All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 2 2014 // When Thomas Jeffery visits states like California, he likes to take some time out to drive around and take a hard look at the conditions and the landscape.As a scientist, Jeffery feels this helps put first-person...
Jun 2 2014 // Gov. Jerry Brown says the state is gearing up for California’s worst fire season ever. Brown told ABC’s “This Week” during an interview in May that the nearly dozen fires in San Diego County that...
Jun 2 2014 // A four-year investigation into an organized fraud ring has uncovered a million-dollar scheme targeting high-end vehicles through auto loan and insurance fraud has led to several arrests, the California Department of...
Jun 2 2014 // Leavitt Group of Boise has hired Deana Wood and Marisa Wood for its office in Idaho.The two are unrelated. Deana is a commercial account manager, and will service and maintain existing accounts and handle policy inquires....
Jun 2 2014 // California has new rules that govern the testing of self-driving cars on public roads. The rules, approved on May 19 by state attorneys, require a human to be in the driver’s seat when a computer takes control during...
Jun 2 2014 // Betsy Montgomery, drove the same car on her 55th birthday that she drove as a 15-year-old living in south Jackson, Mississippi – a 1966 red Mustang that her dad bought from the original owner in 1973.How she got the...
May 30 2014 // California Earthquake Authority insurance policy sales jumped following the March 29 magnitude 5.1 La Habra earthquake by nearly as much as the spike in policy sales following the March 11, 2011, magnitude-9.0 Tohoku...
May 30 2014 // The fiery fight is apparently over between the makers of a popular and tasty hot sauce and a small Southern California city that said its factory’s smells were unbearable, after the Irwindale City Council voted to...
May 30 2014 // San Diego, Calif.-based CMR Risk & Insurance Services Inc. named Grisell Sparkman an account manager for the construction division as well as manager for the small business unit. Grisell has more than 10 years of...
May 29 2014 // Allstate Insurance Co. plans to add additional agency owners in California in 2014, the company announced on Thursday.The Northbrook, Ill-based company is expanding its recruiting campaign for the sixth consecutive year....
May 29 2014 // Weather looks to be friendlier for firefighters today as they hope to fully contain a Central California wildfire that led to the destruction of two homes.Some 50 residents were allowed to return to their homes Wednesday...
May 28 2014 // Firefighters worked to fight a Central California foothills fire late Tuesday, attacking a blaze that had grown to 1,300 acres in two days.Officials urged some residents east of Lake McClure in Mariposa County to leave...
May 27 2014 // The State Compensation Insurance Fund Board of Directors on Tuesday named Vernon Steiner as the new president and CEO of California’s largest workers’ compensation provider.The appointment is on a four-year...
May 23 2014 // A four-year investigation into an organized fraud ring has uncovered a million-dollar scheme targeting high-end vehicles through auto loan and insurance fraud has led to several arrests, according to the California...
May 23 2014 // When the nine-person start-up he co-founded was bought by Facebook for a reported $15 million in January, Cemre Gungor, 27, was inundated with phone calls and emails from wealth advisers. Yet he spurned them all, opting...
May 22 2014 // California has new rules that govern the testing of self-driving cars on public roads.The rules, approved Monday by state attorneys, require a human to be in the driver’s seat when a computer takes control during...
May 21 2014 // Beecher Carlson Insurance Services LLC named Danielle Ramberg as business development specialist in the Woodland Hills, Calf. office. Ramberg will be responsible for the development and execution of strategies for large...
May 21 2014 // Retired players including ex-Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon accused the National Football League of using painkillers to mask injuries in a “culture of drug misuse,” expanding litigation over the damage...
May 20 2014 // A construction worker died from a fall Sunday after a railroad bridge he was cutting collapsed and pulled him down to a freeway, authorities said.Okesene Faasalele, 59, of Long Beach was attached to the bridge over state...
May 19 2014 // Gov. Jerry Brown says the state is gearing up for California’s worst fire season ever. Brown told ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday that the nearly dozen fires in San Diego County that destroyed 11 homes...