Appeals Court Rejects Climate Change Suit by Young Oregon Activists May 6, 2024 By Gene Johnson A federal appeals court panel last week rejected a long-running lawsuit brought by young Oregon-based climate activists who argued that...
California Business Owner Ordered to Pay $687K in Restitution for Workers’ Comp Fraud May 3, 2024 A California business owner convicted of felony workers’ compensation insurance fraud was ordered to pay $687,560 in restitution to the...
Organic Bulk Walnuts Sold in Natural Food Stores Tied to Dangerous E. Coli Outbreak May 3, 2024 By Jonel Aleccia At least a dozen people in California and Washington have been sickened with E. coli food poisoning linked to organic...
People Moves: Brown Joins Alliant Insurance Services’ Employee Benefits Team May 3, 2024 Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, hired Angie Brown as a First vice president and consultant for its employee...
M4.1 Earthquake Shook Parts of Los Angeles Area: USGS May 2, 2024 A magnitude 4.1 earthquake shook parts of the Los Angeles Area, including the cities of Corona, Anaheim, and Santa Ana...
New Mexico Restaurant Settles Wage-Theft Complaint After Prolonged Legal Battle May 2, 2024 New Mexico labor announced a legal settlement that resolves longstanding accusations of unpaid wages against a restaurant business in northwestern...
California Contractor Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud After Underreporting Nearly $1M in Payroll May 2, 2024 Kent Bo Fridolfsson, 67, of Benicia, California, pleaded guilty to six charges of insurance fraud and grand theft after a...
$24.5M Settlement in New Mexico over Natural Gas Flaring in Permian Basin May 2, 2024 By Susan Montoya Bryan New Mexico has reached a record settlement with a company over air pollution violations at natural gas gathering sites in...
Study: California’s 2023 Snowy Rescue from Megadrought a Freak Event May 1, 2024 By Brittany Peterson and Seth Borenstein Last year’s snow deluge in California, which quickly erased a two decade long megadrought, was essentially a once-in-a-lifetime rescue from...
People Moves: BenefitMall Appoints Patton Benefits Sales Executive for Colorado May 1, 2024 BenefitMall named Sam Patton to its team as the new benefits sales executive for Colorado. Patton specializes in ancillary benefits...