Latest California Headlines
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Former California Insurance Agent Sentenced in Theft and Embezzlement Scheme
Jan 21 2022 // Former insurance agent Blanca Lidia Guzman, 40, of Palmdale, California, was sentenced in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Wednesday on one felony count of grand theft after pleading no contest for defrauding...
Report: California Workers’ Comp Virus Claims Spiked During December Surge
Jan 19 2022 // California workers’ compensation COVID-19 claim volume continues to track with the state’s fluctuating infection trends, as the latest monthly count of COVID workers’ comp claims jumped 172% in December...
Former California Officer Pleads No Contest to Insurance Fraud
Jan 18 2022 // A retired San Jose Police officer who owns a security business pleaded no contest to insurance fraud, tax evasion, money laundering, and worker exploitation and is expected to be sentenced to three years in jail,...
Children of Dead Sex Abuse Victim Sue Under New California Law
Jan 14 2022 // After decades of dealing with the boyhood trauma of being molested by a priest, Jim Bartko sued the Roman Catholic church two years ago under. But the lawsuit was dismissed when he died four days after speaking publicly...
Firing Upheld for California Cops Who Played Video Game During Holdup
Jan 14 2022 // A California appellate court has ruled that two Los Angeles police officers were properly fired for playing Pokemon Go instead of responding to a robbery. The court ruled last week that the LAPD was justified in firing...
People Moves: K2 in California Moves Farrell to Primary Leadership; CLARA Analytics Names Jones Chief Marketing Officer
Jan 14 2022 // K2 Insurance Services announced that Partners General Insurance Agency President Tom Farrell has taken over the primary leadership function. Farrell joined K2 in 2019. He was promoted to president in 2021. PGIA joined the...
California DMV Reevaluating Approach to Regulating Tesla’s Public Self-Driving Test
Jan 13 2022 // California is reevaluating Tesla Inc’s Full Self-Driving test program, to determine if the electric-car maker’s software should fall under its motor vehicle department’s autonomous vehicle regulations,...
California Budget Aims to Tackle Climate Change, Wildfires, Crime
Jan 12 2022 // California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed a $286.4 billion budget that sets off months of budget talks with his fellow Democrats, who control the state Legislature, before the new fiscal year begins July 1. Newsom focused much...
Luxury High-Rise in California Tilting 3 Inches Per Year
Jan 12 2022 // A 58-story luxury apartment building in San Francisco continues to sink and is tilting about 3 inches per year, the engineer responsible for fixing the troubled building said. At the current rate without a fix, the...
California Lawmakers to Consider Universal Healthcare Proposal
Jan 11 2022 // California lawmakers will start debating whether to create the nation’s first universal health care system in a key measure of whether the proposal will muster the support it needs to pass this year — and be sent...
Coast Guard Announces Safety Rules After Deadly California Dive Boat Fire
Jan 10 2022 // The Coast Guard has announced new safety rules following the deadly blaze that killed dozens of people on a scuba diving boat off the California coast more than two years ago. The Labor Day 2019 fire that killed 34 people...
California Governor Wants $2.7B to Battle Pandemic, Seeks More Time off for Sick Workers
Jan 10 2022 // With new coronavirus cases surging across the state, California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration on Saturday proposed spending another $2.7 billion to expand testing and boost hospital staffing, while calling for a...
California Extending Indoor Mask Mandate Until Mid-February
Jan 7 2022 // California’s indoor mask mandate was extended into mid-February to help prevent the astonishing spike in coronavirus cases from overwhelming hospitals but the state’s health director said Wednesday additional...
Lawsuit by California Man Says Police Run-In Police Left Him Paralyzed
Jan 7 2022 // A 65-year-old Northern California man was paralyzed after being slammed to the ground during a traffic stop where police officers used “pain compliance” techniques and expressed disbelief when he repeatedly...
Gig Driver in California Mauled by K-9 After Missing Rental Payments Suing
Jan 7 2022 // A gig driver badly mauled by a police dog is suing a San Francisco area suburb, alleging use of excessive force and violation of civil rights when police stopped him in December 2020 after he had missed car rental...
California Bill Would Make it Easier to Sue Gun-Makers
Jan 7 2022 // Some Democratic California lawmakers want to make it easier for people to sue gun companies for liability in shootings that cause injuries or deaths, a move advocates said Tuesday is aimed at getting around a U.S. law that...
Judge Tosses California Lawsuit of Man Who Was Nude Baby on Album Cover
Jan 6 2022 // A federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit of a 30-year-old man who alleged that the image of him nude as a 4-month-old on the 1991 cover of Nirvana’s “Nevermind” album is child pornography. Judge Fernando...
People Moves: Coalition in California Adds Livingstone; LP Names Cooper to Commercial Insurance Team
Jan 6 2022 // San Francisco, California-based Coalition named Jennifer Livingstone head of strategic agency management. Livingstone has more than 25 years of leadership experience in broker management, business development, marketing,...
PG&E Blamed for Dixie Fire in Northern California
Jan 5 2022 // Pacific Gas & Electric power lines sparked last summer’s Dixie Fire in Northern California that swept through five counties and burned more than 1,300 homes and other buildings, state fire officials said...
Renaissance Alliance Acquires New Jersey, California Agency Networks
Jan 5 2022 // Insurance agency network Renaissance Alliance has acquired two other agency networks, one in New Jersey and another in California. Massachusetts-based Renaissance, which calls itself the “agency growth engine,”...
