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Bomb Squad Caused Damaging California Fireworks Explosion, Officials Say
Aug 2 2021 // Los Angeles bomb technicians grossly miscalculated the weight of homemade fireworks when they detonated them in a containment chamber, likely causing a catastrophic explosion that injured 17 people and rocked a...
PG&E in California Will Pay to Bury Power Lines to Prevent Wildfires
Aug 2 2021 // California power company Pacific Gas and Electric said on it would bury 10,000 miles of power lines in high-risk fire zones as a safety measure after its equipment caused multiple destructive wildfires over several...
Former California Insurance Agent Sentenced for Embezzling
Aug 2 2021 // Anna Gabriela Garcia, also known as Anna Nuno-Garcia, 48, of Capistrano Beach, Calif., was sentenced in Orange County Superior Court in Santa Ana after pleading guilty to two felony counts of embezzlement and grand theft...
California Healthcare Provider Paying $37M to Settle Whistleblower Lawsuits
Aug 2 2021 // Southern California-based Prime Healthcare Services and two of its doctors will pay $37.5 million to settle whistleblower lawsuits that claimed the hospital system paid kickbacks to one of the physicians and bought his...
People Moves: United Valley Adds Cyr; MJ Hall Names Brooks Lead Broker in California
Jul 30 2021 // United Valley Insurance Services Inc. has named Paul Cyr Southwest region director. Cyr, formerly United Valley’s Member Advisory Council chair, joins United Valley as the lead in Arizona and surrounding states. His...
Labor Commissioner Cites Three California Grocers $447K over COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave
Jul 29 2021 // The California Labor Commissioner’s Office cited three El Super grocery stores in Southern California for failing to provide or delaying supplemental paid sick leave or other benefits to 95 workers impacted by...
California, Nevada Governors Tour Site of Massive Wildfire
Jul 28 2021 // The governors of California and Nevada called for more federal firefighting assistance Wednesday as they toured a region blackened by one of several massive wildfires that have destroyed dozens of homes in the West. Nevada...
California Requiring Vaccine or Testing for State Workers
Jul 28 2021 // California will require millions of health care workers and state employees to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination or get tested weekly, announcing a broad measure this week to try to slow rising coronavirus infections in...
Winds Feeding California’s Largest Wildfire
Jul 27 2021 // It could be days before officials will be able to assess the damage done to a small town by California’s largest wildfire, one of dozens of blazes scorching lands across the U.S. West. Over the weekend, the massive...
Viewpoint: Is California Serious About Addressing the Wildfire Risk? Not So Much.
Jul 27 2021 // Recent state budget actions by California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state Legislature make a strong argument that the state is not serious about addressing the state’s immense wildfire risk. Unquestionably,...
Former California Insurance Agent Sentenced for Embezzling Nearly $200K
Jul 26 2021 // Anna Gabriela Garcia, also known as Anna Nuno-Garcia, 48, of Capistrano Beach, Calif., was sentenced in Orange County Superior Court in Santa Ana after pleading guilty to two felony counts of embezzlement and grand theft...
California’s Largest Wildfire Torches Homes as Blazes Lash West
Jul 26 2021 // Flames racing through rugged terrain in Northern California destroyed multiple homes over the weeked as the state’s largest wildfire intensified and numerous other blazes battered the U.S. West. The Dixie fire, which...
Officials: Lightning Likely Caused 2020 California Forest Fire
Jul 23 2021 // A lightning strike likely ignited a 2020 wildfire in California’s Sierra National Forest, but the U.S. Forest Service said Friday it could not determine an official cause of the fire. September’s Creek Fire...
Bomb Squad Caused Damaging California Fireworks Explosion, Officials Say
Jul 23 2021 // Los Angeles bomb technicians grossly miscalculated the weight of homemade fireworks last month when they detonated them in a containment chamber, likely causing a catastrophic explosion that injured 17 people and rocked a...
PG&E in California’s Will Pay to Bury Power Lines to Prevent Wildfires
Jul 22 2021 // California power company Pacific Gas and Electric said on Wednesday it would bury 10,000 miles of power lines in high-risk fire zones as a safety measure after its equipment caused multiple destructive wildfires over...
People Moves: California Insurance Commissioner Appoints Members to CIGA, COIN Boards
Jul 22 2021 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara made several new appointments, including naming one member to the California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan Advisory Committee, one member to the California Insurance Guarantee...
California Commissioner Lowers Workers’ Comp Benchmark
Jul 21 2021 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara lowered the workers’ compensation insurance benchmark rate by 5 cents to $1.41 per $100 of payroll effective Sept. 1. Lara’s decision results in an average...
California Workers’ Comp Report: Private Self-Insured Indemnity Claim Frequency, Paid & Incurred Losses Spiked in 2020
Jul 21 2021 // Workers’ comp claim frequency among California’s private self-insured employers rose in 2020, fueled by a big increase in the incidence of indemnity claims, offsetting a decline in medical-only claim frequency,...
California Healthcare Provider Paying $37M to Settle Whistleblower Lawsuits
Jul 21 2021 // Southern California-based Prime Healthcare Services and two of its doctors will pay $37.5 million to settle whistleblower lawsuits that claimed the hospital system paid kickbacks to one of the physicians and bought his...
PG&E Says Equipment Possibly Linked to Big California Wildfire
Jul 21 2021 // Pacific Gas & Electric reported to California utility regulators that its equipment may have been involved in the start of a fire burning in the Sierra Nevada that is threatening hundreds of homes. PG&E said in a...
