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Cooler Weather in Southern California Helping Wildfire Battle
Sep 16 2024 // Cooler weather enabled firefighters to make progress over the weekend against three Southern California wildfires. Authorities have started scaling back evacuations at the largest blaze. The Bridge Fire east of Los Angeles...
Cooler Weather Helping Fight Large Southern California Wildfire
Sep 13 2024 // Cooler weather is aiding the fight against a large Southern California wildfire, one of three large fires in the region. The Bridge Fire exploded in size on Tuesday, forcing evacuations in the communities of Wrightwood and...
Firefighters Hope Cooler Weather Will Aid Battle Against 3 Major Southern California Fires
Sep 12 2024 // Firefighters battling three major wildfires in the mountains east of Los Angeles took advantage of cooler weather Wednesday as they slowly gained the upper hand, but not before dozens of homes were destroyed and thousands...
New Southern California Wildfire Threatens Mountain Communities
Sep 11 2024 // A quick-moving wildfire raced toward Southern California mountain communities as authorities warned residents to evacuate. The Bridge fire exploded on Tuesday, burning into the Wrightwood community and nearby Mountain High...
Wife of California Inmate Wins $5.6 Million in Settlement for Strip Search
Sep 11 2024 // The wife of a California inmate will receive $5.6 million after being sexually violated during a strip search when she tried to visit her husband in prison, her attorneys said. After traveling four hours to see her husband...
Another Fast-Growing Southern California Wildfire Forces Evacuations
Sep 10 2024 // A Southern California wildfire that broke out in Orange County’s Trabuco Canyon Monday has exploded to more than 8,500 acres overnight. By Tuesday morning, the Airport Fire had forced the evacuation of some homes in...
California Policyholders May Be On the Hook for Wildfire Losses
Sep 9 2024 // California homeowners could be required to pay a surcharge if the state’s insurer of last resort is unable to cover losses from a catastrophic wildfire. The California Department of Insurance sent a bulletin to...
Fast-Growing California Wildfire Threatening 35,000 Structures
Sep 9 2024 // A fast-growing wildfire in Southern California, has burned 27 square miles, forcing thousands to evacuate had is putting roughly 35,000 homes and buildings at risk. The Line fire near San Bernardino more than quadrupled in...
More Extreme Heat Plus More People Equals Danger in These California Cities
Sep 9 2024 // On a recent sunny afternoon in Lancaster, Cassandra Hughes looked for a place to cool down. She set up a lawn chair in the shade at the edge of a park and spent the afternoon with a coloring book, listening to hip-hop...
California Companies Wrote Their Own Gig Worker Law, but Now No One Is Enforcing It
Sep 9 2024 // Nearly four years after California voters approved better wages and health benefits for ride-hailing drivers and delivery workers, no one is actually ensuring they are provided, according to state agencies, interviews with...
NFP Acquires Scott Litman Insurance Agency in California
Sep 6 2024 // NFP acquired Scott Litman Insurance Agency in Calabasas, California. Scott Litman, president of SLIA, will join NFP as a senior vice president and report to Ed Kurowski, managing director, West region P&C. SLIA offers...
Robinhood in $3.9M Settlement With California Over Crypto Withdrawals
Sep 6 2024 // A cryptocurrency platform run by Robinhood Markets will pay $3.9 million to settle claims it failed to let customers withdraw cryptocurrency from their accounts from 2018 to 2022, California Attorney General Rob Bonta...
People Moves: Liberty Names Dyer VP and Producer in California
Sep 4 2024 // Pierce Dyer The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers named Pierce Dyer vice president and producer. Dyer is based in Seattle and operates from the Woodland Hills, California office. As the fourth generation of Dyers in the...
California Lawmakers Approve Legislation to Ban Deepfakes, Regulate AI
Sep 4 2024 // California lawmakers approved a host of proposals aiming to regulate the artificial intelligence industry, combat deepfakes and protect workers from exploitation by the rapidly evolving technology. The California...
California Commissioner Moves to Implement Rate Review Reforms
Sep 2 2024 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara in mid-August released a statement on his latest administrative action designed to address the state’s homeowners insurance crisis. Lara issued a bulletin implementing...
California Legislature Passes Bill to Support Insurance Fraud Detectives
Aug 30 2024 // California lawmakers passed a bill to help close the pay gap between the California Department of Insurance’s fraud detectives and officers in other state agencies. The California Senate and Assembly this week passed...
California Advances Landmark Legislation to Regulate Large AI Models
Aug 30 2024 // Efforts in California to establish first-in-the-nation safety measures for the largest artificial intelligence systems cleared an important vote this week that could pave the way for U.S. regulations on the technology...
LTC Global Acquires Michael L. Fitzgerald Insurance Services in California
Aug 30 2024 // LTC Global Inc. acquired Michael L. Fitzgerald Insurance Services Inc. in Walnut Creek, California. Michael Fitzgerald will continue to manage the business, which operates across Northern California. Michael L. Fitzgerald...
Southern California Edison Seeks to Recover $1.6B of Wildfire-Related Losses
Aug 29 2024 // Southern California Edison, a unit of utility Edison International said on Thursday it was seeking approval for a settlement agreement to recover nearly 60% of losses related to wildfires and mudslides in 2017 and...
Man Accused of Starting California Wildfire by Throwing Firework out Car Window
Aug 29 2024 // A 26-year-old man has been accused of igniting a destructive California wildfire in early July by throwing a firework from a car window during hot, dry and windy weather. Spencer Grant Anderson, of Oroville, was charged...
