Dive Boat, Ghost Ship Fires in California a Lesson in Proving Negligence September 23, 2019 By Brian Melley One was a ship in name only, an artist commune set up in an Oakland warehouse. The other was a...
Bus in Utah With Chinese-Speaking Tourists Crashes in, Killing 4 September 23, 2019 By Lindsay Whitehurst A tour bus crashed on a highway running through the red-rock landscape of southern Utah on Friday, killing four people...
C3 Risk & Insurance Services Acquiring Mission West in California September 23, 2019 C3 Risk & Insurance Services has acquired Mission West Insurance, an Orange County, Calif.-based insurance brokerage. Terms of the deal...
How Forested Communities Are Trying to Adapt to Growing Wildfire Threat September 23, 2019 By DUSTIN PATAR and ANTON L. DELGADO Unless it’s Sunday, Kelly Loew is steering her rusty red Jeep down the same mail route in Shingletown, as she...
Former California Adjuster Hit With 180-day Sentence for Stealing $130K September 20, 2019 Former licensed public adjuster John Schoon, 54, of Huntington Beach, Calif., was sentenced to 180 days in county jail and...
Transgender Man Can Sue Catholic Hospital Over Hysterectomy September 20, 2019 A California transgender man can go ahead with a discrimination lawsuit against a Catholic hospital that canceled his hysterectomy, an...
California Now Looking for Ways to Preserve Environmental Clout September 20, 2019 By Adam Beam and Michael Biesecker The Trump administration’s decision to stop California from setting its own emission standards for cars and trucks would undermine the...
Starr Promotes Puffer and Geoghean in the Western U.S. September 20, 2019 Starr Insurance Cos. announced leadership promotions and a new structure for its Western sales region. Starr’s Western region sales operation...
Consumer Watchdog: California Commissioner’s Calendar Suggests He Made Contact in ‘Pay to Play’ September 19, 2019 Calendar entries and documents show that California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, not his fundraiser, made first contact with an agent...
California Retailer to Pay $1.2M to Settle Sex-Assault Claims September 19, 2019 A Northern California store as agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle claims that a supervisor sexually assaulted employees in...