Latest California Headlines
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California Wildfire Zone Treated to Calmer Weather
May 29 2014 // Weather looks to be friendlier for firefighters today as they hope to fully contain a Central California wildfire that led to the destruction of two homes. Some 50 residents were allowed to return to their homes Wednesday...
Central California Blaze Exceeds 1,300 Acres
May 28 2014 // Firefighters worked to fight a Central California foothills fire late Tuesday, attacking a blaze that had grown to 1,300 acres in two days. Officials urged some residents east of Lake McClure in Mariposa County to leave...
New California State Fund CEO Steiner Has Ties to Zenith, WCRI
May 27 2014 // The State Compensation Insurance Fund Board of Directors on Tuesday named Vernon Steiner as the new president and CEO of California’s largest workers’ compensation provider. The appointment is on a four-year...
Arrests in California Fraud Ring Targeting Auto Dealers and Insurers
May 23 2014 // A four-year investigation into an organized fraud ring has uncovered a million-dollar scheme targeting high-end vehicles through auto loan and insurance fraud has led to several arrests, according to the California...
New Tech Millionaires Trust Technology Over Traditional Financial Advisers
May 23 2014 // When the nine-person start-up he co-founded was bought by Facebook for a reported $15 million in January, Cemre Gungor, 27, was inundated with phone calls and emails from wealth advisers. Yet he spurned them all, opting...
Self-Driving Car Testing Rules Adopted by California
May 22 2014 // California has new rules that govern the testing of self-driving cars on public roads. The rules, approved Monday by state attorneys, require a human to be in the driver’s seat when a computer takes control during...
Beecher Carlson Taps Ramberg in California
May 21 2014 // Beecher Carlson Insurance Services LLC named Danielle Ramberg as business development specialist in the Woodland Hills, Calf. office. Ramberg will be responsible for the development and execution of strategies for large...
Ex-Players’ Injury Suit Alleges NFL ‘Culture of Drug Abuse’
May 21 2014 // Retired players including ex-Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon accused the National Football League of using painkillers to mask injuries in a “culture of drug misuse,” expanding litigation over the damage...
California Railroad Bridge Collapses, Kills Worker
May 20 2014 // A construction worker died from a fall Sunday after a railroad bridge he was cutting collapsed and pulled him down to a freeway, authorities said. Okesene Faasalele, 59, of Long Beach was attached to the bridge over state...
California Governor: Unprecedented Fire Season
May 19 2014 // Gov. Jerry Brown says the state is gearing up for California’s worst fire season ever. Brown told ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday that the nearly dozen fires in San Diego County that destroyed 11 homes...
NCAA Athletes Drop Image-Use Damages Claim, Pursue Future Earnings
May 19 2014 // Ex-National Collegiate Athletic Association players suing to gain a share of the $800 million of annual broadcast revenue reaped by the organization said they won’t seek damages for past use of their images, instead...
WIAA Objects to In-House Producer Disciplinary Hearings in California
May 19 2014 // The Western Insurance Agents Association is throwing up some objections to a California Department of Insurance proposal that would enable the department’s hearing bureau to adjudicate agent/broker and carrier...
High Net Worth Carrier PURE Enters California
May 19 2014 // Call it a little luck or a good timing – maybe a bit of both – but an insurer focused on high net worth individuals has added California to the list of states in which it does business at a time when the number of...
Immigrants in California Study for Driver Test Months Out
May 19 2014 // There’s a lot riding on a California law to grant driver’s licenses to immigrants in the country illegally, and supporters are already preparing prospective drivers in the most populous U.S. state to pass the...
Snowpack Survey Gives Bleak Summer Outlook for California
May 19 2014 // With summer approaching state water managers say California’s snowpack is at 18 percent of average for the date. The Department of Water Resources at the end of April said the season’s final survey of the...
Policyholders File Claims, Get Payments for California Quake
May 19 2014 // The California Earthquake Authority reported it has paid numerous claims for damage to homes that sustained “relatively minor damage” from the magnitude 5.1 earthquake that struck La Habra on March 28. Most CEA...
Seawater May Be Drought Solution for One California City
May 19 2014 // With California in a drought, the coastal city of Santa Barbara is thinking about firing up a desalination plant that has been in storage for more than two decades. The city built the plant in the 1990s during the last...
Topa Insurance in California Names Donahue President and CEO
May 16 2014 // Los Angeles, Calif.-based Topa Insurance Group named John Donahue president and chief executive officer. Donahue will provide leadership to all business endeavors of the organization. Donahue has 20 years of experience....
Southern California Spot Power in Surges Due to Fires
May 16 2014 // Spot electricity in Southern California surged as Sempra Energy’s San Diego Gas & Electric Co. utility worked to restore service following a fire that disrupted high-voltage transmissions. On-peak, spot...
California Student Broke Bone While Arm Wrestling Teacher: Suit
May 16 2014 // An Orange County high school student has filed a lawsuit accusing his history teacher of breaking the boy’s arm after challenging him to an arm-wrestling contest in class. The Orange County Register reported the suit...
