September 3, 2024
California, Oregon, Colorado, Washington and Arizona are the states most at risk for wildfires, earning an “F” rating, according to a new analysis by Guidewire detailing wildfire risk in the U.S. at local, state, and national levels. Guidewire’s HazardHub data …
August 8, 2024
Recent unannounced inspections of nursing homes across New Mexico found at least one violation in 88% of them, authorities said. State health officials said just 11 of the 91 assisted living facilities received a perfect score, while 55 got a …
May 21, 2024
As Maui continues to recover from the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, Hawaii officials are looking at preventing another similar disaster ahead of what is expected to be a dry, fire-prone season, Gov. Josh Green said in …
May 6, 2024
Delos Insurance Solutions plans to offer wildfire insurance to more California policyholders with vacant properties. Delos is expanding coverage availability through a partnership with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London. San Francisco, California-based Delos is a managing general agent that …
February 19, 2024
AccuWeather meteorologists on Sunday forecasted the “relentless wet pattern” will continue for residents along the West Coast at least the middle of the week, as stormy conditions will moved onshore withrounds of locally heavy rainfall and a renewed risk for …
September 11, 2023
Cooler temperatures and increasing moisture levels allowed state and federal public land managers last week to lift fire restrictions that have been in place across much of western Nevada since late July. An unusually mild wildfire season, combined with the …
September 1, 2023
California officials are expected to vote on a proposal to increase storage capacity at the site of the nation’s largest known methane leak that sickened thousands of families and forced them from their Los Angeles homes in 2015. The proposal …
June 2, 2023
The California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research announced $8 million in project awards through Round I of the Adaptation Planning Grant. The grant, funded through Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2021-2022 climate budget and established through state law, are to support …
May 12, 2023
Climate change does not pose such “significantly unique or material” financial stability risks that the Federal Reserve should treat it separately in its supervision of the financial system, Fed Governor Christopher Waller said on Thursday in a detailed rebuttal of …
April 20, 2023
Shortly before Google introduced Bard, its AI chatbot, to the public in March, it asked employees to test the tool. One worker’s conclusion: Bard was “a pathological liar,” according to screenshots of the internal discussion. Another called it “cringe-worthy.” One …