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Inland Empire has 11 of 25 most dangerous cities to drive in California
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Newsom awards SoCal cities, counties nearly $54.6M to clear encampments By Joe Taglieri
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alifornia is the No. 28 state for fatal car accidents in America, experiencing 1.1 fatal crashes per 10,000 residents in 2022. Overall, 4,428 people died in California car accidents that year. Truck Parking Club used data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to rank the cities in California with the highest accident rates as part of a larger national analysis. Rankings are based on the rate of accidents per 10,000 residents in 2022. Ties were broken by the total number of fatal accidents, though some ties may remain. Only cities with at least 10 fatal crashes and 20,000 residents were included in the analysis. Cities without available Census Bureau population estimates were not included. More than 42,000 Americans died in car crashes in 2022, making these accidents a leading cause of death in the U.S. These deaths occurred during over 39,000 crashes that year — about one crash per 10,000 U.S. residents, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration tallies. But in some cities, the roads are more deadly than in others. Fatal car crash rates fell for several decades as federal and state governments adopted safety regulations for vehicle manufacturers and occupants. But rates went up in 2020 and 2021, with increas-
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everal Southern California cities and counties were among 18 that will receive $130.7 million from the state to remove homeless encampments with new "robust" accountability measures and expectations for local governments, state officials announced Friday. A new program involving the state and local communities also aims to streamline encampment cleanups. The Southern California municipalities to receive funding are the city of Los Angeles, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, Pasadena, Victorville and
Redlands. The state's new accountability measures require cities that receive homeless funding to comply with all state housing and homelessness laws and stay true to their housing plans — or risk losing funding and face other enforcement actions. “We’re supporting local communities’ efforts to get people out of encampments and connected with care and housing across the state. It’s important and urgent work that requires everyone to do their part," Gov. Newsom said in a statement. "The state has committed more
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es in fatalities related to alcohol and speeding. When COVID-19 restrictions decreased the number of cars on the road, many drivers adopted risky driving behaviors that have persisted even as traffic returned to normal. While fatalities decreased in 2022, they remain higher than they've been in over a decade. Nationally, nearly all of the top 25 cities for fatal crashes were in the Southeast. Most were smaller cities: Over half had populations of fewer than 50,000, while only three had more than 100,000 residents. They also tended to be far
from major cities. Geographic hazards exist in most, including hilly terrain, winding rivers and dense forests. Nearly all of the top cities have some type of waterfront — rivers, lakes, coasts and the like — which may pose distractions for drivers taking in the view. Read on to see the cities in California that were affected most by fatal car crashes. No. 25 - Westminster - Fatal accidents per 10,000 residents: 1.1 (About the same as the national average) See Driving Page 36
- Total fatal accidents: 10 (10 fatalities) - Most common crash site: Other No. 24 - Fresno - Fatal accidents per 10,000 residents: 1.1 (About the same as the national average) - Total fatal accidents: 62 (65 fatalities) - Most common crash site: Other No. 23 - El Cajon - Fatal accidents per 10,000 residents: 1.2 (About the same as the national average) - Total fatal accidents: 13 (13 fatalities)
Disparate views offered at 1-year mark of Gaza hostilities By Paul J. Young, City News Service
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onday marks the one-year anniversary of the Hamas raid into Israel, prompting an Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip and a scale of destruction that seems to have "no limits," eliciting a mixture of emotions from Arabic and Jewish residents of the Inland Empire, all of whom want peaceful outcomes but are largely beset by uncertainty regarding the ways to achieve them. "It's shocking to see, so much violence against the people of Gaza," UC Riverside graduate student and Students for Justice in Palestine activist Samia Alkam told City News Service. "It's something I've never seen. I have to keep reminding myself of the faith our people have had. It's something we should all feel inspired by." Marcia Stein, a five-decade resident of Rancho Mirage and former member of Jewish Federation of the Desert, told CNS she "would like to see something change" to end hostilSee Gaza Page 35