Latest California Headlines
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Worn Tires a Factor In California Bus Crash, Investigation Shows
Apr 22 2022 // Excess speed and worn tires contributed to the crash of a bus on a rain-slick Southern California highway two years ago that killed three people and injured 18, according to a report released this week by the National...
California School District Settles Sex Abuse Suits for $13M
Apr 22 2022 // A Southern California school district has agreed to pay $13.75 million to settle civil lawsuits over a worker who admitted molesting elementary school students. The agreement was announced by attorneys for 10 former...
Jury Awards $1.5M to Family in California Mistaken Body ID Case
Apr 21 2022 // A Southern California jury on Tuesday awarded $1.5 million to the family of a man who was mistakenly declared dead by authorities, resulting in a stranger being buried in the family plot. A Superior Court jury found the...
California Workers’ Comp Committee OKs 7.6% Pure Premium Filing
Apr 20 2022 // The governing committee of the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California authorized the WCIRB to submit a Sept. 1, 2022 pure premium rate filing to the California Insurance Commissioner that is on...
California Trying to Reduce Flood Risk Along Rivers
Apr 20 2022 // Between vast almond orchards and dairy pastures in the heart of California’s farm country sits a property being redesigned to look like it did 150 years ago, before levees restricted the flow of rivers that weave...
Former California Insurance Agent Arraigned for Stealing Premiums
Apr 20 2022 // Former California insurance agent Marc Leigh Miles, 71, formerly of Irvine, and currently residing in Eagle, Idaho, was arraigned on nine felony counts of grand theft, insurance fraud, and forgery after allegedly stealing...
California Judge Rules 5 Officers Wrongly Fired
Apr 19 2022 // A Northern California judge ruled that five Oakland police officers who fatally shot a homeless man in 2018 were unjustly fired and should have kept their jobs. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch said in his...
California Insurance Commissioner Launches Report and Site Outlining Insurer Fossil Fuel Investments
Apr 18 2022 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Monday issued a new report and webpage detailing insurer investments in fossil fuels. The report is a study of fossil fuel investments by insurers, identifying insurance...
$400K Settlement for People Hurt by Damaged Sidewalks in California
Apr 18 2022 // San Diego has paid out $400,000 to settle lawsuits alleging the city is responsible for significant injuries caused by poorly maintained roads and sidewalks. The City Council approved approved the payouts unanimously last...
California Plan Would Triple Sale of Electric Cars by 2026
Apr 18 2022 // California wants electric vehicle sales to triple in the next four years to 35% of all new car purchases, an aggressive target set as part of the goal to phase out the sale of gas-powered cars by the middle of next...
California Court Rules Hospitals Can Be Responsible for Abuse by Employees
Apr 18 2022 // A state appeals court ruled that a Southern California hospital can be held responsible for sexual abuse by an employee, upholding a jury’s damage award of $6.75 million to two elderly patients who were abused at a...
California Contractor Arraigned for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Apr 18 2022 // Adan Deniz, 43, a contractor from Santa Clarita, California, was arraigned on 21 felony counts of forgery, theft by false pretense, and workers’ compensation insurance fraud after allegedly creating fraudulent...
California Appeals Court Says J&J Must Pay $302M in Pelvic Mesh Case
Apr 14 2022 // A California appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that Johnson & Johnson must pay penalties to the state for deceptively marketing pelvic mesh implants for women, but reduced the amount by $42 million to $302...
Former California Insurance Agent Arraigned for Allegedly Stealing Premiums
Apr 14 2022 // Formerly licensed insurance agent David Lance Hall, 64, of Bakersfield, California, was arraigned this week in Kern County Superior Court on six felony counts of theft and misappropriations of fiduciary funds after...
University of Southern California Suing YouTubers for Pranks
Apr 13 2022 // The University of Southern California is suing two YouTube performers who the school says created panic after barging into classrooms to film prank videos for their channels. Court documents obtained by the Los Angeles...
California’s PG&E Avoids Criminal Charges in Settlements Over 2 Major Wildfires
Apr 12 2022 // California utility PG&E Corp. has reached settlement agreements with district attorneys representing Northern California counties to avoid prosecution over two major wildfires, with the company agreeing to pay $55...
Hub Acquires Evo Insurance Services in California
Apr 12 2022 // Hub International Ltd. acquired the assets of EVO Insurance Services Inc. in Chico, California. Shawn Blofsky, president & founder of EVO Insurance Services, and the EVO Insurance Services team will join Hub Central...
Fire Destroyed Northern California Home Depot Store
Apr 11 2022 // A weekend fire gutted a Home Depot store in the San Francisco Bay Area, sending up a huge plume of smoke and prompting orders for some nearby residents to shelter in place, authorities said. The five-alarm blaze in South...
Lawsuit Says Boy’s Brain Damaged by Errant Throw at California Stadium
Apr 11 2022 // A 6-year-old boy suffered a fractured skull and brain damage when he was accidentally hit by a baseball thrown by a Los Angeles Angels player who was warming up before a 2019 game, according to a lawsuit announced that...
People Moves: Island Names Bruhl Chief Investment Officer; Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance in California Adds Bogue
Apr 11 2022 // Island Holdings Inc. named Robert Bruhl chief investment officer and executive vice president. Bruhl oversees the company’s treasury portfolio and will be responsible for optimizing current investments, refining...
