Best Read California Headlines

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#1 Charlie Munger, Who Helped Buffett Build Berkshire, Dies at 99

Nov 28 2023 // Charles Munger, the alter ego, sidekick and foil to Warren Buffett for almost 60 years as they transformed Berkshire Hathaway Inc. from a failing textile maker into an empire, has died. He was 99.He died on Tuesday at a...

#2 Regulatory Battles In Personal Lines Ahead; Allstate May Drop Customers

Dec 8 2023 // Analysts from Standard & Poor’s predicted this week that while personal auto results are starting to stabilize, the continued push for rate in 2024 will set the stage for more faceoffs between regulators and...

#3 California Faces Record $68B Budget Deficit, Legislative Analyst Says

Dec 12 2023 // California is facing a record $68 billion budget deficit, state officials announced, forcing hard choices for Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in his final term as he works to build his national profile.The nation`s most...

#4 Football Player Araiza Dropped From California Rape Lawsuit

Dec 14 2023 // Former Buffalo Bills punter Matt Araiza is being dropped from a lawsuit filed by a woman who alleged she was raped by San Diego State University football players in 2021, it was announced.The woman agreed to dismiss Araiza...

#5 Tesla Autopilot Recall Threatens Its Defense in Lawsuits Over Crashes

Dec 15 2023 // Tesla Inc.’s biggest vehicle recall ever threatens to hurt the company’s defense in several high-profile lawsuits it faces over crashes linked to Autopilot.The automaker’s recall of 2 million cars comes...

#6 Cannabis Insurance Specialists See Optimism in 2024 Data, Planning for Growth and More Capacity

Dec 15 2023 // From a broad view, data from the cannabis industry fails to paint an informative picture of what lies ahead for the business in 2024 or what the year holds for insurance professionals specializing in servicing the...

#7 Guards to Monitor Businessman’s Sites Under California Freeway Where Arson Occurred

Jan 9 2024 // More than a month after an arson fire at a storage yard damaged a key Los Angeles freeway, the state has hired security guards to watch out for smoke and other trouble at three additional sites beneath Interstate 10 that...

#8 No Sugarcoating: Availability Before Affordability, California Regulator Says

Feb 5 2024 // If the old adage “As California goes, so goes the nation” is true, then 2024 will be another year of industry retooling as insurers and regulators set a path for the future of the U.S. P/C property insurance...

#9 How California’s Huge Raises for Fast-Food Workers Will Ripple Across Industries

Apr 17 2024 // Michaela Mendelsohn, who owns six El Pollo Loco locations serving grilled chicken and tacos in California, recently found herself raising managers’ pay by over 10% to more than $83,000 a year.With the state’s...

#10 California Data Shows Nearly 1-in-5 Patients Listed as Alive in Electronic Records Were Actually Deceased

Dec 4 2023 // About 20 % of patients whose medical records showed them as being alive with a serious illness were in fact deceased according to California data, leading to hundreds of unnecessary interactions such as appointment...

#11 California Needs a Million EV Charging Stations — But That’s ‘Unlikely’ and ‘Unrealistic’

Jul 18 2024 // California will have to build public charging stations at an unprecedented — and some experts say unrealistic — pace to meet the needs of the 7 million electric cars expected on its roads in less than seven years.The...

#12 Vintage Ferrari Owners’ Favorite Mechanic Charged With Theft, Fraud

Apr 11 2024 // Few mechanics post photos of themselves on Venetian canals, brag about buying $30,000 artworks or frequent the George V Hotel in Paris and Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles.But this was the life Donnie Callaway portrayed via...

#13 Critics Say Lawmakers Watered Down California’s ‘Lemon Law’ After Secret Negotiations

Sep 25 2024 // Californians for the past 54 years have relied on the state’s “lemon law” to fight back against car makers that sell them defective vehicles. Now, critics say Californians’ ability to recoup their...

#14 California Can Share Gun Owners’ Personal Information With Researchers, Court Rules

Nov 28 2023 // A state appeals court ruled that California can continue providing personal information of gun owners to researchers to study gun violence, reversing last year`s decision by a lower court judge who said such data sharing...

#15 Internet Research Shows Californians May Add to Risk of Fire Hazards

Nov 30 2023 // By most measures, California usually tops the list of the states most at risk of fires, but a new report shows the state’s residents and their desires to stay warm in chillier months may be making the state even...

#16 The Surprising Force Stalling Climate Progress: California Restaurants

May 15 2024 // In the fight to ratchet down climate emissions and soothe the most dangerous effects of an overheating planet, one of the most withering setbacks in recent memory wasn’t delivered by the oil industry or coal...

#17 A Deep Dive into the Diligent Effort (Search) Requirement

Jan 22 2024 // The excess and surplus lines insurance market is a rapidly-growing avenue for the placement of insurance policies in the United States.Many alien (non-U.S.) insurance carriers write surplus lines insurance coverage via...

#18 Jewish Groups Sue UC Berkeley Over ‘Unchecked’ Antisemitism

Nov 28 2023 // The University of California, Berkeley was sued on Tuesday by Jewish groups who said it has become a hotbed of “unchecked” antisemitism, including at its elite law school.According to a complaint by the...

#19 SpaceX Accused of Sexual Harassment as Fight With Ex-Employees Intensifies

Feb 6 2024 // Executives at Elon Musk’s SpaceX discriminated against women, joked about sexual harassment and fired workers for raising concerns, seven former employees allege in California civil rights complaints viewed by...

#20 How California’s Homeowners Insurance Crisis Is Affecting Brokers

Jul 23 2024 // A growing homeowners insurance crisis for Californians is straining brokers who must work harder to get increasingly expensive and more frequently unavailable coverage for their clients, a crisis many of them blame on...