All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 13 2014 // An advocacy group is facing sharp criticism for trying to raise money using the case of a 13-year-old California girl who was declared brain dead.Consumer Watchdog’s recent fundraising appeal to supporters generated...
Jan 13 2014 // The futuristic world of self-driving cars, eyeglasses that e-mail and trash cans that call for pickup is running into the old-fashioned pace of doing business in Washington.Companies from Google Inc. to Bayerische Motoren...
Jan 13 2014 // A jury awarded nearly $5.7 million to four servers who alleged they were fired from a Los Angeles restaurant because of their ages.Superior Court jurors near the end of 2013 awarded damages to the women, who range in age...
Jan 13 2014 // In 1988 California voters enacted Proposition 103, in one stroke changing the state’s law regulating insurance rates from one of the least restrictive to one of the most restrictive in the nation. In the 25 years...
Jan 13 2014 // Equity Risk Partners named four insurance industry executives to its team in California, while also establishing the firm’s physical presence in Southern California. Equity’s new executive hires are Doug...
Jan 13 2014 // California isn’t just a warm place to live, which is often the case even in winter, but it turns out the state is considered a “judicial hellhole.”The American Tort Reform Foundation issued its annual...
Jan 13 2014 // California isn’t just a warm place to live, which is often the case even in winter, but it turns out the state is considered a “judicial hellhole.”The American Tort Reform Foundation issued its annual...
Jan 10 2014 // Federal environmental regulators will start requiring oil and gas operations off the Southern California coast to report chemicals discharged into the ocean from fracking.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on...
Jan 9 2014 // EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property/casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant based in San Francisco, said it has acquired The McCart Group of Duluth, Georgia.The McCart Group...
Jan 9 2014 // Alliant Insurance Services has launched Alliant Americas. The new organization will expand Alliant’s middle market presence through strategic acquisitions and investments. Alliant Americas’ acquisition criteria...
Jan 8 2014 // Gorst & Compass Insurance is opening an office in Northern California and has hired Brad Chesnutt to expand the Gorst & Compass brand into the region. Chesnutt joins Gorst & Compass as senior...
Jan 8 2014 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Wells Fargo Insurance is rebranding its special risks group to Safehold Special Risk Inc. The new entity combines the division’s five practices: Wells Fargo Special Risks, Digital Risk,...
Jan 8 2014 // Sherwin-Williams Co., NL Industries Inc. and ConAgra Grocery Products LLC were ordered by a judge to pay $1.15 billion to replace or contain lead paint in millions of homes after losing a public-nuisance lawsuit brought by...
Jan 6 2014 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center named Sama Hershey Davis in it employee benefits consulting practice in California.Hershey Davis has 15 years of experience in healthcare, benefits consulting, human resources,...
Jan 2 2014 // Ascension Insurance Inc. named Keri Lopez to an executive leadership position for their Northern California benefits operations. Lopez will also continue to work with select mid to large clients, designing and managing...
Dec 30 2013 // The U.S. Department of Transportation ordered a Los Angeles-based bus company to cease operations after federal safety investigators said they discovered its vehicles were allowed on the road with serious safety defects...
Dec 27 2013 // For years newshounds have endeavored to figure out a way to predict what stories will prove most popular with readers.While a few web news aggregators have had some measure of success and have steadily drawn in readers...
Dec 27 2013 // A jury has awarded nearly $5.7 million to four servers who alleged they were fired from a Los Angeles restaurant because of their ages.City News Service reported Superior Court jurors last week awarded damages to the...
Dec 24 2013 // Last summer, White House officials planning a nationwide push to urge young adults to enroll in new health insurance plans had a big problem: Polls showed that many young, healthy people who could be key to the success of...
Dec 23 2013 // A woman who sued San Diego County over the release of an autopsy photo of her 2-year-old son has settled the privacy case for $125,000.A lawyer for Brenda Marsh tells U-T San Diego that she settled the case before state...