Latest California Headlines
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Major New Mexico Transmission Line OK’d for Renewable Energy in West
May 19 2023 // The U.S. government is greenlighting a proposed multibillion-dollar transmission line that would send primarily wind-generated electricity from the rural plains of New Mexico to big cities in the West. The Interior...
People Moves: Velilla Joins Gordon & Rees in California in Insurance and Commercial Litigation Practice Groups
May 19 2023 // Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani hired Rachel T. Velilla as a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego, California offices. She joins the firm’s insurance, trucking and transportation and...
Former California Insurance Agent Sentenced for Stealing $220K from Clients Including Late Art Dealer
May 19 2023 // John Philip Ryan, 64, of Yucca Valley, California, was sentenced and ordered to pay more than $220,000 in restitution to victims after pleading guilty to two felony counts of financial elder abuse and grand theft of...
Officials: 30 California Workers Getting $437K in from Food Company
May 17 2023 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and California Labor Commissioner Lilia Garcia-Brower on Monday announced the resolution of criminal charges filed against Golden Food Inc in a plea agreement in which the...
California Workers’ Comp Written Premium was 14% Above 2021
May 16 2023 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California issued its Quarterly Experience Report, an update on California statewide insurer experience valued as of Dec. 31, 2022. Highlights of the report...
Report Examines California Workers’ Comp Medical Dispute Resolution
May 15 2023 // A new report shows the number of independent medical reviews in California used to resolve medical disputes hit a record low in 2022 as prescription drug disputes continued to decline. The report from the California...
California Paying $24M for Man’s Death in Police Custody
May 12 2023 // California will pay a $24 million civil rights settlement to the family of a man who died in police custody after screaming “I can’t breathe” as multiple officers restrained him while trying to take a...
$3.4M Fine Proposed for 2021 California Oil Pipeline Leak
May 11 2023 // An energy company should be fined nearly $3.4 million for safety violations involving a 2021 oil pipeline spill that fouled Southern California beaches, a federal regulator said. Amplify Energy Corp. ignored 83 alarms...
Ex-Tesla Worker Seeks Third Trial in California Race Case After $3.2M Award
May 11 2023 // A Black former Tesla Inc TSLA.O factory worker has accused the electric automaker’s lawyers of “egregious misconduct” after a jury awarded him $3.2 million in a race bias case, and asked for a third trial...
California Insurance Wholesalers Association (CIWA) Prepares for Star-Studded Summer Forum Event in Lake Tahoe
May 11 2023 // VIP Speakers include Marcus Allen (NFL) and Annika Sorenstam (LPGA) FAIRFIELD, CA, May 3, 2023 – The California Insurance Wholesalers Association (CIWA), a professional trade association focused on California E&S...
Oakland 2nd California Diocese to Seek Bankruptcy Over Abuse
May 10 2023 // The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland filed for bankruptcy Monday due to hundreds of new child sex abuse claims, becoming the second diocese in California to do so. The San Francisco Bay Area diocese faces more than 330...
2 Children Died in California House Fire
May 10 2023 // Two children died in a house fire, authorities in Clovis said. The blaze was first reported shortly after 9:30 a.m. last week, Clovis police spokesperson Capt. Robbie Telles said. Responding officers found flames coming...
California Woman Who Sued Over Subway Tuna Seeks to Quit Case; Subway Demands Sanctions
May 8 2023 // The California woman suing Subway for claiming its tuna products contain ingredients other than tuna wants to end her lawsuit because she is pregnant, prompting Subway to demand her lawyers be sanctioned for bringing a...
$1.1M Paid to Resolve Ransomware Attack On California County
May 8 2023 // A $1.1 million payment was made to resolve a ransomware attack on a California county’s law enforcement computer network, Southern California News Group reported. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department...
Families Displaced from California Neighborhood Seeking $2B
May 8 2023 // As a child, Lawrance W. McFarland lived on a small piece of land on a Native American reservation in Palm Springs he described as a “little world of its own,” surrounded by the parts of the city that were...
Southern California Got Snow, Rain, Tornado in Spring Storm
May 5 2023 // An unseasonably cold storm coated Southern California mountains with snow, dumped heavy rain elsewhere and spawned a small tornado Thursday as spring struggled to shake the grip of an exceptionally wet winter. More than 4...
California Companies Pay Higher Taxes for Unemployment Debt
May 5 2023 // One potential consequence of California’s ballooning budget deficit: Higher taxes for businesses, with increases possible every year for the next decade. Business owners pay a tax on each of their workers. The money...
California Assembly Passes Insurance Accelerator Bill for Clean-Fuel Truck Fleets
May 4 2023 // The California State Assembly unanimously voted for a bill that will help accelerate the transition to clean-air technology by making sure clean fleets have access to available and affordable commercial insurance. Assembly...
California Family Members Arraigned in $2.1M Insurance Fraud Schemes
May 4 2023 // Four Merced, California, family members were arraigned this week for multiple counts of insurance fraud after a California Department of Insurance investigation revealed the businesses owned and operated by the residents...
Hub Acquires The Wooditch Company in California
May 2 2023 // Hub International Ltd. acquired the assets of The Wooditch Company Insurance Services Inc. in Irvine, California. The Wooditch Company team will join Hub LAOC. The Wooditch Company is a privately held commercial insurance,...
