Latest California Headlines
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One Storm Departs California as Another Lines up to Enter
Dec 29 2022 // SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Dense fog plagued California’s Central Valley early Wednesday as one winter storm left the state and another lined up to enter. The new storm was expected to move through Northern...
New Insurance Protections for California Consumers Next Year
Dec 28 2022 // Beginning Jan. 1, 2023, 11 new state laws sponsored by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara this past legislative session take effect. The new laws address climate change, expand health access and reproductive care,...
No Damage, Injuries From M4.2 Northern California Earthquake
Dec 28 2022 // A 4.2-magnitude earthquake rattled Northern California on Christmas Eve in the same county where a large quake days earlier killed two people and left widespread damage, authorities said. The quake struck at 11:33 a.m....
Former California Insurance Agent Sentenced After Embezzling Clients’ Premium Payments
Dec 27 2022 // Anaiza Villarreal Lopez, 30, of McFarland, California was sentenced in Kern County Superior Court on one count of grand theft by embezzlement after pocketing clients’ premium payments and leaving several of them...
Maritime Liability Rules Changed After Deadly 2019 California Boat Fire
Dec 27 2022 // Federal lawmakers have changed 19th-century maritime liability rules for accident victims and their families in response to the 2019 boat fire off the coast of Southern California that killed 34 people. The Small Passenger...
State Fund Offering Extended Credit to Policyholders Affected by California Quake
Dec 22 2022 // State Compensation Insurance Fund says it will offer a 30-day credit extension to policyholders in Humboldt County, California, which was declared a state of emergency by Gov. Gavin Newsom after a large earthquake on...
Thousands Still Without Power in Northern California Following M6.4 Quake
Dec 21 2022 // Thousands of customers are still without power following a large earthquake in Northern California. A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck northern California on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Very strong...
California Workers’ Comp Bureau Says Premium Fell Sharply Beginning in 2Q 2020
Dec 20 2022 // Written premium declined sharply beginning in the second quarter of 2020 due to the economic downturn resulting from the pandemic, according to a report out on Tuesday. The report from the Workers’ Compensation...
Report: California, Hawaii Had Among Nation’s Worst Ranked Roads
Dec 20 2022 // California’s expansive road system was among the nation’s worst ranked, according to a report from a research firm out on Tuesday. Hawaii’s roads were ranked as the nation’s worst. ConsumerAffairs,...
M6.4 in Northern California Leaves Tens of Thousands Without Power
Dec 20 2022 // A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck northern California on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake struck roughly 200 miles north of San Francisco in the vicinity of the Mendocino triple junction where...
California Approves Roadmap for Carbon Neutrality by 2045
Dec 20 2022 // California air regulators voted unanimously to approve an ambitious plan to drastically cut reliance on fossil fuels by changing practices in the energy, transportation and agriculture sectors, but critics say it...
California Subcontractor Hit with $1.3M in Wages and Penalties
Dec 20 2022 // Subcontractor Grant Construction Inc. was hit with $1.3 million in wages and penalties. The California Labor Commissioner’s Office collected the wages and penalties as a result of a prevailing wage assessment against...
Small 3.6 Earthquake Confirmed in Northern California
Dec 19 2022 // A small magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay Area, jolting thousands of people awake and causing minor damage, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The earthquake occurred at 3:39 a.m. Saturday and was...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires NEK Insurance in California
Dec 19 2022 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired El Cerrito, California-based NEK Insurance Inc. Kevin Bruns, Jennifer Sylvestri, Kyle Peterson and their associates will be part of Gallagher’s San Francisco branch under the...
Judge Halting Provision Making California Gun Lawsuits Costlier
Dec 19 2022 // A federal judge said he will block a provision in a new California law to take effect next year that gun advocates argued was designed to hinder anyone from challenging the state’s famously restrictive gun laws. U.S....
California Occupational Safety Board Votes to Adopt COVID Prevention Regulations
Dec 19 2022 // The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board has adopted COVID-19 prevention non-emergency regulations. The COVID-19 prevention emergency temporary standards will continue to remain in effect while the...
California School District Sued in Student’s Overdose Death
Dec 16 2022 // The mother of a 15-year-old girl who died of a suspected fentanyl overdose in a high school restroom has filed a negligence and wrongful-death lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified School District. Elena Perez seeks...
1 Dead, 11 Hurt in Southern California Bus Rollover
Dec 15 2022 // A bus overturned on a Southern California freeway, killing one person and injuring 11 others, three of them critically, authorities said. The crash occurred on Interstate 15 in an unincorporated area south of Baker, about...
People Moves: DeNexus Adds Luccitti in California
Dec 15 2022 // DeNexus has hired marketing and business development specialist Andrew Luccitti as chief marketing officer as it expands the reach of its cyber risk quantification and management tools. Luccitti will be based at the...
California Lumber Mill Linked to Deadly Blaze Settles
Dec 15 2022 // A lumber company that owns a Northern California wood veneers manufacturing plant linked to a deadly fast-spreading blaze that killed two people and sent thousands fleeing for their lives has reached a settlement agreement...
