Latest California Headlines
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Food Spoils, Businesses Close as California Power Outages Imposed
Oct 11 2019 // A California dentist canceled dozens of appointments and supermarkets tried to save rotting food on Thursday as electricity was cut to over 600,000 homes and workplaces in a second day of planned power outages to cut...
Wildfire Destroyed Dozens of Homes in Southern California
Oct 11 2019 // Burning trash dumped by a garbage truck caused a fire that by early Friday had destroyed dozens of homes in California’s Riverside County, fire officials said, as wildfires across the state led to power cuts for...
Cannabis Industry: More Regs Will Help Address Vaping Crisis
Oct 10 2019 // In the midst of a vaping crisis that has gripped the nation’s cannabis industry what is needed most right are more regulations. Believe it or not, that was a message from the industry itself. A group of expert...
Burnham Benefits in California Names Spear Vice President
Oct 10 2019 // Irvine, Calif. -based Burnham Benefits has named Margie Spear vice president. Spear has 14 years of industry experience. She previously worked in the benefits department at SeaTech Insurance Agency Inc./Pacific Unified...
More States Now Mandate Employee Training to Prevent Sexual Harassment
Oct 10 2019 // Two years into the #MeToo movement, an unprecedented number of American workers are required to receive mandatory sexual harassment training, the result of a handful of new state regulations aimed at creating safer...
Millions in Northern, Central California Lose Electricity to Mitigate Wildfire Risks
Oct 10 2019 // California utility giant PG&E Corp. expanded the biggest blackout that has ever been orchestrated to prevent wildfires with a second round of shutoffs in the Sierra Nevada foothills. The company told reporters late...
Valiant in California Names Rentis Account Manager
Oct 9 2019 // Valiant Insurance Services in California has named Jennifer Rentis an account manager. Rentis’ role entails brokering new business, servicing the renewal book and managing internal procedures. She will also be...
Utility Looking into Cause Of Oktoberfest Explosions in Southern California
Oct 8 2019 // Utility crews are working to determine what caused explosions in an underground electrical vault that injured five people and sent flames into the sky during a Southern California Oktoberfest celebration. Officials said...
PG&E Could Cut Power to Hundreds of Thousands of Californians over Wildfire Fears
Oct 8 2019 // Pacific Gas & Electric officials on Tuesday announced plans to cut off power to some 600,000 Northern California customers as a wildfire safety precaution. The outages are expected to begin early Wednesday depending on...
California Wildfire Victims in PG&E Bankruptcy See $13.5B in Claims
Oct 8 2019 // A lawyer for the committee representing wildfire victims in the bankruptcy of PG&E Corp said at a hearing on Monday that the committee sees $13.5 billion as the cost to the power provider for paying claims of the...
Man Sentenced to 2 Years for $250K Insurance Fraud Scheme in California
Oct 7 2019 // Kenneth X. Huang, 41, was sentenced last week to two years in federal prison, three years supervised release, and ordered to pay $259,594 in restitution over a reported fraud scheme involving insurance in California. A...
Hub Acquires Assets of California-Based LBE Insurance Services
Oct 7 2019 // HUB International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Chatsworth, Calif.-based LBA Insurance Services Inc. Lior Avishay, president of LBA, and his colleagues will be joining Hub in Los Angeles. Terms of the deal were not...
Retrial for Founder in California Warehouse Fire That Killed 36
Oct 7 2019 // The founder of an artists’ work-live collective in the San Francisco Bay Area where a fast-moving fire trapped and killed 36 partygoers three years ago will be tried again on manslaughter charges, prosecutors said...
Supreme Court Rejects Sempra’s Bid to Recover $379M from 2007 California Wildfire Payouts
Oct 7 2019 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a bid by Sempra Energy’s San Diego Gas & Electric Co to recover $379 million from customers related to damages it was forced to pay out in litigation after the...
Update on Lawsuits Targeting Vaping; Litigation Expected to Grow
Oct 7 2019 // Several deaths and potentially hundreds of illnesses tied to e-cigarettes, which allow users to inhale nicotine vapor, often flavored, without smoking, have been reported by U.S. health agency. Lawsuits on behalf of young...
People & Places
Oct 7 2019 // National Credit and political risk insurance brokerage specialist BPL Global has appointed Donnie DiCarlo as executive vice president. He will be based in New York and is charged with expanding BPL’s client base in...
22 New California Laws Take Aim at Wildfire Danger
Oct 4 2019 // California is adopting nearly two dozen laws aimed at preventing and fighting the devastating wildfires that have charred large swaths of the state in recent years and killed scores of people. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom...
AssuredPartners Acquires Tutton Insurance Services in California
Oct 2 2019 // AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired Tutton Insurance Services Inc. in Santa Ana, Calif. The team of 57 will remain under the operational leadership of owner Bill Tutton. Tutton Insurance Services provides commercial and...
Mercury Paying $41M in Decades-Long Court Battle With California Insurance Department
Oct 2 2019 // Mercury Insurance Co. has agreed to pay more than $41 million to end a two-decade long battle with the California Department of Insurance battle over the Los Angeles-based carrier improperly tacking fees onto auto...
Pep Boys Settles California Environmental Suit for $3.7M
Oct 2 2019 // The Pep Boys auto parts chain will pay $3.7 million to settle allegations that it illegally disposed of used motor oil and other hazardous waste at its California stores. The settlement announced Monday resolves a lawsuit...
