All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 21 2015 // There are lots of reasons people live in California’s Modjeska Canyon.Nestled against the mountains and abutting the Cleveland National Forest, the area has abundant wildlife and access to nature, yet is just a 20...
Sep 21 2015 // A former Uber Technologies Inc. driver defeated the company’s bid to force her into arbitration, a second victory after California’s labor commissioner said she should have been considered an employee.A San...
Sep 21 2015 // Warming temperatures and a historic drought made Northern California’s Valley fire faster to spread and harder to fight. But the bigger culprit, sadly but thankfully, was something under human control: forest...
Sep 21 2015 // It has been several days since two huge wildfires in Northern California peaked in their ferocity, yet the damage they did is still being revealed daily.The tally of homes destroyed topped 1,000 on Saturday after...
Sep 21 2015 // Demotech’s review of second quarter 2015 data, as recently reported by insurers to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, shows that workers’ compensation insurers reported a 5.3 percent increase...
Sep 21 2015 // A California Labor Commission ruling in June that an Uber driver is an employee and not a contractor opens the door to more scrutiny over the rideshare giant’s business model, but that was just the proverbial tip of...
Sep 21 2015 // There may be nothing more synonymous with Los Angeles County than the tall, waving palm trees that line so many busy boulevards and beach fronts.Yet the towering icons of Southern California have a dark side. Palm trees...
Sep 18 2015 // A group of drought experts gathered in California this week, and it wasn’t long before the conversation turned to El Niño.They weren’t touting it as the savior that will end the state’s four-year...
Sep 18 2015 // Alliant Insurance Services has named Christopher David Harney a senior vice president in its real estate group. He will be based in Alliant’s Newport Beach, Calif. headquarters office. Harney will provide risk...
Sep 18 2015 // The Department of Industrial Relations has posted preliminary workplace fatality statistics for California in 2014 that show a decline.The Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries data reflect a total of 334 fatal work...
Sep 18 2015 // Constance Gail Fortune, 61, pleaded guilty this week to one felony count of grand theft by embezzlement and one felony count of theft from an elder or dependent adult in a case in which she was charged with scamming...
Sep 18 2015 // This wrap-up of recent intellectual property cases covers chocolate bar shapes, cookware designs, sneaker similarities, Korean TV copyright device, Quizno’s commercials, personal transporter technology, Oscar award...
Sep 17 2015 // The solution to reducing carbon emissions may be just around the corner.Car sharing can reduce gas consumption and could ultimately help in the battle to curb climate change, according to a Natural Resources Defense...
Sep 16 2015 // A pair of massive blazes in the Northern California are a bleak reminder of how bad things can get in a state with persistent drought and windy conditions.A more worrisome thought is California’s official wildfire...
Sep 16 2015 // A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a San Diego woman who died after eating Salmonella-tainted cucumbers.KNSD-TV reported that 99-yearold Mildred Hendricks died Aug. 17 after eating the cucumbers and...
Sep 15 2015 // A California wildfire damaged five power plants at Calpine Corp.’s Geysers geothermal complex in Lake and Sonoma Counties. The so-called Valley Fire burned local power distribution lines, cooling towers and...
Sep 15 2015 // The American Insurance Association has named Katherine Pettibone Western region vice president for state affairs.The AIA appointment is effective Oct. 1. Pettibone will be based in the association’s Sacramento,...
Sep 15 2015 // Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Ascension Insurance Holdings LLC has made a series of senior management changes, which took effect Sept. 1.Edward Nathan Page, who was chief financial officer and executive vice president, has...
Sep 14 2015 // Anaheim, Calif.-based BB&T Insurance Services of Orange County has named Scott Rhodes senior vice president and chief operating officer. The 26-year industry veteran will manage day-to-day operations and work with the...
Sep 14 2015 // Two fast-burning wildfires overtook several Northern California towns, killing at least one person and destroying hundreds of homes and businesses and sending thousands of residents fleeing highways lined with buildings,...