Latest California Headlines
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Southern California in ‘Great Danger’ From Christmas Flooding
Dec 24 2025 // A powerful winter storm is lashing Southern California, prompting California Governor Gavin Newsom to proclaim a state of emergency in Los Angeles and neighboring counties. Coastal communities are bracing for multiple...
California Hit With Powerful Storms Just as Holiday Travel Ramps Up
Dec 23 2025 // Powerful winter storms are bearing down on Southern California, threatening to disrupt travel with heavy rain, dangerous winds and a high risk of flooding and landslides during the Christmas holiday. As much as six inches...
California Commissioner Orders Moratorium on Cancellations Over Pack Fire
Dec 19 2025 // Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara ordered a mandatory one-year moratorium to prevents homeowners’ insurance cancellations and non-renewals for Pack Fire victims following an emergency declaration. Lara ordered...
California Cuts PG&E’s and Edison’s Profits for Grid Investments
Dec 19 2025 // California regulators reduced the profit that utilities are allowed to make on infrastructure investments in an effort to rein in soaring electricity bills. Related: Massive Wildfire Liabilities Push Utilities to Use AI to...
California Regulator Puts Tesla Sales Suspension Order on Hold
Dec 17 2025 // A California regulator has deferred an order for Tesla to suspend sales in its biggest U.S. market, giving the electric vehicle maker more time to address its accusation of misleading marketing and overstating self-driving...
Fairmatic in California Rebrands as LEEO With New Leadership
Dec 15 2025 // San Francisco, California-based Fairmatic, a commercial insurance company delivering data-driven fleet insurance using AI-powered technology and telematics, has rebranded and now has a new leadership team. LEEO officially...
California Again Delays Wildfire Protection Rules for Homes
Dec 10 2025 // A California state agency won’t meet Gov. Gavin Newsom’s year-end deadline to finish long-delayed regulations to protect homes from wildfires, rules that experts say could have limited the destruction of the...
California Resources Reports Oil Fluid Spill in Monterey County
Dec 5 2025 // A pipeline owned by California Resources Corporation subsidiary Aera Energy spilled 96 barrels of produced fluid — a mixture of oil and water — early Friday morning at an oil field in Monterey County in...
California AG Settles With National Sanitation Company Over No-Poach Agreements
Dec 5 2025 // California Attorney General Rob Bonta settled with a national cleaning and sanitation company to resolve allegations that the company used unlawful no poach agreements. The settlement is against Packers Sanitation Services...
Four Convicted of Collision Fraud Involving a Rideshare Driver in California
Dec 3 2025 // Four people were convicted of felony insurance fraud and assault for faking an auto collision that involved a rideshare driver in San Bernardino, California. According to the California Department of Insurance, two of the...
Viewpoint: Bombarded by Fire Lawsuits, Policy Change is Sorely Needed in California
Dec 2 2025 // Mere days into the new year of 2025, Los Angeles faced the highly destructive Palisades Fire, which destroyed some 6,837 structures, including two public schools, four churches, historical sites and more than 5,400 homes....
Mobile App Maker to Pay $1.4M for Violating California’s Privacy Law
Dec 2 2025 // A popular mobile video game maker must pay $1.4 million for violations of California’s privacy act. California Attorney General Rob Bonta settled with Jam City Inc. to resolve allegations that the mobile app gaming...
California Labor Commissioner Cites Janitorial Companies, OptumCare $468K
Dec 1 2025 // The California Labor Commissioner’s Office has cited several janitorial companies, their owners, and OptumCare Management LLC $468,204 for wage theft violations that reportedly impacted more than 90 janitors who...
California Revokes 17,000 Commercial Driver’s Licenses for Immigrants
Dec 1 2025 // California plans to revoke 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses given to immigrants after discovering the expiration dates went past when the drivers were legally allowed to be in the U.S., state officials said. The...
New Homeowners Insurance Product in California Launched by bolt
Nov 25 2025 // Insurtech bolt launched a new homeowners insurance offering the firm is calling VTRO. VTRO is a California-based managing general agent created by bolt. VTRO combines comprehensive coverage with bolt’s smart water...
Geo Study Highlights Regional Cost Differences in California Workers’ Comp
Nov 25 2025 // Where an injured worker lives in California and receives care can significantly affect claim frequency, complexity and overall costs, a new study shows. The newly released Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating...
Farmers Eliminating Homeowners Insurance Policy Cap in California
Nov 24 2025 // Farmers Insurance announced it will eliminate the cap on the number of homeowners insurance policies it offers in California. The move is part of a new filing, and the cap removal is effective immediately, made in...
Joby Aviation Sues Air-Taxi Rival Archer in California Over Trade Secrets
Nov 24 2025 // Electric air-taxi company Joby Aviation has sued rival Archer Aviation in California state court for allegedly stealing its trade secrets, according to a complaint made public on Thursday. Joby said in the lawsuit, filed...
Trump Inflames California Over Oil Drilling Plan for Pacific Coast
Nov 21 2025 // President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday unveiled a plan for a dramatic expansion of oil and gas drilling rights auctions in U.S. waters, including in California, where state officials strongly oppose...
California Refinery Closures Spark Pipeline Race to West Coast
Nov 21 2025 // A race is on among energy companies to build a major fuel pipeline to the U.S. West Coast, a potentially lucrative prize as the planned closure of two California refineries threatens to send gasoline prices in the isolated...
