West News for October 2026
- King Tides Inundate Streets and Flood Homes and Businesses on Both US Coasts
- Colorado’s Glaciers Thinned Dramatically Due to Record Low Snow And Heat This Year
- Lyft to Pay $1.8 Million to Settle California Privacy Allegations
- Nippon Dynawave Faces $77,800 in Fines After Worker Falls into Hot Pulp Sinkhole
- Screwworm Reaches Arizona for First Time as Outbreak Spreads
- California Braces for Floods as Atmospheric River Threatens
- Anthropic Tells California Governor Courts Should Be Able to Block Risky AI Models
- Root Insurance Expands Personal Auto into Wyoming
- LA Wildfire Smoke Exposed 7 Million to Dangerous Toxic Metals
- Border Crossing Opens With Tighter Checks for Screwworm
- Edison Must Face Jury Over Equipment’s Role in Massive California Fire
- Washington Roofer Fined After Worker Dies in Fall Through Skylight
- People Moves: Aspire Promotes Product Management Team Leaders Adams and Hughes
- Nearly $1 Million in Trading Cards Stolen From Fedex Truck in California
- California Launches Nature, Biodiversity and Insurance Commission
- IIHS: Utah’s Strict Alcohol Limit Linked to Lasting Drop in Crashes
- New Mexico’s Outside Lawyers Could Collect up to $1.27B in Meta Case
- PG&E Weighs Gas Business Separation Over California Fire Rules
- Phoenix Hit by Hail and Strong Winds, Damaging Vehicles Across Valley
- Viewpoint: What a FAIR Plan Quote Does to a California Home Sale
- Washington Updates Insurance Claims Handling Rules, Sets New Deadlines
- Meta to Pay Historic $25 Billion in New Mexico Deception Case
- People Moves: Kaufmann Joins SAGE as SVP
- Cal/OSHA Assesses $212K in Penalties After Fatal California Tunnel Collapse
- 23andMe Settles for $6 Million Over California Data Breach
- California Mailing Company Owner Pays Nearly $2 Million Over Unpaid Wages, Closure
- Report: Arizona Vehicle Thefts Fall 21%, But Fraud Schemes May Mask Losses
- Washington Commissioner Fines Insurers, Producers $495,200
- California Adds Voluntary Review Before Insurers File Rate Applications
- ‘Weather Whiplash’ Bringing Back Rain and Snow to California
- California Hybrid Market Share Hits Record as EV Registrations Decline
- Compass Files Suit Over California Home Listing Service Rules
- Burned by Fire, Malibu’s Million-Dollar Mansions Face a New Threat: El Niño
- Lemonade Launches Renters Insurance in Hawaii
- California Fire Danger Has Utilities Set for Broad Shutoffs
- SageSure One Expanding California Homeowners Coverage
- Napa Wildfire Study Eyes Funding Prevention, Improving Insurance Availability
- Edison Drops on Willful Misconduct Allegations in Eaton Fire Case
- Las Vegas Business Owner Pleads Guilty in Staged Armed Robbery Fraud Scheme
- Homebuyers in Wildfire-Prone Areas Get Better Mortgage Deals Online
- PG&E Warns of Possible Weekend Power Shutoffs Amid Windy California Weather
- California Workers’ Comp Combined Ratio Highest in More Than 20 Years
- Will California’s New Smoke Claims Law Create a Recovery Bottleneck?
- Don’t Sweat the Heatwave, El Niño Is Cooking up Some Raucous Weather for California
- Corgi Insurance Launches Fine Arts, Sports and Entertainment Coverage
- ICW Group Expands Commercial Lines Portfolio in California
- People Moves: Alchemy Names Peck President, Personal Lines, West; Ring Joins Leavitt United Insurance Services as SVP
- San Diego Sues AppLovin Over Explicit Ads Shown to Kids’ Devices
- PG&E Files 10-Year Plan to Underground 5,000 Miles of Power Lines in California
- Justice Department Finds Racial Discrimination in UCLA Law Admissions
- Mutual of Enumclaw in Pacific Northwest Unveils New Brand
- California AG Bonta Issues Subpoena to OpenAI over AI Cybersecurity Risks
- Ohio Mutual Completes Merger of Idaho-Based Gem State
- Southern California Utilities Prep Shutoffs as Fire Risk Surges
- Lyft to Pay $272.5 Million to Settle California Driver Misclassification Claims
- Study: Residents Near Maui Wildfires Show Elevated Metals Linked to Lung Health Impacts
- Sea Level Rise Is Reshaping A California Beach Town, Threatening A Key Rail Line
- Outmarket in California AI Raises $34.5M Series B
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