Latest California Headlines
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California Plan Would Triple Sale of Electric Cars by 2026
Apr 18 2022 // California wants electric vehicle sales to triple in the next four years to 35% of all new car purchases, an aggressive target set as part of the goal to phase out the sale of gas-powered cars by the middle of next...
California Court Rules Hospitals Can Be Responsible for Abuse by Employees
Apr 18 2022 // A state appeals court ruled that a Southern California hospital can be held responsible for sexual abuse by an employee, upholding a jury’s damage award of $6.75 million to two elderly patients who were abused at a...
California Contractor Arraigned for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Apr 18 2022 // Adan Deniz, 43, a contractor from Santa Clarita, California, was arraigned on 21 felony counts of forgery, theft by false pretense, and workers’ compensation insurance fraud after allegedly creating fraudulent...
California Appeals Court Says J&J Must Pay $302M in Pelvic Mesh Case
Apr 14 2022 // A California appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that Johnson & Johnson must pay penalties to the state for deceptively marketing pelvic mesh implants for women, but reduced the amount by $42 million to $302...
Former California Insurance Agent Arraigned for Allegedly Stealing Premiums
Apr 14 2022 // Formerly licensed insurance agent David Lance Hall, 64, of Bakersfield, California, was arraigned this week in Kern County Superior Court on six felony counts of theft and misappropriations of fiduciary funds after...
University of Southern California Suing YouTubers for Pranks
Apr 13 2022 // The University of Southern California is suing two YouTube performers who the school says created panic after barging into classrooms to film prank videos for their channels. Court documents obtained by the Los Angeles...
California’s PG&E Avoids Criminal Charges in Settlements Over 2 Major Wildfires
Apr 12 2022 // California utility PG&E Corp. has reached settlement agreements with district attorneys representing Northern California counties to avoid prosecution over two major wildfires, with the company agreeing to pay $55...
Hub Acquires Evo Insurance Services in California
Apr 12 2022 // Hub International Ltd. acquired the assets of EVO Insurance Services Inc. in Chico, California. Shawn Blofsky, president & founder of EVO Insurance Services, and the EVO Insurance Services team will join Hub Central...
Fire Destroyed Northern California Home Depot Store
Apr 11 2022 // A weekend fire gutted a Home Depot store in the San Francisco Bay Area, sending up a huge plume of smoke and prompting orders for some nearby residents to shelter in place, authorities said. The five-alarm blaze in South...
Lawsuit Says Boy’s Brain Damaged by Errant Throw at California Stadium
Apr 11 2022 // A 6-year-old boy suffered a fractured skull and brain damage when he was accidentally hit by a baseball thrown by a Los Angeles Angels player who was warming up before a 2019 game, according to a lawsuit announced that...
People Moves: Island Names Bruhl Chief Investment Officer; Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance in California Adds Bogue
Apr 11 2022 // Island Holdings Inc. named Robert Bruhl chief investment officer and executive vice president. Bruhl oversees the company’s treasury portfolio and will be responsible for optimizing current investments, refining...
California Contractor Arraigned for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Apr 11 2022 // Adan Deniz, 43, a contractor from Santa Clarita, California, was arraigned today on 21 felony counts of forgery, theft by false pretense, and workers’ compensation insurance fraud after allegedly creating fraudulent...
California Court Rules Hospitals Can Be Responsible for Abuse by Employees
Apr 8 2022 // A state appeals court ruled that a Southern California hospital can be held responsible for sexual abuse by an employee, upholding a jury’s damage award of $6.75 million to two elderly patients who were abused at a...
ALKEME Acquires ERM Insurance Brokers in California
Apr 8 2022 // ALKEME acquired ERM Insurance Brokers in Santa Ana, California. ERM specializes in Hospitality, construction, cannabis, manufacturing, woodworking, cyber and retail/wholesale. Ladera Ranch, California-based ALKEME is...
Smart & Final Paying for Egg Price Gouging in California During Pandemic
Apr 7 2022 // Grocery chain Smart & Final has agreed to pay $175,000 in penalties to resolve allegations that the grocer engaged in price gouging of certain organic and cage-free eggs at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic,...
California May Empower Citizens to Sue Over Illegal Firearms
Apr 6 2022 // For all California’s nation-leading attempts to regulate firearms, the state has not found a way to deter those happy to skirt the laws with stolen or homemade and increasingly prevalent “ghost” guns. In...
Hub Acquired Chun-Ha Insurance Services in California
Apr 4 2022 // Hub International Ltd. acquired Chun-Ha Insurance Services Inc. in Garden Grove, California, Chun-Ha Insurance is an agency serving the Korean American community, providing insurance solutions, including commercial and...
California’s Corporate Diversity Law Ruled Unconstitutional
Apr 4 2022 // A Los Angeles judge ruled that California’s landmark law mandating that corporations diversify their boards with members from certain racial, ethnic or LGBT groups is unconstitutional. The brief ruling granted...
California Drought Deepening as Wet Season is Anything But
Apr 4 2022 // California is experiencing one of the driest starts to spring in decades, data showed Friday, and absent a heavy dose of April and May showers the state’s drought will deepen and that could lead to stricter rules on...
Former Licensed California Agent Faces Insurance Fraud Charges
Apr 4 2022 // A former licensed California insurance agent has been charged with 11 felony counts including identity theft, grand theft and embezzlement after allegedly writing 162 fraudulent policies in an attempt to gain unearned...
