West News for August 2026
- Wildfire Risks in California and Oregon Worsened by Strong Winds
- Oregon Regulators Extend Wildfire Emergency Orders to Pause Insurance Cancellations
- LA Fire Zone Set to Get $3 Million Homes Funded by Muni Bonds
- Mercury Insurance Founder Joseph Dies at Age 104
- Hawaii Insurance Division Issues Memo to Insurers for Lala Claims
- Western Wildland Firefighters Warned About Supplement for Smoke Exposure
- People Moves: Ellis Joins Alliant Denver Employee Benefits Team
- Plane Crashed on Second Attempt to Land in Heavy Fog in Alaska, Killing 8, Officials Say
- Agents Alliance Opposes California FAIR Plan Commission Reductions
- California Lawmakers to Oppose Limits on Insurance Fire Claims
- Firefighters Make Gains on Nevada Wildfire That’s Destroyed 30 Homes
- Los Angeles Faces Days of 100F Heat as Southwest Fire Risk Grows
- People Moves: Alliant Adds Johnson as Northwest Employee Benefits Team VP
- California Cancels Talks With Paramount Over Warner Bros Merger, NYT Reports
- Storm-Battered Hawaii Faces Torrential Rain, Mudslide Threat
- California Adopts Weaker Home Protection Rules as Wildfires Grow
- Report Shows Growing Silicosis Epidemic Among Quartz Countertop Workers
- Fire-Zone Insurance Broker RockRose Risk Raises $12.5 Million
- A $100 Million Mall Reopening Is a Sign of LA’s Uneven Fire Recovery
- 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
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