Latest California Headlines
All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Northern California Wildfires Burn Wine Country Homes, Force Evacuations
Oct 9 2017 // Firefighters battled roughly 10 wind-whipped fires across Northern California’s wine country early Monday, triggering a rush by residents to flee the area. Mandatory evacuations were ordered after blazes broke out...
California Department of Insurance Names Yang Deputy Commissioner
Oct 6 2017 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has named Amorette Yang to deputy commissioner of the California Department of Insurance’s community programs and policy initiatives branch. Yang was chief of the branch....
Worldwide Facilities in California Names Answer Financial’s Galaviz CFO
Oct 6 2017 // Worldwide Facilities LLC has named John Galaviz its new chief financial officer. He is based in the firm’s Los Angeles, Calif. headquarters. Galaviz was chief financial officer for Answer Financial prior to joining...
EPIC Names House Broker/Producer in California
Oct 6 2017 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has named Tim House a property/casualty insurance broker/producer in the Fresno, Calif. office. House will be responsible for new business development and the design and management of...
GM Says Driverless Cars Faultless in 6 Accidents in September
Oct 6 2017 // General Motors Co.’s self-driving unit, Cruise Automation, told California regulators its vehicles were involved in six crashes in the state in September, but said none of automated vehicles were responsible. The...
California Division of Workers’ Comp Suspends 8 Medical Providers for Fraud
Oct 5 2017 // The Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended eight more medical providers from participating in California’s workers’ comp system, bringing the total number of providers suspended this year to...
Alera Group Acquires Employer Concept in California
Oct 5 2017 // Alera Group has acquired Employer Concept Insurance Services, based in Irvine, Calif. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Employer Concept Insurance Services will join Alera Group through local firm...
USG Promotes O’Brien to Branch Manager in California
Oct 4 2017 // USG has promoted Jenny O’Brien to branch manager in its Irvine, Calif. office. O’Brien will continue to develop USG’s California territory while managing the Irvine branch office. She was formerly a...
The Doctors Co. in California Names Brown Head of Underwriting
Oct 4 2017 // Napa, Calif.-based The Doctors Co. has named Crystal R. Brown senior vice president of underwriting. Brown leads the company’s underwriting operations nationally, reporting directly to Bill Fleming, chief operating...
Worker Safety, Regulation Overload Among Highlights of Drone Expo In California
Oct 3 2017 // Drones may already be impacting the world of workers’ compensation. Fewer workers on communications towers are falling to their deaths, according to Todd Schlekeway, executive director of the National Association of...
Gas Line Explosion in California Desert Destroys Equipment
Oct 3 2017 // Southern California authorities say nobody was hurt when a natural gas line caught fire and exploded, destroying heavy construction equipment in the western Mojave Desert between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. The San...
States May Copy California’s Law to Give Employees Right to File Class Actions
Oct 3 2017 // This week, the U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether employees have the right to bring class actions against their bosses. With the court’s Republican majority restored this year by President Donald Trump, labor...
Progress Made on California Central Coast Wildfires
Oct 2 2017 // Firefighters made progress on trio of wildfires on California’s Central Coast. Santa Barbara County fire spokesman Mike Eliason said that a marine layer of cooler, wetter air helped fire crews contain 60 percent of...
Study Shows California Workers’ Comp Medical Review Volume May Be Leveling off
Oct 2 2017 // The volume of workers’ compensation independent medical reviews in California appears to be tapering off, a new study shows. The IMR process was established by California lawmakers to resolve medical disputes. A...
California Commissioner High on Marijuana Insurance, Sums up Trump Battle
Oct 2 2017 // It’s David vs. Goliath. That about sums up California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones’ feelings on his efforts to keep the remnants of Obamacare up and running in his state while President Trump does his best...
California Governor Signs Plan to Spend $1.5B in Climate Money
Oct 2 2017 // California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed two bills that outline a plan to spend $1.5 billion on environmental initiatives using money from the recently renewed cap and trade program. The bills were signed in September, soon...
Suspects in Deadly California Warehouse Fire Plead Not Guilty
Sep 29 2017 // Two men have pleaded not guilty in connection with a fire that killed 36 people in an illegally converted Northern California warehouse. Derick Almena and Max Harris entered pleas Wednesday to 36 counts of involuntary...
Firefighters Douse Hot Spots in California Blaze
Sep 28 2017 // Fire crews with support from a fleet of aircraft have continued to douse hot spots of a wildfire that burned up to canyon homes in Southern California. Orange County Fire Capt. Steve Concialdi says there are no more open...
Coffee Bought by Californians Could Bear Cancer Warning Labels
Sep 27 2017 // A future cup of coffee in California could give you jitters before you even take a sip. A nonprofit group wants coffee manufacturers, distributors and retailers to post ominous warnings about a cancer-causing chemical...
Firefighters Save Numerous Homes From Southern California Canyon Blaze
Sep 27 2017 // Firefighters working in steep canyons on Tuesday got help from retardant-dropping aircraft flying around-the-clock as they saved homes from a smoky blaze that surged through suburban canyons in Southern California and sent...
