Latest California Headlines
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Emission Scandal Puts VW Test Site in California Under Scrutiny
Oct 6 2015 // When Volkswagen opened its gleaming pollution testing center near the California coast, a top executive from the German automaker helped snip the blue ribbon and joined a tour of a lab so advanced that VW would brag the...
California Governor Signs Beer Bikes Bill into Law
Oct 6 2015 // Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill allowing beer bikes to operate on city streets. The governor’s office tweeted a photo of Brown signing the bill on a beer bike in Sacramento Sunday with his wife, Anne Gust Brown,...
$43M in Fire Prevention Fees Goes Unspent in California
Oct 6 2015 // A state fire prevention account has ended recent fiscal years with tens of millions of dollars unspent despite bone-dry conditions across much of California’s wildland area. The state ended the fiscal year in June...
Former Southern California Insurance Agent Sentenced for Felony Fraud
Oct 5 2015 // Hesham Saleh Ibrahim, 57, of Palmdale, Calif., pleaded no contest to felony insurance fraud and was sentenced to three years felony probation, 30 days community labor and ordered to pay nearly $1,000 in restitution and...
Hub Acquires Assets of California-based Johnson & Wood
Oct 5 2015 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Carlsbad, Calif.-based Johnson & Wood Insurance Services Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Johnson & Wood President Ed Johnson, and Stuart Wood, vice...
JLT Specialty Names O’Sullivan Senior Vice President in California
Oct 5 2015 // JLT Specialty USA has named Charity O’Sullivan senior vice president in its Los Angeles, Calif. office. O’Sullivan’s primary focus will be on client development and leading JLT teams. O’Sullivan has...
Supreme Court to Hear Eurail Case on Foreign Entity Liability
Oct 5 2015 // The new Supreme Court term will include high-level discussions of affirmative action, free association and religious liberty. But the first Monday in October is starting with a suit about a Eurail pass. Specifically, the...
Early Data on Workplace Fatalities in California Show Decline
Oct 5 2015 // The Department of Industrial Relations has posted preliminary workplace fatality statistics for California in 2014 that show a decline. The Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries data reflect a total of 334 fatal work...
People – West
Oct 5 2015 // Der Manouel Insurance Group in California has named Jim Wood as director of marketing. Wood will work with the DMIG consultants and service staff in finding the carrier solutions for clients. He will also help to develop...
California Court Rules Batmobile Entitled to Copyright Protection
Oct 5 2015 // Batman won’t have to worry about Batmobile knockoffs after a federal appeals court ruled the caped crusader’s vehicle is entitled to copyright protection. The Batmobile’s bat-like appearance and other...
Southern California City Unveils Mapping Tool for Wildfire Hazards
Oct 2 2015 // As fire season ramps up, San Diego County, Calif. has unveiled a new online interactive map that allows residents to search out wildfire dangers in specific areas. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported he digital tool...
California Lab Settles Age Discrimination Suit for $37.25M
Oct 2 2015 // Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is paying $37.25 million to settle a lawsuit brought by 129 workers who say they were fired because of their ages. The Contra Costa Times reported Mike McElfresh says he was a...
California Commissioner Announces Bid for State Attorney General
Oct 1 2015 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced via a mass email late Thursday that he’s running for the office of California Attorney General in a little over two years. “I am very excited at the...
Jury Awards $1.8M Exploding e-Cigarette Trial in California
Oct 1 2015 // A Superior Court jury in Riverside, Calif. awarded $1.885 million in a lawsuit over an e-cigarette product that exploded while charging, physically burning and emotionally scarring her, attorneys for the woman said on...
Dispensaries Make Offer of Free Cannabis to California Fire Victims
Oct 1 2015 // Medical marijuana dispensaries in Northern California are offering up to $200 in free cannabis per patient affected by a hugely destructive wildfire. The Los Angeles Times reported the two companies are offering free...
California Insurance Commissioner Says More to Lose Fire Coverage
Oct 1 2015 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones says more people may be dropped from fire coverage and that residents of high risk areas may have to shop for more expensive insurance as wildfires become more destructive...
Alliant in California Names Anders Chief Financial Officer
Oct 1 2015 // Newport Beach, Calif.-based Alliant Insurance Services has named Ilene Anders chief financial officer. Anders, formerly the firm’s chief information officer, will lead Alliant’s finance team. Anders will retain...
Walker’s Daughter Sues Porsche in California Over Fatal Crash
Sep 30 2015 // Paul Walker’s daughter sued Porsche for wrongful death Monday, claiming the sports car that her father was in when he was killed suffered from numerous design defects. The lawsuit filed by Meadow Rain Walker seeks...
California Draws $10M From Reserves to Remove Wildfire Debris
Sep 30 2015 // California Governor Jerry Brown last week directed $10 million from the state’s budget reserve to help pay for the removal of huge amounts of burned debris left in the wake of two massive wildfires, the...
Farmers Estimates $225M Loss from Northern California Fires
Sep 30 2015 // Farmers Insurance reported more than 1,300 claims filed, and an anticipated 1,800 total, with an estimated overall loss of roughly $225 million from two California wildfires that burned nearly 150,000 acres this month in...
