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- Tesla Owners Weather PG&E’s Power Outage as Gas Stations Across CA Shut Down
- CARSTAR’s 700th Collision Repair Facility Opens in CA
- White Center, WA, Body Shop Damaged as Nearby Building Goes up in Flames
- AAPEX Mobility Garage Training in Las Vegas to Focus on Electric Cars
Western News
Local news stories affecting the auto body industry in California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Hawaii, Alaska and Wyoming
Santa Cruz, CA, Collision Repair Lifer Celebrates 2 Anniversaries
Written by Ed Attanasio
David Mello recently celebrated two notable anniversaries: his 30th as the owner of Anderson Behel in Santa Clara, CA, and his 40th in the collision repair industry.
Technical Careers High School in ID Prepares Car To Be Donated to Family in Need
Written by Tristan Lewis, Local News 8
On March 14, Technical Careers High School in Bonneville School District 93 in Idaho Falls, ID, was finishing up the last few touches on a car to be donated to a family in need.
NABC Recycled Rides Donates Car to Prunedale, CA, U.S. Army Veteran
Written by Eduardo Cuevas, The Salinas CalifornianThrough the noise of the California International Airshow Salinas, a small group gathered the afternoon of March 24 in the middle of the municipal airport’s tarmac to gift U.S. Army Green Beret veteran Lawrence Duke “Frosty” Frost a car.
Gerber Collision & Glass Acquires 7 Repair Centers in OR, WA
Gerber Collision & Glass recently announced the March 29 acquisition of seven repair centers in Oregon and Washington.
Autonomous Vehicle Testing Facility Planned Near San Benito, CA, County Line
Written by John Chadwell, BenitoLinkFor years, there was an idea to build up to 10,000 homes along State Route 25 near the San Benito-Santa Clara County line in California.
Santa Cruz, CA, Identifies Parking Lot for Pilot Safe Sleeping Site
Written by Jessica A. York, Santa Cruz SentinelA city parking lot may soon be converted into a pilot “dusk-till-dawn” safe sleeping program, the latest effort to provide alternatives to a large unsanctioned city homeless encampment near Highway 1 and River Street in Santa Cruz, CA.
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Permit Granted for CARSTAR Yokum’s Body Shop in Ukiah, CA
Written by Justine Frederiksen, Ukiah Daily JournalAfter determining its appearance would meet the city’s design guidelines, the city’s Planning Department granted a permit for an auto body repair shop to open in an empty building on Talmage Road at Airport Park Boulevard in Ukiah, CA.
Gerber Collision & Glass Acquires Repair Location in Richland, WA
Gerber Collision & Glass recently announced the March 18 acquisition of a repair center in Richland, WA.
Healdsburg, CA, Body Shop Owner Retires After 64 Years in the Industry
Written by Ed AttanasioIf you have been in any industry for more than six decades, you have a lot of memories to look back on---and hopefully most of them are fond.
CARSTAR Introduces Collision Repair Industry to 49ers Foundation's STEM Leadership Institute
CARSTAR recently introduced the collision repair industry to a group of remarkable seventh-grade students who were part of the San Francisco 49ers Foundation's STEM Leadership Institute.