Latest California Headlines
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California Wildfire Continues to Spread Rapidly to 164K Acres
Jul 26 2024 // A massive wildfire in Northern California has destroyed an undetermined number of buildings and is threatening thousands or properties, prompting thousands of evacuations orders, as it continued to rage on Friday...
California Indoor Worker Heat Protections OK’d and in Effect
Jul 26 2024 // California’s indoor heat protections were approved and went into effect this week. The rules apply to most indoor workplaces. Employers are required to adopt safety measures that go into effect in most cases when...
Uber, Lyft, DoorDash Prevail in California Gig-Worker Ruling
Jul 25 2024 // Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. can keep classifying California drivers as independent contractors, after the state’s top court said a company-backed law passed by voters doesn’t wrongly curtail the...
Northern California Fire Becomes State’s Biggest in a Day, Evacuations Ordered
Jul 25 2024 // A wildfire that started Wednesday near Chico, California grew quickly to 45,549 acres overnight to become the state’s largest active blaze. Evacuation orders and warnings were issued, but the number of residents...
California Homeowners Sue FAIR Plan Over Smoke Damage Coverage
Jul 25 2024 // A class action lawsuit is being brought on behalf of more than 350,000 policyholders against the California FAIR Plan over smoke damage coverage. Dylan Schaffer, an attorney representing the plaintiffs, told...
Hot, Inland California Cities Face The Steepest Water Cuts With New Conservation Mandate
Jul 24 2024 // Facing a future of shortages, California is entering a new phase of water conservation: Cities and towns must meet new mandates ramping down use over the next 15 years — and some will be hit harder than others. Approved...
How California’s Homeowners Insurance Crisis Is Affecting Brokers
Jul 23 2024 // A growing homeowners insurance crisis for Californians is straining brokers who must work harder to get increasingly expensive and more frequently unavailable coverage for their clients, a crisis many of them blame on...
Southern California Blaze Destroys Six Homes, Other Fires Still Burning in State
Jul 23 2024 // A Southern California fire destroyed six homes and damaged seven others in a blaze that was reportedly ignited by fireworks. The Hawarden Fire started over the weekend and at one point threatened nearly 1,500 homes....
California Contractor Settles EEOC Harassment Charge
Jul 23 2024 // Fremont, California-based contractor Superior Automatic Sprinkler Co. agreed to provide monetary and injunctive relief to a construction worker following an investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Tesla’s California Car Registrations Fall for Third Straight Quarter
Jul 19 2024 // Registrations of Tesla cars in California fell 24% in the April to June period, marking the third consecutive quarter that the company posted a sales drop in its key market, indicating mounting challenges for the EV maker,...
Southwest Airlines, Archer Aviation to Develop Plans for Flying Air Taxis in California
Jul 19 2024 // Southwest Airlines and Archer Aviation said Friday they have agreed to develop operational plans for electric air taxi networks at California airports where the Texas-based airline operates. The companies said they have...
Popular California Restauranteur Fined $71K for Failing to Pay Overtime
Jul 18 2024 // A popular Sonoma County chef denied three workers at its Healdsburg, California establishment of more than $35,000 in overtime wages, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Investigators in the department’s Wage...
California Needs a Million EV Charging Stations — But That’s ‘Unlikely’ and ‘Unrealistic’
Jul 18 2024 // California will have to build public charging stations at an unprecedented — and some experts say unrealistic — pace to meet the needs of the 7 million electric cars expected on its roads in less than seven years. The...
Growing Southern California Wildfire Threatening 4,100 Structures
Jul 15 2024 // Evacuation orders and warnings are in place for roughly 4,200 people due to a growing wildfire in southern California that is threatening 4,100 structures. The Shelly Fire in Siskiyou County is now 15,232 acres and is 3%...
Impacts of Economic Changes on California Workers’ Comp
Jul 15 2024 // Projected changes to California workers’ comp claims frequency and severity due to industry mix of employment are negligible through 2026, while employment in most industries fully recovered from the initial pandemic...
Allstate Seeking 34% Rate Hike on California Homeowners Insurance
Jul 12 2024 // Allstate is seeking an increase in its California homeowners insurance premiums by an average of 34%. According to the California Department of Insurance, the Allstate homeowners filing was received by the Department on...
California Insurance Commissioner OKs Lower Workers’ Comp Benchmark Rate
Jul 12 2024 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara today issued a decreased pure premium rate for workers’ compensation insurance, lowering the annual benchmark rate from $1.41 to $1.38 per $100 of payroll—...
California Insurance Commissioner Orders Insurance Preserved for 46K Residents Following Fire
Jul 11 2024 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara today ordered insurers to preserve residential property insurance coverage for roughly 46,000 policyholders affected by the Thompson Fire in Butte County. The move follows an...
Deaths, Injuries, Billions of Dollars Are Costs of Extreme Heat in California
Jul 11 2024 // A blistering California heat wave over the past weeks and through the Fourth of July holiday could be topped off by the hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth. That kind of extreme heat has led to more deaths than...
Vitol, SK Settle California Fuel Rigging Probe for $50 Million
Jul 11 2024 // California’s attorney general said it reached a $50 million settlement with commodity traders Vitol and SK Energy Americas Inc. after it alleged the firms acted together to manipulate local gasoline...
