Tag: sidewalk

Man found shot to death on San Fernando Valley sidewalk

Police are investigating after a man was found shot to death on a San Fernando Valley sidewalk Tuesday. The victim was identified as Jorge Ramos, 19, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Officers responded to a shooting at the intersection of Vanowen Street and Ethel Avenue in the Valley Glen neighborhood at around 1:28 […]

Driver pulls onto Ballard sidewalk to escape police

Outraged Ballard neighbors say this is the last straw, a car up on a sidewalk to escape police. They want the city of Seattle to do something about these RVs they say are a blight on their neighborhood.  This slow-moving Seattle police chase happened just after 5:30 Saturday night. The driver went up on the […]

24th Street sidewalk project begins

Jan. 10—After almost two years of planning and design, work on a project to install sidewalks along 24th Street is finally underway. The project, which includes building sidewalks along the north side of 24th Street from 14th Avenue to 23rd Avenue, is intended to help increase pedestrian safety, specifically school children walking to and from […]

Garrett Borough receiving funds for sidewalk work

Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Secretary Rick Siger recently announced nearly $1.8 million in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding was awarded to improve water and sewage systems and public health and safety. The sidewalks along Walker Street in Garrett show much wear and tear. Somerset County was awarded $976,586 for sidewalk rehabilitation […]

Driver strikes, injures 8 on sidewalk in Midtown Manhattan

NEW YORK — A driver trying to escape police struck and injured eight people on a sidewalk in Midtown Manhattan overnight Sunday. Cellphone video shows the out-of-control Mercedes trying to flee NYPD officers, who eventually surrounded the car near West 34th Street and Ninth Avenue. The driver crashed into an outdoor dining shed at Chirp, a Peruvian […]