A Chino Hills, Calif., woman died Tuesday, March 1, after apparently trying to stop a tow truck driver from repossessing her vehicle, according to numerous reports. Lisa Via, 42, came out of her mobile home around 1 a.m. as tow truck driver Leo Song was [...]
A funeral procession of over 100 trucks is planned to honor California towing operator Michael Sanders. The procession is scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m. (today) Friday, Feb. 18, at the Nightingale Funeral Home in Sacramento and end at Woobridge Park in Roseville. Sanders, 27, [...]
A funeral procession of over 100 trucks is planned to honor California towing operator Michael Sanders. The procession is scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m. (today) Friday, Feb. 18, at the Nightingale Funeral Home in Sacramento and end at Woobridge Park in Roseville. Sanders, 27, [...]
The tow truck driver killed Monday, February 2, in El Dorado, Calif., has been identified as Michael Robert Sanders, 27, of Roseville, according to a news report. Sanders died when a box van struck a bus he was preparing to tow on Highway 50. Shortly [...]
An Auburn, Calif. tow truck operator was struck and killed Monday Feb. 2 while assisting a motorist with a disabled school bus on Highway 50 near El Dorado Hills. According to a news report, at approximately 6:30 p.m., the unidentified operator had hooked up the [...]
A tow truck company in Fresno, Calif., turned a Monday, Jan. 24, recovery into a way to help the needy, according to a news report. A truck hauling oranges overturned in fog that Monday night on Highway 99 in Fresno, sending oranges everywhere. Action Towing [...]
One lone tow truck driver in Indio, Calif., started a parade tradition that has grown into a town favorite. Anthony Polston loved the Christmas parades of his youth so much that in 2006 he decided to put one on for his neighbors, according to a [...]
California Assembly Bill 519, which deals with towing and storage laws, will take effect statewide in January 2011, according to a news report. The bill impacts companies that charge for towing or vehicle storage. Those companies must, upon request, provide a Towing Fee and Access [...]
The police chief and city manager of Berkeley, Calif., announced a new policy that will no longer allow the vehicles of illegal immigrants or anyone else driving without a license to be impounded for 30 days when stopped for minor violations, according to a news [...]
The Fresno Police Department is working to establish a single private impound lot where vehicles ordered towed by police would be taken. The goal is to streamline the process of returning vehicles to owners and improve customer service, reports said. Towing companies contracted with the [...]
