December 29, 2023
Insurers pulling back from an increasingly risky California market grabbed the attention of Insurance Journal readers this year. This was the subject of the top four most popular stories in Insurance Journal’s West region in 2023. Eight articles on this …
December 28, 2023
Sharlene Rabang and her calico cat fled the wildfire that destroyed her town on Maui and arrived at a family home on another Hawaii island after a 24-hour odyssey that included sleeping in a car. Dazed, coughing and weak, the …
December 26, 2023
A new Regional Resilience Grant Program aims to protect California communities from climate impacts like wildfire, drought, sea level rise and extreme heat. State leaders have unveiled a $21.7 million funding initiative in the inaugural round of California’s Regional Resilience …
December 22, 2023
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued an official notice to insurers regarding consumers who have been reporting issues obtaining auto insurance coverage. The California Department of Insurance continues to receive numerous complaints from consumers who have been having issues obtaining …
December 20, 2023
Firefighters in the Denver metro area responded to the second large fire at an Aurora construction site in three days. Officials have not yet determined the cause for either fire and have not suggested that they were related, but both …
December 19, 2023
A Los Angeles-area church was destroyed in a massive fire early Sunday, just hours before a celebration that was set to include a Christmas play and a toy giveaway. Firefighters arrived at Victory Outreach church in Pomona at about 2:45 …
December 13, 2023
The heart of Lahaina, the historic town on the Hawaiian island of Maui that burned in a deadly wildfire that killed at least 100 people, reopened this week to residents and business owners holding day passes. The renewed access marks …
November 30, 2023
By most measures, California usually tops the list of the states most at risk of fires, but a new report shows the state’s residents and their desires to stay warm in chillier months may be making the state even riskier. …
November 27, 2023
Authorities identified those missing or killed in an Alaska landslide this week as five family members and their neighbor, a commercial fisherman who made a longshot bid for the state`s lone seat in the U. S. House last year. Timothy …
November 21, 2023
A tornado that hit the town of Star Valley in Ariona prompted the National Weather Service`s Flagstaff branch to survey damage to the area, the organization said. Officials from the town located about 95 miles northeast of Phoenix said at …