July 19, 2024
Intense heat that has been baking parts of the interior Western U.S. is expected to expand into the Pacific Northwest in the coming days, raising the risk of heat-related illnesses and new wildfires, according to an AccuWeather media advisory. Forecasts …
July 18, 2024
California will have to build public charging stations at an unprecedented — and some experts say unrealistic — pace to meet the needs of the 7 million electric cars expected on its roads in less than seven years. The sheer …
July 11, 2024
A blistering California heat wave over the past weeks and through the Fourth of July holiday could be topped off by the hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth. That kind of extreme heat has led to more deaths than wildfires …
July 5, 2024
The cumulative cost of the seven heat events in California in the past decade amounted to $7.7 billion in losses, a new report shows. The analysis from California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s office is the result of legislation he sponsored …
June 26, 2024
Residents of a California area near the town of Paradise, the site of the state’s most destructive wildfire in history, were ordered to evacuate and roads were closed this week as a wildfire spread. The Apache Fire in Palermo, which …
June 3, 2024
Severe heat will raise the risk of brush and grassfires from central and northern California, also bringing a moderate to and high risk of wildfires in parts of Arizona and New Mexico, a forecast out on Monday shows. The first …
May 30, 2024
The heat dome that led to record-high temperatures in Mexico is forecast to expand northward and bring higher temperatures to parts of the Western U.S., according to AccuWeather. Meteorologists say 82% of Mexico was experiencing conditions ranging from abnormally dry …
May 17, 2024
An investigation began after an employee was found dead in a company owned semi-truck led to the arraignment of a California man on three felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud. Heigo Kubar, 84, of Fresno, was arraigned this week on …
May 3, 2024
A California business owner convicted of felony workers’ compensation insurance fraud was ordered to pay $687,560 in restitution to the victims. An investigation by the California Department of Insurance determined that Jorge Maldonado, owner of Pro-Care Building Maintenance, under-reported the …
May 1, 2024
Last year’s snow deluge in California, which quickly erased a two decade long megadrought, was essentially a once-in-a-lifetime rescue from above, a new study found. Don’t get used to it because with climate change the 2023 California snow bonanza —a …