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Sep 24 2025 // Many fled when wildfires devastated Los Angeles earlier this year, but Guillermo del Toro rushed back in, determined to save his lifelong collection of horror memorabilia.It’s the same loyalty that finds him making...
Sep 2 2025 // Eight months after the Palisades and Eaton wildfires in Los Angeles, commercial and residential policyholders continue to report unreasonably long delays, dubious denials, and conspicuously low settlements. Most...
Dec 2 2025 // Mere days into the new year of 2025, Los Angeles faced the highly destructive Palisades Fire, which destroyed some 6,837 structures, including two public schools, four churches, historical sites and more than 5,400 homes....
Oct 15 2025 // Thirty years ago, Willie Cruz was shocked when he learned the Southern California oil refinery where he worked was shutting down.Cruz, now a 61-year-old living in Arizona, had spent five years working in the environmental...
Sep 12 2025 // Nearly seven years after Paradise was ravaged by wildfire, the foothill town smells like pine trees again. New homes are sprouting up on once-scorched lots. Construction trucks rumble through neighborhoods. An ice cream...
Sep 22 2025 // A former Riverside megachurch pastor has been accused of sexually abusing and trafficking children for years at a shelter he ran in Bucharest, according to lawsuits filed by two Romanian men in U.S. District Court in...
Oct 6 2025 // Hedge funds speculating on wildfire insurance claims in California were just dealt a legal blow, after the state adopted new legislation designed to stifle such bets.Under the law, approved last month by California...
Nov 14 2025 // California plans to revoke 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses given to immigrants after discovering the expiration dates went past when the drivers were legally allowed to be in the U.S., state officials said.The...
Sep 3 2025 // California energy regulators have put the brakes on plans requiring oil companies to pay a penalty if their profits climb too high, a temporary win for the fossil fuel industry two years after the governor declared the...
Jul 24 2025 // The California Department of Insurance completed a review of the state’s first wildfire catastrophe model, marking a dramatic change in the state’s property/casualty insurance ratemaking process.The new model...
Dec 3 2025 // Four people were convicted of felony insurance fraud and assault for faking an auto collision that involved a rideshare driver in San Bernardino, California.According to the California Department of Insurance, two of the...
Sep 9 2025 // When Dave Jones first started talking about climate change and what insurers should be doing about it some 15 years ago, the response could be thought of as something akin to a collective shrug.There wasn’t much to...
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...
Sep 8 2025 // Most California homes were built long before the state required that they be constructed to withstand wildfires. Now, sellers of older homes in high-risk areas must disclose to potential buyers not only a dwelling’s...
Feb 28 2025 // California Gov. Gavin Newsom is enlisting veteran Republican lawmaker Ken Calvert to help push his $40 billion wildfire aid request through Congress and secure President Donald Trump’s backing for rebuilding...
Jul 31 2025 // A California city has filed a civil lawsuit against a former police officer who went skiing and attended a music festival while collecting workers’ compensation.Westminster filed the suit against a former police...
Oct 14 2025 // California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bipartisan bill that aims to prevent the state’s home insurer of last resort from running out of money following a natural disaster.The FAIR Plan is an insurance pool that...
Oct 6 2025 // The California Department of Insurance launched enforcement actions against Tesla Insurance Services Inc. and Tesla Insurance Company companies for allegedly failing to adequately handle hundreds of California automobile...
Sep 18 2025 // Bamboo Insurance entered into a partnership with Accredited the companies say will provide availability and coverage options to homeowners across California.Bamboo’s E&S Signature product combines Bamboo’s...
Aug 29 2025 // A jury has awarded at least $2.2 million to a protester who was shot in the face with a less-lethal munition by a Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy during a demonstration against police brutality in 2020.In the verdict...