Lawsuit: Vaccination Statuses of Workers in Hawaii Disclosed November 9, 2021 A lawsuit alleges that Hawaii officials unlawfully disclosed the COVID-19 vaccination statuses of nearly 300 Department of Public Safety employees....
Businesses Must Require Proof of Vaccine as Strict Mandate Takes Effect in L.A. November 9, 2021 By Christopher Weber and Stefanie Dazio Yoga studio owner David Gross felt relieved after Los Angeles passed a vaccine mandate that is among the strictest in...
People Moves: Wateridge Promotes Dorris; Alliant Names Barlow, Doerfler Senior Vice Presidents in Oregon November 9, 2021 Wateridge Insurance/Assured Partners of California promoted John Dorris to president of the San Diego, Calif., operations. Dorris’ role will be...
Utility Worker in California Electrocuted in Underground Vault November 8, 2021 A Los Angeles utility worker was electrocuted while working in an electrical vault, authorities said. The accident occurred shortly before...
Discrimination Filed Against Washington County Sheriff’s November 8, 2021 Three Black women who work for the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department have filed a lawsuit against the county alleging a...
People Moves: Coalition in California Names Tkatch Head of Insurance Infrastructure; AP Keenan Adds Carpenter November 8, 2021 San Francisco, Calif.-based Coalition named Dovid Tkatch head of insurance infrastructure and actuarial science, a newly created position. Tkatch will...
Opinion: Mitigating the Uncertainty of Smoke Taint in Wine Grapes November 8, 2021 Smoke taint has dominated the worries of the California wine industry recent years. With unsettled climate conditions and continued droughts,...
PG&E Spending $125M for Igniting Massive California Wildfire November 5, 2021 Pacific Gas & Electric has reached a $125 million settlement agreement with California regulators over the destructive Kincade fire, which...
BRP Group to Acquire Wood Gutmann & Bogart Insurance Brokers November 5, 2021 Subsidiaries of insurance agency partnership BRP Group have agreed to acquire substantially all of the assets of Wood Gutmann &...
Washington Asbestos Removers Facing $800K in Fines for Exposing Workers, Public November 4, 2021 Two Washington asbestos removal contractors are facing a combined $800,000 in fines from the Department of Labor & Industries for...