West News for August 2026
- Meta Stares Down Trillion-Dollar Threat as Landmark Social Media Trial Begins
- Lala Leaves One Dead in Hawaii With Heavy Rain, Wind to Come
- Business Moves: FM Acquires Wildfire Intelligence Firm FortressFire
- AI-Powered Distribution Platform Launched by bolt in California
- AM Best Upgrades Ratings of California Casualty Group Members
- Hawaii Faces Rare Hurricane Strike as Storms Batter Indiana
- People Moves: IMA Appoints Schwartz New Leader for Washington Market
- California Advances Bill to Expand Antitrust Enforcement Law
- Hawaii Faces More Tropical Threats From El Niño-Charged Pacific
- Green Shield Expands Non-Admitted High-Value HO Program to California and Colorado
- Inszone Insurance Acquires Two Fong’s in California
- Edison Judge Balks at Holding Utility Liable for LA Wildfire
- Montana Auditor Suspends Producer License of Bail Bondsman Accused of Exploitation
- Oregon Scam Targeting Spanish-Speaking Injured Workers May Include Fake Judges
- Drivers of Mercedes AMG Cars File Class Action Over Burn Hazard From Logo on Seat
- Body Found in California Home Burned by Wildfire Believed Started by Chain Saw
- Meta Ordered to Pay $567 Million In New Mexico for Teen Mental Health Fund
- Washington Arson Suspect Timed Fire for High Wind Day
- California Sees Second Straight Year of Vehicle Theft Declines
- Republican Senators Propose Repealing California Emissions Rules
- California Hotel Paying $2.75M for Pandemic Return-to-Work Law Violations
- Pac-12, Mountain West Conferences Finalize ‘Poaching’ and Exit Fees Settlement
- Cal/OSHA Cites LA County Roofers $282,420 Following Fatal Fall
- Amazon’s Zoox to Levy Fares, in US First for Controls-Free Taxis in Vegas
- Wildfires Mean Portland Edges Out Kinshasa for World’s Worst Air
- Edison Equipment Blamed for Deadly Eaton Fire in Los Angeles
- Orion180 Launches Customizable Private Flood Insurance in California
- Washington Man Charged With Starting Devastating Spokane Fire
- California High Court Rules for Gilead, Says Drugmakers Don’t Have ‘Duty to Innovate’
- Farmers Files to Expand Coverage, Raise Rates for California Small Businesses
- Wildfires Destroy Hundreds of Structures in Washington State
- US Proposes Deep Colorado River Water Cuts For Arizona, California, Nevada
- Silicon Valley Enclave Most Expensive US ZIP as AI Wealth Surges