However, children who use a booster seat reduce their chance of a crash-related injury by 45 percent. That's because the booster does exactly what its name suggests: It boosts your child high enough for your vehicle's lap and shoulder belts to restrain her safely.
A pick up truck laden with crab pots cruises toward Pillar Point Harbor in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Wednesday morning, Nov. 4, 2015, even as the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment recommended that the state put off the start of the Dungeness crab season.
In 2015, the Dungeness crab season was impacted by elevated levels of domoic acid, throwing off the start of the season by months â and worrying commercial fisherman who depend on their annual haul. The domoic levels eventually lowered to acceptable health levels, but missed the holiday season by weeks.