All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 28 2014 // There’s a lot riding on a California law to grant driver’s licenses to immigrants in the country illegally, and supporters are already preparing prospective drivers in the most populous U.S. state to pass the...
Apr 25 2014 // A.M. Best has downgraded the financial strength rating of Calif.-based Springfield Insurance Co., a carrier focused on workers’ compensation.The financial strength downgrade was to B- (Fair) from B (Fair) and the...
Apr 25 2014 // The University of California has agreed to pay $10 million to a former surgical chairman who says he was the victim of retaliation after pointing out conflicts of interest at UCLA’s medical school.The Los Angeles...
Apr 25 2014 // Victims of a wildfire that burned 24 homes last year are suing the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, claiming the utility started the huge blaze and failed to properly maintain power lines and equipment.The Daily...
Apr 24 2014 // A California Assemblywoman has introduced a bill to regulate ridesharing companies like Uber, Lyft and Sidecar.Assembly Bill 2293, authored by Assemblywoman Susan Bonilla, D-Concord, would clarify existing insurance laws...
Apr 24 2014 // A California bill to close a loophole that enables building on active earthquake faults without considering the impacts passed a key committee hurdle on Thursday.Senate Bill 1155, authored by state Sen. Ted Lieu, D-Redondo...
Apr 24 2014 // The mother of a 17-year-old honors student who was among 10 people killed in a fiery Northern California bus crash sued FedEx on Tuesday, alleging that its trucks have a history of catching fire.The negligence suit that...
Apr 23 2014 // FedEx Corp. was sued over an April 10 collision on a California highway that killed 10 people when one of the shipping company’s trucks smashed into a bus taking high-school students on a college tour.Jennifer...
Apr 23 2014 // General Motors Co.’s request for court protection from 50 car-owner lawsuits seeking compensation for millions of recalled autos with defective ignition switches was attacked as legally...
Apr 23 2014 // The Central Basin Municipal Water District said Wednesday it is looking at “alternatives” in the face of being tossed out of the state’s largest insurance pool for water districts.Central Baisn also said...
Apr 23 2014 // A lawsuit against General Motors Co. in California over ignition-switch defects linked to 13 deaths was put on hold until a bankruptcy judge in New York rules on whether some compensation claims can be brought without...
Apr 22 2014 // Some people don’t need Earth Day to be reminded they live on a planet powered by the forces of nature.The recent string earthquakes on the Pacific belt may have hit home with California homeowners, who were already a...
Apr 22 2014 // The parents of a Santa Barbara woman who was fatally struck by a congresswoman’s aide filed a federal lawsuit against the driver, U.S. Rep. Lois Capps and the U.S. government.The wrongful death suit filed by Matt and...
Apr 22 2014 // Corona, Calif.-based Monster Beverage Corp. has agreed to settlement an ongoing securities class action lawsuit against the company and two of its officers in federal district court in Los Angeles.The settlement,...
Apr 22 2014 // Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has pleaded not guilty to federal charges stemming from a natural gas pipeline explosion in California that killed eight people and injured 58 others in 2010, according to court filings.The...
Apr 21 2014 // The battle over a California water district’s insurance coverage has been a bit chilly the last few days.The Central Basin Municipal Water District hasn’t done much to head off threats by the Association of...
Apr 21 2014 // Sullivan Brokers Wholesale Insurance Solutions named Jim Sce to the firm’s casualty practice group as vice president. Sce will work in the Los Angeles, Calif. office. Sce has expertise in construction classes, as...
Apr 21 2014 // Lockton has launched a gaming, entertainment and sports practice to be based in Irvine, Calif.The group is part of Lockton’s Pacific operations and it integrates multiple vertical markets. Lockton’s gaming,...
Apr 21 2014 // Wildfires across the western United States have been getting bigger and more frequent over the last 30 years, according to a new study.The number of wildfires over 1,000 acres in size in the region stretching from Nebraska...
Apr 21 2014 // There are 3,141 counties and county equivalents in the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. (USGS CoreFacts, U.S. Geological Survey) Counties build and maintain 45 percent of the public roads and 230,690 of the...