All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 19 2018 // Waymo, the self-driving arm of Alphabet Inc., is out ahead of rivals based on a key measure of autonomous driving performance, according to a report released on in late January by the California Department of Motor...
Feb 19 2018 // A U.S. judge in San Francisco earlier this month said a former Grubhub Inc. delivery driver was an independent contractor and not the company’s employee in the first case of its kind against a “gig...
Feb 15 2018 // The family of Bill Paxton has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a Los Angeles hospital and the surgeon who performed the actor’s heart surgery shortly before he died.The suit filed against Cedars-Sinai Medical...
Feb 15 2018 // Integro Insurance Brokers has named Jacquelyn Neal as a principal in the marine practice. Neal is based in the San Francisco, Calif. office. She will manage a book of existing marine clients and develop new cargo and...
Feb 14 2018 // California would beef up dam inspections under legislation sent to Gov. Jerry Brown, a year after a near disaster prompted the evacuation of nearly 200,000 residents living downstream from the tallest U.S. dam.The Assembly...
Feb 14 2018 // Utah lawmakers want the state to set aside $2 million to sue California over rules that make coal-fired power more expensive.The proposal from Republican Rep. Mike Noel passed through a subcommittee this week with only one...
Feb 14 2018 // A Silicon Valley entrepreneur and unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate is running to retake his old seat as California’s top insurance watchdog.But this time Steve Poizner is running for insurance commissioner as an...
Feb 14 2018 // A fire on a Southwest Airlines plane forced passengers to evacuate before takeoff at a Southern California airport. Officials from John Wayne Airport say the crew of the Boeing 737 decided that the 139 passengers should...
Feb 13 2018 // Clearcover, a data-driven auto insurtech startup, announced the California launch of its platform today and that it is officially selling car insurance policies to residents in the state.The Chicago, Ill-based firm is...
Feb 13 2018 // One year after the worst structural failures at a major U.S. dam in a generation, federal regulators who oversee California’s half-century-old, towering Oroville Dam say they are looking hard at how they overlooked...
Feb 9 2018 // A U.S. judge in San Francisco on Thursday said a former Grubhub Inc. delivery driver was an independent contractor and not the company’s employee, in the first case of its kind against a “gig economy”...
Feb 8 2018 // A Washington-based conservative group is suing for information on the U.S. government’s “backstage work” on the Paris agreement it says will help pave the way for President Trump’s withdrawal from...
Feb 8 2018 // Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced on Thursday that the California Department of Insurance recovered more than $81.3 million for consumers during 2017 through consumer complaint investigations and market conduct...
Feb 8 2018 // The California Earthquake Authority, the state’s privately funded and publicly managed earthquake “instrumentality,” is growing like mad. A spate of recent natural disasters—in combination with savvy...
Feb 8 2018 // A former Alaska Airlines pilot will plead guilty in California to a charge of flying a passenger plane while drunk.Federal prosecutors say David Hans Arntson of Newport Beach agreed this week to enter the plea at a later...
Feb 8 2018 // HUB International of California has named Lynn Greene vice president of the employee benefits practice. Greene’s primary role will be the design, placement, and maintenance of healthcare programs and human-resource...
Feb 7 2018 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic.CoreLogic® analyzes and evaluates the number and severity of natural hazard events that occur across the U.S. in its Natural Hazard Risk Summary and Analysis in order...
Feb 7 2018 // California officials are downplaying the risks of climate change to bond investors while citing those same risks as the basis for a lawsuit against oil companies, according to a conservative think tank that has asked...
Feb 6 2018 // Mercury General Corp. has reported fourth-quarter net income of $19.8 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.The Los Angeles-based company said it had net income of 36 cents per share. Earnings,...
Feb 6 2018 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Fresno, Calif.-based Der Manouel Insurance & Financial Services Inc.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. DMIG’s leadership team and staff will join Hub...