Northern California Wildfire Growing, 2 Firefighters Injured July 22, 2020 Firefighters and aircraft are working to halt the spread of two forest fires in rural northeastern California as unstable weather...
California’s Medical Malpractice Cap Vote Moved to 2022 Ballot July 22, 2020 Californians will have to wait until the pandemic ends to vote on an initiative to change the state’s medical malpractice...
85 Crew Members on Alaskan Fishing Boat Infected with COVID July 22, 2020 A factory fishing vessel that docked in the Alaska fishing port of Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands has 85...
Nevada Gig Workers Should Get Stopped Benefits, Judge Rules July 22, 2020 By Ken Ritter A Nevada judge said the state unemployment office has to begin paying pandemic relief benefits to out-of-work gig and independent...
Magnitude 3.7 Earthquake Hits Southwest Utah July 22, 2020 A minor earthquake struck a remote corner of Utah early Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The USGS reported that...
California Court Upholds Monsanto Cancer Verdict, Slashes Damages to $21.5M July 22, 2020 A California appeals court has upheld a groundbreaking verdict that Monsanto’s widely used weed killer caused cancer in a school...
Crews Battle Central California Blaze as State Fire Danger Grows July 21, 2020 A wildfire in rural central California grew larger but firefighters also increased containment, authorities said. Low humidity and hot temperatures...
Los Angeles Mayor Concedes City Reopened Too Soon as Virus Surges July 21, 2020 Mayor Eric Garcetti has conceded that Los Angeles reopened too quickly and again warned that the city was “on the...
California Court Denies Bayer Appeal of Roundup Verdict But Reduces Damages July 21, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel and Tina Bellon Bayer AG failed to persuade a California appeals court to overturn a verdict favoring a school groundskeeper who claimed its...
Dulich Added to California Workers’ Comp Ethics Advisory Committee July 21, 2020 California Division of Workers’ Compensation Administrative Director George Parisotto has appointed Jill A. Dulich to serve as a member of...