All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 26 2024 // A California infant has died and at least 10 other people have been sickened in an outbreak of listeria food poisoning tied to ready-to-eat meat and poultry products that include chicken feet, duck neck, beef shank and...
Nov 26 2024 // Alex Swedlow said he plans to retire from his post as president of the Oakland-based California Workers’ Compensation Institute.He is stepping down from the helm of CWCI effective August 2025. Swedlow’s...
Nov 25 2024 // California Gov. Gavin Newsom is promising to step in with a state electric-car tax credit if US President-elect Donald Trump repeals a federal subsidy after he takes office next year.Newsom, a prominent Democrat and...
Nov 21 2024 // A California assisted living facility for seniors was fined more than $137,000 after an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division reportedly found the facility failed to properly account...
Nov 20 2024 // A Northern California city has agreed to pay nearly $1 million to settle a lawsuit alleging police used excessive force after a K-9 dog bit into a woman’s scalp during her arrest, requiring her to get more than 200...
Nov 20 2024 // The Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina was fined $9.4 million by the California Labor Commissioner’s Office for violating the state’s worker recall law.The penalty is for the hotel’s reported failure to...
Nov 19 2024 // The California Department of Insurance has submitted its final wildfire catastrophe modeling regulation to the Office of Administrative Law for approval.Th regulation is intended to strengthen the state’s insurance...
Nov 18 2024 // Meteorologists are forecasting a stormy pattern that could impact millions of people across U.S. this week with the threat of flooding, travel disruptions and the potential for the first accumulating snowfall of the season...
Nov 18 2024 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued a mandatory one-year moratorium on insurance companies to preserve residential insurance coverage for more than 200,000 policyholders affected by the Mountain Fire,...
Nov 18 2024 // A pair of small earthquakes were reported in Southern California’s Inland Empire on Saturday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.The first magnitude 3.5 earthquake occurred at 2:17 p.m. northwest of Fontana. It...
Nov 18 2024 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with a firm over claims of violations of hazardous waste regulations at the company’s facility in Irvine, California. Edwards Lifesciences LLC will pay...
Nov 18 2024 // The reclassification of independent contractors has become a major national issue, and California’s AB5 law has positioned itself at the center of this conversation. This legislation has brought significant...
Nov 14 2024 // The California Labor Commissioner’s Office reached a $942,604 settlement in a case involving a wholesale bakery in Vista that closed its doors without paying 187 workers.Baked in the Sun shut down without paying its...
Nov 14 2024 // Four Los Angeles area residents were arrested after a California Department of Insurance investigation reportedly found the suspects allegedly committed insurance fraud by claiming a bear had caused damage to their...
Nov 13 2024 // Plains All American Pipeline has agreed to pay $72.5 million to settle a lawsuit over the 2015 Refugio Beach oil spill in Santa Barbara, a filing showed on Tuesday.The spill occurred after a pipeline, which ran across...
Nov 13 2024 // Inszone Insurance Services acquired Springbrook Insurance Agency in San Diego, California. Charlene and John Drapp will be staying on after the transition to Inszone Insurance. Springbrook Insurance Agency offers insurance...
Nov 12 2024 // Firefighters battled strong winds driving a fast-moving Southern California wildfire that forced the evacuations of thousands of people and destroyed at least 168 structures.Containment of the Mountain Fire in Ventura...
Nov 12 2024 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued a mandatory one-year moratorium on insurance companies to preserve residential insurance coverage for more than 11,000 policyholders affected by the Shelly Fire located...
Nov 12 2024 // Inszone Insurance Services acquired Nugent Insurance Brokers LLC in Chico, California. Valerie and Tom Nugent Jr., and Tom Jr.’s daughter, Marissa, will remain with Inszone. Nugent Insurance will also expand into...
Nov 8 2024 // A Southern California wildfire that was driven by high winds has destroyed at least 132 structures and forced more than 10,000 people to evacuate.The fire in Ventura County has burned 20,596 acres and is 7% contained. The...