Latest California Headlines
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California to Phase out Gas Vehicles to Fight Climate Change
Aug 26 2022 // California set itself on a path Thursday to end the era of gas-powered cars, with air regulators adopting the world’s most stringent rules for transitioning to zero-emission vehicles. The move by the California Air...
Cosmetics Maker Sephora Settles Customer Data Privacy Suit in California
Aug 26 2022 // Sephora Inc., one of the world’s largest cosmetics retailers, has settled a lawsuit claiming that the company sold customer information without proper notice in violation of the California’s landmark consumer...
Brink’s Driver Was Asleep During California Jewelry Heist, Lawsuit Says
Aug 25 2022 // One of the drivers of a Brink’s tractor-trailer was asleep inside the big rig, parked near a remote Southern California rest stop earlier this summer, when thieves broke a lock and stole millions of dollars worth of...
Lawsuit Says Electrical Equipment Sparked Deadly California Wildfire
Aug 25 2022 // The daughter of a 76-year-old man killed last month when California’s deadliest wildfire so far this year swept through a remote town has sued a public utility, alleging its electrical equipment sparked the...
California Lawmakers Allow Lawsuits Against ‘Cyber Flashers’
Aug 24 2022 // Victims who receive unsolicited sexually graphic material by text, email, app or other electronic means could sue the sender under a bill that California lawmakers sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom this week. The bill targets...
Data on California Prisons’ Visitors, Staff, Inmates Exposed
Aug 24 2022 // California corrections officials said that there has been a potential exposure of medical information for employees and visitors who were tested for the coronavirus, although they have not found any improper use despite...
Western Fires Outpace California’s Effort to Fill Inmate Crews
Aug 23 2022 // As wildfires rage across California each year, exhausted firefighters call for reinforcements from wherever they can get them – even as far as Australia. Yet one homegrown resource is rarely used: thousands of...
Berkshire Unit Sued Over California’s Largest Wildfire of Season
Aug 22 2022 // A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. unit was sued for allegedly causing California’s largest wildfire of the year, which killed four people and destroyed almost 200 structures near the Oregon border. The complaint against...
$18M Settlement in Lawsuit over Boy’s Death at California School
Aug 19 2022 // The parents of an 8-year-old boy with Down syndrome who died after falling while strapped to a chair in class five years ago have reached an $18 million settlement in their wrongful death lawsuit against a Southern...
PCF Acquires John E. Peakes Insurance Agency in California
Aug 19 2022 // PCF Insurance Services acquired John E. Peakes Insurance Agency Inc. in Ventura, California. John E. Peakes is a family-owned, personal lines agency. They offer personal, business, gym, fitness studios, restaurants, and...
Former California Insurance Agent Arrested for Theft, Operating Fraudulent Agency
Aug 19 2022 // Francis Okyere, 70, a previously licensed insurance agent in Westlake Village, California, was arrested in relation to a scheme that involved him allegedly stealing multiple victims’ identities and using them to open...
California Announces $1.9M Settlement with Health Insurer
Aug 18 2022 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced a major settlement with National Health Insurance Co. The California Department of Insurance alleged that the company continuously violated California law since 2015...
People Moves: California Commissioner Names COIN Appointees; Alliant Adds Kaufman
Aug 18 2022 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara recently announced reappointments to the California Organized Investment Network Advisory Board and the California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan Advisory Committee. They...
California Insurance Commissioner Orders Moratorium on Cancellations, Non-Renewals Following Wildfires
Aug 15 2022 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has ordered insurers to preserve residential insurance coverage for 8,500 affected homes following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s emergency declaration as wildfires in Siskiyou...
Alleged Head of California Auto Insurance Fraud Crew Arraigned on 39 Felony Counts
Aug 15 2022 // Branden Heywood, 30, of Chino, California was arraigned on 39 felony counts of insurance fraud after an investigation found he allegedly acted as the leader of a “paper collision” ring to collect more than...
Pipeline Company to Pay Nearly $1M for California Oil Spill
Aug 15 2022 // The owner of an underwater oil pipeline that spilled some 25,000 gallons of crude into the ocean off Southern California last year will pay nearly $1 million in cleanup costs. The Orange County Board of Supervisors agreed...
California Insurance Commissioner: Mercury Steered ‘Good Drivers’ Toward Higher-Priced
Aug 15 2022 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced a legal action in early August against Mercury Insurance for reportedly violating consumer protection laws, including selling Mercury’s highest-priced policy...
California’s Largest Wildfire Now 60% Contained
Aug 10 2022 // California’s largest wildfire so far this year has so far burned more than 60,000 acres, but it is now 60% contained. The McKinney Fire broke out on July 29 in an unpopulated area in Klamath National Forest. The fire...
Climate Migration: California Wildfire Pushes Family to Vermont ‘Climate Haven’
Aug 9 2022 // PROCTOR, Vt. (AP) — Weeks after surviving one of the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in California history, the Holden family just wanted a new home. The family of seven couldn’t find anything nearby to...
Fire Victims Seek $85M for Damages in Fire that Covered California and Nevada
Aug 8 2022 // People who lost their homes and property in last summer’s Tamarack Fire in northern Nevada and California have filed a claim against the U.S. Forest Service seeking more than $85 million. The filing by attorney Bill...
