Latest California Headlines
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California Justices Won’t Limit Governor’s Pandemic Powers
Aug 13 2021 // The California Supreme Court declined to consider reining in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s emergency powers during the coronavirus pandemic, leaving in place a lower court’s ruling that the governor acted within his...
OLI Acquires Walton and Associates in California
Aug 12 2021 // OLI Insurance Services Inc. acquired Walton and Associates Insurance Services. San Jose, Calif.-based Walton and Associates focuses on a variety of commercial lines and personal insurance products for clients in the Bay...
California City Agrees to $6M Settlement in Man’s Death
Aug 11 2021 // A Northern California city agreed to pay nearly $6 million to settle a lawsuit with the family of a mentally ill man who died in 2018 after police restrained and repeatedly tasered him, the family’s attorney said...
Large California Fire Grows, Montana Blaze Threatens Towns
Aug 11 2021 // California’s largest single wildfire continued growing after destroying nearly 550 homes while authorities in Montana ordered evacuations as a wind-driven blaze roared toward several remote communities. The dangerous...
Deputies Shot in Ambush File Lawsuit in California Against ‘Ghost Gun’ Kit Maker
Aug 11 2021 // Two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies badly wounded in an ambush shooting last year sued a Nevada company for making the parts for a “ghost gun” used in the attack. The lawsuit alleges Polymer80 Inc....
Family of Man Killed in California by Police Putting Knee to His Neck Sues
Aug 11 2021 // Family members of a Navy veteran who died after a Northern California police officer pressed a knee to his neck for nearly five minutes during a mental health crisis filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Antioch, its...
Northern California’s Dixie Fire Has Affected 800-Plus Structures, And High Winds Are on Their Way
Aug 9 2021 // When Tom Larsen thinks of the Dixie Fire in Northern California, he thinks about better modeling. Larsen, the senior director for content strategy for catastrophe modeler CoreLogic Inc., pointed to some grim facts about...
Wildfire Weather May Return to Northern California
Aug 9 2021 // Thick smoke that held down winds and temperatures began to clear Sunday from the scenic forestlands of Northern California as firefighters battling the largest single wildfire in state history braced for a return of...
Company Paying $1M After California Department of Insurance Alleges Employee Broke Law
Aug 6 2021 // First American Title Co. has agreed to pay $1 million after a California Department of Insurance investigation alleged that one of its title marketing representatives violated state law protecting consumers from conflicts...
Wildfire Destroys Much of California Gold Rush Town
Aug 5 2021 // A wind-driven wildfire tore through a Northern California mountain town, leaving much of the downtown in ashes as crews braced for another explosive run of flames in the midst of dangerous weather. The Dixie Fire, swollen...
California City Paying $1M to Family of Man Killed by Police
Aug 5 2021 // The Southern California city of Fontana has agreed to pay $1 million to the parents of an unarmed man who police shot to death in February, according to a newspaper report. The agreement comes after Kenisha Kinard and...
California Workers’ Comp Written Premium Down 13%, Report Shows
Aug 4 2021 // California workers’ compensation written premium for the first quarter of 2021 was 13% below that for the first quarter of 2020, according to a quarterly experience report issued on Wednesday by the Workers’...
California Landscaper Arraigned for Alleged Workers’ Comp Fraud
Aug 4 2021 // Frank Simplicio, 45, of Porter Ranch, Calif., was arraigned on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud and perjury. A California Department of Insurance investigation revealed Simplicio allegedly claimed to be too...
PG&E Says Its Equipment Possibly Linked to Another California Fire
Aug 4 2021 // Pacific Gas & Electric said its equipment may have been involved in the start of a small wildfire that merged with the massive Dixie Fire now threatening homes in Northern California mountains. The U.S. Forest Service...
Parents Suing Vehicle Maker a Year After 9 Troops Died Off California Coast
Aug 2 2021 // The families of eight Marines and one sailor who died when their amphibious assault vehicle sank off the Southern California coast last summer plan to sue the manufacturer of the vehicle that resembles an armored seafaring...
Officials: Lightning Likely Caused 2020 California Forest Fire
Aug 2 2021 // A lightning strike likely ignited a 2020 wildfire in California’s Sierra National Forest, but the U.S. Forest Service said it could not determine an official cause of the fire. September’s Creek Fire burned 600...
California Commissioner Lowers Workers’ Comp Benchmark
Aug 2 2021 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara adopted and issued lower rates for workers’ compensation insurance benchmark rate by 5 cents to $1.41 per $100 of payroll effective Sept. 1. Lara’s decision...
Bomb Squad Caused Damaging California Fireworks Explosion, Officials Say
Aug 2 2021 // Los Angeles bomb technicians grossly miscalculated the weight of homemade fireworks when they detonated them in a containment chamber, likely causing a catastrophic explosion that injured 17 people and rocked a...
PG&E in California Will Pay to Bury Power Lines to Prevent Wildfires
Aug 2 2021 // California power company Pacific Gas and Electric said on it would bury 10,000 miles of power lines in high-risk fire zones as a safety measure after its equipment caused multiple destructive wildfires over several...
Former California Insurance Agent Sentenced for Embezzling
Aug 2 2021 // Anna Gabriela Garcia, also known as Anna Nuno-Garcia, 48, of Capistrano Beach, Calif., was sentenced in Orange County Superior Court in Santa Ana after pleading guilty to two felony counts of embezzlement and grand theft...
