California News

Worldwide Hunt Ends On St. Lucia

A fugitive San Jose, Calif. couple who disappeared nearly seven months ago after allegedly defrauding 700 insurance customers of $10.3...

S&P Removes State Fund from Credit Watch

Standard & Poor’s (S&P) removed State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF), California’s largest workers’ comp carrier, from “Credit Watch” status and...

W/C RATE HIKE PROPOSED

Following the July 31 submission of its annual pure premium rate filing to the California Insurance Commissioner, the nonprofit Workers’...

OK TO BE SORRY

California Governor Gray Davis signed a new bill into law on July 24 that says apologies or “benevolent gestures of...

Their Deep Pockets Had Holes

Following a nine-month investigation, Mostafa Behesti, 43, and Rahimi Morteza, 59, owners of Castello Inc., along with bookkeeper Emma Luz...

Guilty as Charged

On July 10, Victor Cortez, 38, of Escondido, was sentenced to six years in state prison after pleading guilty to...