Former California Agent Allegedly Stole $1.2M from Elderly Consumers August 20, 2021 Formerly licensed insurance agent Robert Stoddard, 66, of San Clemente, Calif., was arrested this week after a California Department of...
California Wildfire Season Setting a Record, More Damage Expected August 20, 2021 By Brian Melley Smoke from California’s wildfires choked people on the East Coast. Flames wiped out a Gold Rush-era town. The acreage burned...
Lawsuit Filed in Wyoming Says Mixup Kept Family at Gunpoint August 20, 2021 By Mead Gruver Yellowstone National Park rangers and Wyoming sheriff’s deputies seeking a murder suspect held a vacationing family at gunpoint for an...
Nevada Senator Wants Ideas to Address Wildfire Smoke August 20, 2021 By Scott Sonner Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto is urging firefighters, scientists, teachers and moms to help form new strategies to deal with increasingly...
California Commissioner Issues Non-Renewal Moratorium to Aid Policyholders Affected by Wildfires August 19, 2021 California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Thursday issued a mandatory one-year moratorium on insurance companies from non-renewing or cancelling residential...
Alaska School District Agrees to Settle Abuse Lawsuit for $3.8M August 19, 2021 An Alaska school district agreed to pay $3.8 million to two children abused by a former principal who said school...
Judge Tosses Most Claims in Oregon Armed Occupation Death Suit August 19, 2021 A federal judge has tossed most of the civil claims brought in a wrongful death lawsuit by the family of...
California Drought Hurting World’s Top Almond Producer August 19, 2021 By Terence Chea As temperatures recently reached triple digits, farmer Joe Del Bosque inspected the almonds in his parched orchard in California’s agriculture-rich...
California Wildfires Are Exhausting 10,000-Strong Army Fighting Them August 19, 2021 By Brian K. Sullivan and David R. Baker There are over 10,000 firefighters battling unprecedented blazes in California, but that isn’t enough, and the state is having a...
Judge Allows Discrimination Lawsuit to Proceed Against University of Idaho August 18, 2021 A federal judge says a discrimination lawsuit filed against the University of Idaho by a UI College of Law professor...