Opinion: California’s Wildfires Burn Our Climate Illusions March 4, 2019 By Liam Denning Joan Didion’s “Holy Water,” written in 1977, is a paean to the elaborate engineering that supplied her taps in Malibu...
InterWest Acquires Placer Insurance Agency in California March 4, 2019 InterWest Insurance Services has acquired Placer Insurance Agency in Roseville, Calif. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Placer specializes...
Nevada OKs Workers’ Comp Loss-Cost and Assigned-Risk Rate Decreases March 1, 2019 Nevada Insurance Commissioner Barbara D. Richardson approved a filing from the National Council on Compensation Insurance for an average decrease...
Northern California River Flooded 2,000 Buildings March 1, 2019 By Haven Daley and Olga R. Rodriguez A Northern California river flooded 2,000 homes, businesses and other buildings and left two communities virtual islands after days of...
700K State Farm Customers in Arizona Getting 3% Auto Insurance Rate Cut March 1, 2019 State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. is dropping its overall personal auto insurance rate by 3 percent in Arizona. The...
California Charter School Settles Sex Discrimination Lawsuit March 1, 2019 Guidance Charter School, of Palmdale, Calif. will pay $8,000 and provide other injunctive relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit...
California Insurance Agents Arrested for Stealing from Clients March 1, 2019 Investigations by the California Department of Insurance led to the arrests of insurance agents who allegedly stole tens of thousands...
Washington Woman Charged in Tiffany Bracelet Claim March 1, 2019 Teri Simpson, 43, of Napavine, Wash., was charged in Lewis County Superior Court with second-degree theft in connection with an...
Oregon Lawsuit Alleges Emotional Support Dog Mauled Girl at Airport February 28, 2019 The mother of a 5-year-old girl mauled by a pit bull at Portland International Airport has filed a $1.1 million...
Wrongly Convicted California Man Gets $21M Settlement February 28, 2019 The city of Simi Valley, Calif., has reached a $21 million settlement with a man wrongly imprisoned for nearly 40...