California Again Delays Wildfire Protection Rules for Homes December 10, 2025 By Todd Woody A California state agency won’t meet Gov. Gavin Newsom’s year-end deadline to finish long-delayed regulations to protect homes from wildfires,...
Excavator Bucket That Crushed Worker Leads to $170K Fine for Washington Contractor December 9, 2025 A contractor was fined $170,000 for workplace violations that resulted in a 3,000-pound excavator bucket falling on an employee in...
Magnitude-7.0 Earthquake Hit Remote Area Along Alaska-Canada Border December 8, 2025 A powerful, magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck in a remote area near the border between Alaska and the Canadian territory of Yukon...
San Diego Considers $30M Settlement in Shooting Death of Black Teen December 8, 2025 The San Diego city attorney’s office has agreed to pay $30 million to the family of a 16-year-old youth who...
Atmospheric River to Flood Pacific Northwest Through Week December 8, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan A massive Pacific storm called an atmospheric river will sweep off the ocean into the Pacific Northwest starting Monday, bringing...
Honolulu Settling Lawsuit Over Shooting of Micronesian Teen for $1M December 8, 2025 By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Honolulu’s city council authorized $1 million to settle a lawsuit by the family of a 16-year-old boy who was shot...
California Resources Reports Oil Fluid Spill in Monterey County December 5, 2025 A pipeline owned by California Resources Corporation subsidiary Aera Energy spilled 96 barrels of produced fluid — a mixture of...
People Moves: Affordable American Insurance Hires Haskett as Sales VP December 5, 2025 Affordable American Insurance Inc. naned Ross Haskett vice president of sales. Haskett has a decade of experience in insurance-industry lending...
Arizona Study Group Issues Report on Homeowners Insurance and Wildfire Risk December 5, 2025 A report from a regulator-created group found that a multifaceted approach to addressing wildfires and lack of insurance affordability in...
California AG Settles With National Sanitation Company Over No-Poach Agreements December 5, 2025 California Attorney General Rob Bonta settled with a national cleaning and sanitation company to resolve allegations that the company used...