Latest California Headlines
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Southern California Forest Fire 17 Sq. Miles And Growing
Jun 19 2015 // The huge fire burning in the San Bernardino National Forest east of Los Angeles has grown by another thousand acres and has now scorched more than 17 square miles of mountains. The U.S. Forest Service says the blaze...
How Ruling That Drivers Are Employees Upends Uber Business Model
Jun 19 2015 // If you’re a freelance writer who occasionally sells articles to a website, are you actually an employee? If you live in California, I think the answer might be — yes? The California Labor commissioner has ruled...
Probe Under Way in California Balcony Collapse as Victims Mourned
Jun 18 2015 // A group of Irish and Irish-American young men and women were enjoying their last blast summer in California before cracking down with college and careers, a rite of passage tens of thousands from the Emerald Isle have...
LP Insurance Hires Bolman in Northern California
Jun 17 2015 // LP Insurance Services Inc. has named Virginia Bolman a claims & contracts specialist in its risk management services division in Sacramento, Calif. Bolman is responsible for contract review, compliance and risk...
Will Uber Employee Status Ruling in California Impact Its Business Model?
Jun 17 2015 // An Uber driver is an employee not a contractor, according to a California Labor Commission ruling on Wednesday that opens the door to more scrutiny over the rideshare giant’s business model. Earlier in the day some...
Ground Gained Large Wildfire in Northern California
Jun 15 2015 // Firefighters made progress late Sunday in battling a lightning-sparked Northern California wildfire that has been burning in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest for five days, officials said. Light winds helped firefighters...
DUIs, Traffic Violations From Court Under in California Corruption Probe
Jun 15 2015 // Hundreds of Orange County court cases are being scrutinized amid suspicions that someone was paid to fix DUI and other traffic violations by falsifying court records. The FBI and county prosecutors are investigating, and...
$4M Fire-Prevention Grant Ignites Passions in Northern California
Jun 15 2015 // City officials accepted a $4 million federal grant to chop down trees in the ritzy Oakland hills, a decision that ignited debate over how best to prevent deadly wildfires in the affluent Northern California region. The...
California Bill Would Intercept Insurance Claims to Fund Child Support
Jun 15 2015 // California lawmakers advanced a bill that would intercept more insurance payments and use them to pay beneficiaries’ overdue child support. About a quarter of insurance companies now voluntarily participate in the...
First Major California Insurer to Offer Ridesharing Endorsement
Jun 15 2015 // Farmers became the first large California insurer to start offering a ridesharing insurance product in late-May. In an announcement made at the Los Angeles office of California Department of Insurance, California Insurance...
California Assembly Advances Earthquake Safety Bills
Jun 15 2015 // The California Assembly is advancing a pair of bills designed to help buildings withstand earthquakes. The legislation approved unanimously earlier this month would expand financial incentives for seismic...
Finston Named General Counsel of California Department of Insurance
Jun 12 2015 // John Finston was named general counsel for the California Department of Insurance. Finston, who has served as deputy commissioner for corporate and regulatory affairs for three years, will replace outgoing General Counsel...
United Insurance Partners in California Names Henry Chief Marketing Officer
Jun 11 2015 // Pasadena, Calif.-based United Insurance Partners has named Paul Henry chief marketing officer. Henry will focus on retail sales and brokering. He has a background in commercial property/casualty insurance, and previously...
LP Insurance Services Names Armour Account Manager in California
Jun 11 2015 // LP Insurance Services Inc. has named Debbie Armour an account manager in the personal lines division in California. She is responsible for supporting, maintaining and servicing account relationships with personal insurance...
EPIC Taps Laney as Broker and Principal in Northern California
Jun 11 2015 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center has named Brian Laney a property/casualty insurance broker, producer and principal in its Sacramento, Calif. office. Laney will be responsible for new business development and the design...
McLamb Joins EPIC’s Private Client Group in Northern California
Jun 11 2015 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center has named Sheryl McLamb an account manager in its private client group in Sacramento, Calif. McLamb will be responsible for providing individual risk management and insurance portfolio...
El Nino Now 85% Likely to Last Through Winter: U.S. Climate Forecasters
Jun 11 2015 // The odds that a weather-changing El Nino will last until the Northern Hemisphere’s next winter are increasing, though it’s too early to say if it will provide drought relief across California, the U.S. Climate...
Wildfire Report Shows 2 Million California Homes at Risk as Drought Continues
Jun 10 2015 // A report issued today shows California has more than 2 million homes at “high” or “extreme” wildfire risk, as the multi-year drought continues stoke fears among some experts of a potentially...
Arson Suspected in Car Dealership Fire in Northern California
Jun 10 2015 // Arson investigators say they suspect car fires were intentionally set at a dealership north of San Francisco. KNTV-TV reported Sgt. Sasha D’Amico says officers found several vehicles on fire when they responded to a...
Report: 4.5 Million Homes in 13 States at Extreme Wildfire Risk
Jun 10 2015 // A report issued today shows 4.5 million U.S. homes at high or extreme risk of wildfire as the multi-year drought continues. The report’s author said the worsening drought means 2015 has the potential to be one of the...
