firearm and a shooting occurred, according to the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office.The incident occurred shortly after 11 p.m. when the deputy made a traffic stop in the area of Merrell Road near Harper Road...

From staff training to tests on drinks, Sacramento bars and nightclubs are taking measures to stop sexual harassment and assaults. Marcus Mosinke manages three bars in the Lavender Heights District. Mosinke said making employees aware of the problem is a big step toward combating sexual violence. "We have a lead guard that comes...

Joseph Soto was expected to survive, but the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office says his condition worsened and he ultimately died from his injuries.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Family and friends gathered Friday to remember Joseph Soto, the man who was shot and killed on the job in late February.

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REDWOOD CITY — A pedestrian was seriously injured Friday night in Redwood City when they were run over by a SamTrans bus in Redwood City, authorities said.

The incident happened just before 6:45 p.m. at the Redwood City Caltrain station, according to SamTrans spokesperson Tasha Bartholomew.

Bartholomew said the pedestrian tripped while trying to...

A Plumas County dispatcher was arrested on Friday, accused of embezzling funds from the office and taking money that was supposed to provide gifts for children in need around Christmas, according to the sheriff's office.Cassandra Lavley, 39, was charged with two counts of embezzlement and one count of fraudulent alteration of books.The sheriff's...

Kevin Durant scored 28 points, Jusuf Nurkic made a late free throw and the Phoenix Suns rallied to beat the Sacramento Kings 108-107 on Friday night.With the game tied at 107 after Phoenix overcame a 16-point deficit, Domantas Sabonis fouled Nurkic fighting for the rebound off a missed shot by the Suns' Grayson...

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco officers arrested 42 people during a multi-agency law enforcement operation on Wednesday in the city's Tenderloin District and nearby areas, according to police.   

Of the 42 people arrested, 30 were wanted fugitives, the San Francisco Police Department said in a statement....

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Surveillance video from Masjid al-Tawheed in San Francisco captures a man smashing the mosque's windows last week, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Calif. - A motorcyclist who was spotted breaking 100 mph on the 5 Freeway gets in a horrific crash mid-police chase – and somehow survives.

SkyFOX was over the scene on the 5 Freeway near the City of Commerce...

O.J. Simpson has died. But his time in a white Ford Bronco during a slow-moving police pursuit on the Los Angeles freeways 30 years ago still burns bright in the nation’s cultural memory. The Bronco — or at least that…

A gang member was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a young father in Oxnard.

David Guadalupe Calderon, 31, was convicted of murdering Edwin Herrera, 19, in a 2012 shooting, according to the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office.

On February 29, 2012, Calderon, who was a registered gang member, was driving...

A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy was killed in a crash Friday.

The deputy was identified as Daniel Okamoto, according to L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna.

Okamoto was killed in an off-duty crash early Friday morning. Details surrounding the collision were not immediately released.

Okamoto joined LASD in 2017 and served the communities of...

SAN FRANCISCO - A six-month trial of a new bike lane down the middle of San Francisco's Valencia Street is causing pain for businesses and worry for some cyclists as they maneuver in and out of the bike lane into traffic lanes. 

However, the city's Municipal Transportation Agency calls this lane...

The newly released video shows what led to the fatal shooting of Shawn Karr during a Feb. 27 traffic stop in Groveland.

TUOLUMNE COUNTY, Calif. — The Tuolumne County Sheriff's Office released new video Friday of a deputy shooting and killing a man who had two guns on him...

RANDSBURG, Calif. (KGET) — A big project is making noise in the small town of Randsburg, after a flyer made the rounds about nuclear waste.

“We all made copies and we spread them out around town,” said John Sides.

The flyer came from an Orange County entrepreneur who has a vision.

“Just California’s spent...

Friday’s kickoff of the annual “Make Waves” Film Festival, hosted by the local chapter of the Surfrider Foundation, was slated to be the culmination of months of planning by 21-year-old Cal Poly San Luis Obispo junior Kenneth Taylor.

The mechanical engineering student from Richland, Wash. was known as much for his advocacy for the outdoors...

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The man who police say attacked two women in Venice is under arrest – and one of his victims is speaking out from her hospital bed.

Fifty-four-year-old...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KGO) -- A 57-year-old South San Francisco man accused of hate crimes against a group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators was arraigned in court on Friday.

The incident happened on Wednesday as activists were calling for the South San...