Latest California Headlines
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Alaska Wary of ‘California Style’ Blackouts; Study Assesses Global Hailstorm Trends
Apr 1 2021 // Alaska could face “California-style” blackouts as climate change increases the state’s wildfire risk. That’s according to an article this week in the Anchorage Daily News. The article centers on...
Champion Risk in California Names Neal Director of Operations, Peretz Marketing & Communications Director
Apr 1 2021 // San Diego, Calif.-based Champion Risk & Insurance Services has hired Kristy Neal as director of operations and Rachel Peretz to lead thee marketing and communications department Neal is charged with making the agency...
Mother of Black Student Seeking Damages Against California School for Racist Rant
Mar 31 2021 // The mother of a Black 12-year-old boy is seeking damages against a Southern California school district after her son’s teacher went on a half-hour tirade laced with racism and profanity. Katura Stokes filed a damage...
Lawmakers from California Want U.S. Departments to Be Year-Round Wildfire Agencies
Mar 31 2021 // California’s U.S. senators and nearly two-dozen representatives are asking the Agriculture and Interior departments to transition their agencies to a year-round wildland workforce because blazes are no longer limited...
Former California Agent Arraigned After Allegedly Stealing from Client
Mar 31 2021 // Formerly licensed insurance agent, Mandy Pruitt, 42, of Visalia, Calif., was arraigned today on one count of grand theft after she allegedly stole more than $4,400 from a client and used the money to pay for personal...
California County Paying $4M in Misconduct Suits
Mar 30 2021 // San Diego County has so far spent more than $4 million to settle a dozen lawsuits brought after a sheriff’s deputy admitted to on-duty misconduct with 16 women, a newspaper reported Sunday. The Union-Tribune cited...
Groups Opposing Bill to Create California Medical Provider Network Option for Workers
Mar 29 2021 // A piece of California legislation to establish a statewide medical provider network for employees is raising a few eyebrows. Assembly Bill 1465 would require the administrative director of the state’s workers’...
Judge Considering Requiring PG&E in California to Turn off Power More Often
Mar 29 2021 // A federal judge overseeing Pacific Gas & Electric’s criminal probation said Tuesday that he is considering requiring the utility to be more aggressive about turning off its electricity lines near tall trees, a...
Former California Uber Driver Convicted of Raping Passengers
Mar 29 2021 // A former Uber driver in Central California was found guilty of sexually assaulting and stealing from five passengers. Jurors took less than three hours to convict Alfonso Alarcon Nunez of 13 felonies, including three...
California Landscaper Arraigned in Alleged Workers’ Comp Scam
Mar 24 2021 // Angel Maces, 23, of San Jacinto, Calif., was arraigned for felony insurance fraud after allegedly misrepresenting symptoms following a work-related injury in order to receive over $42,000 in undeserved workers’...
California Wildfire Sparked When Tree Hit Power Line, Report Shows
Mar 24 2021 // A Northern California wildfire that killed four people and destroyed more than 200 buildings last year was sparked when tree branches came into contact with Pacific Gas & Electric power lines, officials said in a...
California High Court Affirms Consumer Rights to Dispute Insurance Rates
Mar 23 2021 // A California Supreme Court decision has reaffirmed California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s assertion that consumers have a right to dispute insurance rates that have not been properly filed and approved. The...
Northern California City Settles for $3.25M in Police Killing
Mar 23 2021 // A Northern California city has agreed to pay $3.25 million to settle a lawsuit by the daughters of an unarmed Black man killed by police in 2016, the family’s attorneys said. The federal wrongful death lawsuit they...
California County Adding Artificial Intelligence for Wildfires
Mar 23 2021 // Sonoma County officials say they will add artificial intelligence technology to help fight wildfires with a 24-7 monitor to track fire outbreaks. The technology will be added to the county’s network of wildfire...
$3.2M in Damage from California Fireworks Explosion
Mar 22 2021 // A massive fireworks explosion that left two people dead in Southern California earlier this week caused at least $3.2 million worth of damage, officials said. Residents began returning to their homes over the weekend after...
Video Surveillance Leads to Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges Against California Woman
Mar 22 2021 // Veronica Catalina Cortes-Ambrosio, 53, of Madera, Calif., was charged on two felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly lying about physical limitations from an injury at work in an attempt to receive undeserved...
California Comp Virus Claim Volume Plummeted in February
Mar 22 2021 // The wave of COVID-19 claims that hit the California workers’ compensation system at the end of 2020 has subsided for the time being as the number of claims reported to the state Division of Workers’...
State Farm Returning $400M to California Auto Customers
Mar 22 2021 // State Farm is returning $400 million to California mutual auto insurance customers due to better than anticipated claim results, the company reported. The announcement comes as the California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo...
California Lawsuit Says Deputies Shared Grisly Bryant Photos
Mar 19 2021 // Kobe Bryant’s widow, Vanessa Bryant, on Wednesday posted the names of four Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies she alleges shared graphic photos from the site of the helicopter crash that killed her husband,...
California Attorney General Challenges Housing Plans in Wildfire Areas
Mar 19 2021 // California’s attorney general is challenging some of the state’s largest suburban development projects as local officials weigh the risk of increasingly devastating wildfires against the state’s dire need...
