Latest California Headlines
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Snowpack Survey Gives Bleak Summer Outlook for California
May 2 2014 // With summer approaching state water managers say California’s snowpack is at 18 percent of average for the date. The Department of Water Resources on Thursday said the season’s final survey of the Sierra Nevada...
Southern California Wildfire More than Halfway Contained
May 2 2014 // The Etiwanda Fire in Southern California fueled by strong winds and high gusts that forced more than 1,000 evacuations is now 53 percent contained, according to fire officials. The fire in San Bernardino County around...
High Net Worth Carrier PURE Enters California
Apr 30 2014 // Call it a little luck or good timing – maybe a bit of both– but an insurer focused on high net worth individuals has added California to the list of states in which it does business at a time when the number of wealthy...
SullivanCurtisMonroe Taps Harrison in Southern California
Apr 30 2014 // SullivanCurtisMonroe named Skylor Harrison a broker associate in its Corona, Calif. location. Harrison’s primary focus will be the transportation and manufacturing industries. Prior to SCM, Harrison was vice...
WIAA Objects to In-House Producer Disciplinary Hearings in California
Apr 30 2014 // The Western Insurance Agents Association is throwing up some objections to a California Department of Insurance proposal that would enable the department’s hearing bureau to adjudicate agent/broker and carrier...
Now Mastering City Streets: Google’s Driverless Cars
Apr 30 2014 // Google says its self-driving cars are motoring along: they can navigate freeways comfortably, albeit with a driver ready to take control. But city driving – with its obstacle course of stray walkers, bicyclists and blind...
Policyholders File Claims, Get Payments For California Quake
Apr 29 2014 // The California Earthquake Authority reported Tuesday it has paid numerous claims for damage to homes that sustained “relatively minor damage” from the magnitude 5.1 earthquake that struck La Habra on March...
Court Revives Suit Over WWII Site Cleanup in California
Apr 29 2014 // A divided U.S. appeals court revived efforts by oil companies to force the federal government to reimburse them for the cost to clean up a Southern California site where they had dumped toxic sludge during World War II. By...
Immigrants in California Study for Driver Test Months Out
Apr 28 2014 // There’s a lot riding on a California law to grant driver’s licenses to immigrants in the country illegally, and supporters are already preparing prospective drivers in the most populous U.S. state to pass the...
Springfield Insurance Co. in California Downgraded by A.M. Best
Apr 25 2014 // A.M. Best has downgraded the financial strength rating of Calif.-based Springfield Insurance Co., a carrier focused on workers’ compensation. The financial strength downgrade was to B- (Fair) from B (Fair) and the...
University of California and Former Surgical Director Settle For $10M
Apr 25 2014 // The University of California has agreed to pay $10 million to a former surgical chairman who says he was the victim of retaliation after pointing out conflicts of interest at UCLA’s medical school. The Los Angeles...
Utility Caused California Wildfire, Suit Alleges
Apr 25 2014 // Victims of a wildfire that burned 24 homes last year are suing the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, claiming the utility started the huge blaze and failed to properly maintain power lines and equipment. The Daily...
California Legislator Introduces Ridesharing Bill
Apr 24 2014 // A California Assemblywoman has introduced a bill to regulate ridesharing companies like Uber, Lyft and Sidecar. Assembly Bill 2293, authored by Assemblywoman Susan Bonilla, D-Concord, would clarify existing insurance laws...
California Bill To Close Earthquake Loophole Clears Committee
Apr 24 2014 // A California bill to close a loophole that enables building on active earthquake faults without considering the impacts passed a key committee hurdle on Thursday. Senate Bill 1155, authored by state Sen. Ted Lieu,...
FedEx Sued in Fiery Northern California Bus Crash
Apr 24 2014 // The mother of a 17-year-old honors student who was among 10 people killed in a fiery Northern California bus crash sued FedEx on Tuesday, alleging that its trucks have a history of catching fire. The negligence suit that...
Mother of Student Killed in California Crash Sues FedEx
Apr 23 2014 // FedEx Corp. was sued over an April 10 collision on a California highway that killed 10 people when one of the shipping company’s trucks smashed into a bus taking high-school students on a college tour. Jennifer...
GM Car Owners Allege Fraud in Challenging GM Bankruptcy Protection
Apr 23 2014 // General Motors Co.’s request for court protection from 50 car-owner lawsuits seeking compensation for millions of recalled autos with defective ignition switches was attacked as legally...
California Water District Seeking Alternatives in Face of Insurance Loss
Apr 23 2014 // The Central Basin Municipal Water District said Wednesday it is looking at “alternatives” in the face of being tossed out of the state’s largest insurance pool for water districts. Central Baisn also said...
GM Ignition Defects Lawsuit in California Awaits Bankruptcy Ruling
Apr 23 2014 // A lawsuit against General Motors Co. in California over ignition-switch defects linked to 13 deaths was put on hold until a bankruptcy judge in New York rules on whether some compensation claims can be brought without...
Recent Quakes Push Interest, Sales of Policies in California
Apr 22 2014 // Some people don’t need Earth Day to be reminded they live on a planet powered by the forces of nature. The recent string earthquakes on the Pacific belt may have hit home with California homeowners, who were already...
