All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 6 2013 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler named longtime staffer Jim Odiorne to chief deputy in the Office of the Insurance Commissioner.Odiorne has a long tenure at the office, having served as the deputy...
May 6 2013 // Seven of California’s 10 ZIP codes most burdened by pollution are in the San Joaquin Valley and three are in Los Angeles, according to a new tool developed by state environmental officials to target communities for...
May 3 2013 // California has filed a lawsuit against Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s and other food retailers, manufacturers and distributors, alleging the companies are selling lead-tainted ginger and plum candies without warning...
May 3 2013 // A Southern California wildfire grew to more than 15 square miles and firefighting crews prepared Friday for another bad day of gusting winds and searing weather.The fire erupted Thursday in the Camarillo area, damaging 15...
May 2 2013 // The California Court of Appeal upheld a Los Angeles Superior Court ruling on Thursday by dismissing Mercury Insurance Co.’s lawsuit challenging Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones’ authority to decrease the...
May 2 2013 // Safeway Inc. and a California coffee drinker have agreed to settle a lawsuit claiming Safeway committed fraud by selling coffee labeled as a Kona blend even though it didn’t include much Kona coffee. Court documents...
May 1 2013 // A camp ranger whose truck was taken by Christopher Dorner filed a lawsuit Monday for the $1 million reward offered for information leading to the capture of the rogue ex-cop believed to have committed suicide after killing...
May 1 2013 // A northern California woman has been arrested on suspicion of spiking orange juice bottles with a deadly dose of rubbing alcohol and stocking the bottles at a Starbucks coffee shop, law enforcement officials told Reuters...
Apr 30 2013 // The new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge has more than 1,200 bolts made from galvanized steel that is virtually identical to a high-strength alloy that a nationwide group of transportation officials...
Apr 29 2013 // Ascension Benefits & Insurance named Steven Ratto senior consultant in the company’s Walnut Creek, Calif. office. Ratto will be responsible for assisting clients to improve their benefits performance through...
Apr 29 2013 // Officials say rock slides are to blame for the deaths of two California Department of Transportation workers who were removing loose rocks above a highway in far Northern California.Caltrans spokeswoman Denise Yergenson...
Apr 29 2013 // A barnacle-covered fishing boat that washed ashore this month in Crescent City, California, has been confirmed as the first debris from the 2011 tsunami in Japan to reach California’s shores.The National Oceanic...
Apr 26 2013 // The steady rise in employment in the health care industry over the last six years, as jobs in most other fields disappeared, has created an opportunity for expansion for Accident Fund Holdings, Inc. in the health care area...
Apr 26 2013 // Long seismic safety bolts on the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge that haven’t failed may have to be replaced nonetheless, a regional transportation official said Wednesday.Local officials...
Apr 24 2013 // Major League Baseball great Tony La Russa will speak at the the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation’s 20th annual benefit dinner on May 30 in San Francisco.La Russa will join hundreds of insurance professionals...
Apr 24 2013 // Seven of California’s 10 ZIP codes most burdened by pollution are in the San Joaquin Valley and three are in Los Angeles, according to a new tool developed by state environmental officials to target communities for...
Apr 23 2013 // BB&T Insurance Services named Dan Husges as an account manager for its employee benefits group in Pleasanton, Calif. Raleigh, N.C.-based BB&T Insurance Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of BB&T Corporation,...
Apr 22 2013 // Risk managers will play a greater role in strategic planning in the near future, according to a report issued on Monday.That was among the plethora of risk related information delivered at the annual Risk and Insurance...
Apr 22 2013 // ICW Group Insurance Cos. has entered into an exclusive partnership with Sistemas Medicos Nacionales, S.A. de C.V. (SIMNSA), to offer work comp medical treatment to Southern California employees. SIMNSA has an established...
Apr 22 2013 // A jury has awarded $7.7 million to the parents of a woman diagnosed with schizophrenia who died during a scuffle with her caregivers.The sum announced Friday after five days of deliberation was significantly larger than...