Latest California Headlines
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State Farm Files for 6.2% Auto Rate Reduction in California
Nov 20 2025 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. submitted a rate filing to reduce personal auto insurance rates by 6.2%. The filing has a targeted effective date of Feb. 23, 2026, and is pending approval from the California...
California Law Requiring Companies to Report Climate-Related Financial Risk Paused
Nov 20 2025 // A U.S. appeals court paused a California law set to take effect in January requiring large companies to report every two years on how climate change could hurt them financially. Another new law requiring major companies to...
Business Groups Ask Supreme Court to Pause California Climate Reporting Laws
Nov 19 2025 // The U.S. Chamber of Commerce asked the Supreme Court to pause new California laws expected to require thousands of companies to report emissions and climate-risk information. The laws are the most sweeping of their kind in...
CVS Settles for $18.2M Over California False Claims Act Violations
Nov 18 2025 // CVS Pharmacy Inc. has settled alleged violations of the California False Claims Act with California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the United States Department of Justice. The settlement agreement requires CVS to pay $18.2...
Los Angeles Showers Wane After Record Southern California Rain
Nov 17 2025 // Showers will be winding down across Los Angeles and Southern California after record rains brought raised the risks of floods and mudslides, especially in areas scorched by recent wildfires. Downtown Los Angeles received...
California Revokes 17,000 Commercial Driver’s Licenses for Immigrants
Nov 14 2025 // California plans to revoke 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses given to immigrants after discovering the expiration dates went past when the drivers were legally allowed to be in the U.S., state officials said. The...
Dangerous Car Chase Went 170 Miles Through 4 California Counties
Nov 14 2025 // In Southern California, where police pursuits are common, this was one for the books. A suspect in an allegedly stolen minivan led authorities on a two-hour, 170-mile (274-kilometer) chase through four counties Monday that...
Anzen in California Raises $16M to Scale AI Platform for Insurance Distribution
Nov 13 2025 // San Francisco, California-based Anzen announced a $16 million Series A funding round led by Madrona, with participation from Sandbox Industries, SNR, Andreessen Horowitz and other investors. The round brings Anzen’s...
People Moves: California Insurance Commissioner Makes Task Force Reappointments
Nov 13 2025 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara reappointed Michael Golden, Bernardo de la Torre, Doug Heller and Cynthia Strathmann to the California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan (CAARP) Advisory Committee; Doug Bystry to...
Waymo Launches Driverless Robotaxis on California, Arizona Freeways in First for US
Nov 12 2025 // Waymo will become the first robotaxi provider in the U.S. to offer driverless rides on highways, a milestone that positions it to better compete with ride-hailing companies and traditional taxi services. Beginning...
California Gets $3.2M Settlement From Software Company for Breached Student Data
Nov 10 2025 // California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that California secured a $3.25 million settlement with a software maker for failing to protect students’ data. The settlement also involves two other states, amounting...
Sling TV Settles With California AG for $530K for Privacy Act Violations
Nov 5 2025 // Sling TV LLC and Dish Media Sales LLC, a streaming service, have agreed to pay $530,000 to settle allegations that the company violated the California Consumer Privacy Act by failing to provide an easy method for consumers...
California Labor Commish Fines Costco, Others $868K for Misclassifying Drivers
Nov 4 2025 // Costco, Ryder Last Mile Inc. and Mega Nice Trucking LLC $868,128 citation has been issued by the California Labor Commissioner’s Office for worker misclassifying and labor law violations affecting 58 delivery...
Viewpoint: California Workers’ Comp Outlook And What Stakeholders Need to Know
Nov 4 2025 // Workers’ compensation insurance premium rates in California have been in a steady decline for many years, after a series of reforms to the system reduced claim payouts, and subsequent changes to the experience...
California Attorney General Charges Eight in Bay Area Auto-Theft Ring
Oct 31 2025 // The California Attorney General filed felony charges against eight people in connection with the theft of 19 vehicles throughout the U.S. with a combined value of more than $800,000. The complaint, filed in Alameda County...
Expert Underwriter Secures Critical Wildfire Coverage for High-Risk California Warehouse, Saving Key Account
Oct 30 2025 // Monrovia, CA ., Oct 30, 2025 – In a notable victory against challenging market conditions, the specialized underwriting team at Greenwood General Insurance Agency successfully placed a complex property insurance policy...
FBI Searched California Real Estate Firm Linked to Bad Bank Loans, Lawsuit
Oct 30 2025 // The FBI last month searched the offices of a California real estate investment firm Continuum Analytics, which is linked to bad loans recently disclosed by Zions and Western Alliance, according to legal correspondence seen...
California Commissioner’s Regulation to Prevent Insurance Crises From Climate Disasters, Cyber Threats, AI
Oct 28 2025 // California Commissioner Ricardo Lara is proposing a regulation aimed at mitigating rising insurance costs and safeguarding the state’s insurance market from catastrophic risks and technological threats. Lara’s...
Transportation Secretary May Pull $160M From California Over Noncitizen Truck Licenses
Oct 28 2025 // U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned that he is about make good on a threat to revoke millions in federal funds for California because he says the state is illegally issuing commercial driver’s licenses to...
Researchers in California Are Mapping Rural Heat to Protect Farmworkers
Oct 28 2025 // In the summers, the sky is jet black when Raul Cruz arrives at this Imperial Valley sugarcane field to start his day. He chops, cleans and bundles the crop, taking heed as the sun rises. It’s hard work, but so is...
