All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 27 2025 // Wealthspire Advisors LLC, an NFP company, has entered into an agreement to acquire Marin Financial Advisors in Larkspur, California. Marin Financial Advisors has provided individuals and families with financial services...
Aug 26 2025 // California, New Mexico and Washington are at risk of losing a cumulative $46 million a year in federal trucking safety funds after the Trump administration accused the states of flouting English-language rules for...
Aug 26 2025 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) has made some serious moves to tackle the state’s insurance crisis head on, last year launching its Sustainable Insurance Strategy (SIS). With the SIS came a set of...
Aug 26 2025 // Containment has increased on a rural California wine country wildfire that was burning out of control and threatening thousands of properties.The Pickett Fire exploded in the Napa Valley last week, prompting evacuations...
Aug 26 2025 // California’s long-delayed high-speed rail project could be operating in the Central Valley by 2032, but it is far short of securing the funding it needs to connect up north toward the San Francisco Bay Area and south...
Aug 26 2025 // The California Labor Commissioner’s Office issued citations totaling more than $2.3 million to multiple developers and operators of construction projects at sites in Los Angeles.The citations stem from an...
Aug 25 2025 // Braxton Kimura dreads eating at restaurants. The California teenager is severely allergic to peanuts, shellfish and most tree nuts. Consuming even a tiny amount could send him to the emergency room.“Eating out is...
Aug 22 2025 // Firefighters will battle intense heat and dry weather Friday as they work to control a fast-moving blaze in the heart of California’s wine country.The Pickett Fire exploded in the hills above the tourist town of...
Aug 21 2025 // Green Shield Risk Solutions, a managing general agent, has announced the launch of its flagship homeowners program, Guardian Elite Home. The program was created exclusively for wildfire-prone regions of Colorado and...
Aug 20 2025 // A days-long heat wave rolling across parts of the US West is expected to ramp up wildfire risk, prompting California to pre-deploy crews as record-dry vegetation potentially acts as kindling for blazes.Temperatures in...
Aug 20 2025 // California’s clean-air regulator is pressing ahead with work on new rules for auto emissions in the state and possible new tax credits for electric cars to counter the Trump administration’s effort to corral...
Aug 18 2025 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) has made some serious moves to tackle the state’s insurance crisis head on, last year launching its Sustainable Insurance Strategy (SIS). With the SIS came a set of...
Aug 15 2025 // The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday it has sued California in a bid to end the state’s enforcement of emissions standards for trucks. The DOJ said it filed two complaints this week in federal courts against...
Aug 14 2025 // Containment continues to increase on the biggest fire in California this year, which has been at “megafire” status for nearly a week.The Gifford Fire, which is burning in two California counties, is now 41%...
Aug 14 2025 // An employer has pleaded guilty to criminal charges after investigation into deadly nitrogen leak held the company responsible.California Ranch Foods, a subsidiary of Golden West Food Group, pleaded guilty to two...
Aug 13 2025 // A California healthcare company and a Washington healthcare company just pay $145 million in separate matters to resolve Federal Trade Commission charges over misleading consumers.Assurance IQ, LLC and MediaAlpha, Inc....
Aug 12 2025 // Firefighters continue to slowly make gains a massive wildfire burning in two California counties, now the biggest fire in the state this year, reaching “megafire” status.The Gifford Fire is threatening more...
Aug 12 2025 // With President Donald Trump set to ax a key electric vehicle tax credit next month, California Governor Gavin Newsom has yet to advance his highly touted proposal to restart the state’s own EV subsidies, according to...
Aug 11 2025 // Word on the street is that California employers should start expecting higher workers’ compensation rates.California employers have enjoyed a soft workers’ comp market for the last decade, but all indications...
Aug 11 2025 // The California Department of Industrial Relations awarded 25 construction apprenticeship programs $26 million in Equal Representation in Construction Apprenticeship grants to increase access to construction careers for...