All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 22 2022 // State Compensation Insurance Fund says it will offer a 30-day credit extension to policyholders in Humboldt County, California, which was declared a state of emergency by Gov. Gavin Newsom after a large earthquake on...
Dec 21 2022 // Thousands of customers are still without power following a large earthquake in Northern California.A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck northern California on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Very strong...
Dec 20 2022 // Written premium declined sharply beginning in the second quarter of 2020 due to the economic downturn resulting from the pandemic, according to a report out on Tuesday.The report from the Workers’ Compensation...
Dec 20 2022 // California’s expansive road system was among the nation’s worst ranked, according to a report from a research firm out on Tuesday. Hawaii’s roads were ranked as the nation’s worst.ConsumerAffairs, a...
Dec 20 2022 // A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck northern California on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.The quake struck roughly 200 miles north of San Francisco in the vicinity of the Mendocino triple junction where the...
Dec 20 2022 // California air regulators voted unanimously to approve an ambitious plan to drastically cut reliance on fossil fuels by changing practices in the energy, transportation and agriculture sectors, but critics say it...
Dec 20 2022 // Subcontractor Grant Construction Inc. was hit with $1.3 million in wages and penalties.The California Labor Commissioner’s Office collected the wages and penalties as a result of a prevailing wage assessment against...
Dec 19 2022 // A small magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay Area, jolting thousands of people awake and causing minor damage, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed.The earthquake occurred at 3:39 a.m. Saturday and was...
Dec 19 2022 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired El Cerrito, California-based NEK Insurance Inc. Kevin Bruns, Jennifer Sylvestri, Kyle Peterson and their associates will be part of Gallagher’s San Francisco branch under the...
Dec 19 2022 // A federal judge said he will block a provision in a new California law to take effect next year that gun advocates argued was designed to hinder anyone from challenging the state’s famously restrictive gun laws.U.S....
Dec 19 2022 // The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board has adopted COVID-19 prevention non-emergency regulations.The COVID-19 prevention emergency temporary standards will continue to remain in effect while the...
Dec 16 2022 // The mother of a 15-year-old girl who died of a suspected fentanyl overdose in a high school restroom has filed a negligence and wrongful-death lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified School District.Elena Perez seeks...
Dec 15 2022 // A bus overturned on a Southern California freeway, killing one person and injuring 11 others, three of them critically, authorities said.The crash occurred on Interstate 15 in an unincorporated area south of Baker, about...
Dec 15 2022 // DeNexus has hired marketing and business development specialist Andrew Luccitti as chief marketing officer as it expands the reach of its cyber risk quantification and management tools. Luccitti will be based at the...
Dec 15 2022 // A lumber company that owns a Northern California wood veneers manufacturing plant linked to a deadly fast-spreading blaze that killed two people and sent thousands fleeing for their lives has reached a settlement agreement...
Dec 13 2022 // ALKEME acquired Robert Bell Insurance Brokers in Fallbrook, California. Robert Bell Insurance Brokers will continue to operate under its current brand. Robert Bell is an insurance agency that specializes in...
Dec 13 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic.Wildfires continue to be a massive threat to millions of properties across the United States. With the population growing and major metro areas continuing to develop...
Dec 13 2022 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California named Sean Cooper executive vice president and deputy chief actuary. Cooper will assume the WCIRB chief actuary role upon Dave Bellusci’s...
Dec 12 2022 // Gautam Arora, 38, of Tustin, California, was arrested on 11 felony counts of securities violations and money laundering after a California Department of Insurance investigation reportedly found he allegedly defrauded four...
Dec 9 2022 // Four students at a Southern California school apparently overdosed after eating marijuana-laced products and three of them were taken to the hospital, authorities said.Firefighters were sent to Sunnymead Middle School in...