Latest California Headlines
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Restaurants Working to Halt New California Fast Food Worker Law
Sep 13 2022 // Restaurant owners moved recently to at least temporarily block a nation-leading new California law giving more power to fast food workers. The owners want the state’s voters to ultimately decide the law’s...
Oil Company Settles Criminal Cases In California Spill
Sep 12 2022 // An oil company on pleaded guilty in federal court to negligently discharging crude off the Southern California coast when its underwater pipeline ruptured last year, a spill that closed miles of shoreline and shuttered...
Water Use Drops in July as California Deals With Drought
Sep 9 2022 // Californians stepped up their water conservation in July, using 10.4% less than two years ago as the state struggles with a years-long drought, state water officials said. July marks the first full month that new...
California Company Says Machine Failure May Have Caused Wildfire
Sep 9 2022 // A wood products company said that it is investigating whether a fire that killed two people as it swept through a Northern California town was caused by the possible failure of a water-spraying machine used to cool ash at...
California Commissioner Wants Discounts from Insurers in New Wildfires Framework
Sep 7 2022 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Wednesday submitted an insurance pricing regulation to the California Office of Administrative Law to recognize and reward wildfire safety and mitigation efforts made by...
Judge Tosses Charge Against Dive Boat Owner in California Fire That Killed 34
Sep 7 2022 // A Los Angeles federal judge threw out an indictment charging a dive boat captain with manslaughter in the deaths of 34 people in a 2019 fire aboard a vessel anchored off the Southern California coast. The ruling came on...
Crest Acquires Spiegler Insurance Services in California
Sep 6 2022 // Crest Insurance Group acquired Spiegler Insurance Services in La Jolla, California. Founder Steven H. Spiegler will play a role in the post-transaction process. Crest also adds the Mike, a senior broker with Spiegler...
Hot Spots for Hot Cars: Colorado Leads U.S. in Vehicle Theft Rate, California in Overall Thefts
Sep 6 2022 // Texas, California, Florida, Illinois, and Colorado are all places where your car is most likely to be gone in 60 seconds. Vehicle thefts have skyrocketed in many areas of the U.S., according to the recently released...
Former California Insurance Agent Arrested for Theft, Operating Fraudulent Agency
Sep 5 2022 // Francis Okyere, 70, a previously licensed insurance agent in Westlake Village, California, was arrested in relation to a scheme that involved him allegedly stealing multiple victims’ identities and using them to open...
$18M Settlement in Lawsuit over Boy’s Death at California School
Sep 5 2022 // The parents of an 8-year-old boy with Down syndrome who died after falling while strapped to a chair in class five years ago have reached an $18 million settlement in their wrongful death lawsuit against a Southern...
1 Dead After Seniors in California Served Dishwashing Liquid At Home
Sep 2 2022 // A resident of a San Francisco Bay Area senior citizens home died after being mistakenly served dishwashing liquid as drinking juice, the home said. Three residents of Atria Park Senior Living Facility in San Mateo, about...
California Power Grid Operator Braces for Long Heat Wave
Sep 1 2022 // Operators of California’s power grid expect to issue calls for voluntary conservation of electricity during a prolonged heat wave building over the West and they warned that there could be energy shortages if...
California Wildfires Lead to Evacuations Amid Heat Wave
Sep 1 2022 // California wildfires erupted Wednesday in rural areas, racing through bone-dry brush and prompting evacuations as the state sweltered under a heat wave that could last through Labor Day. Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state...
California Electric Car Rule Includes Equity Goals
Sep 1 2022 // Discounted prices, car-share programs and at least one million more public charging stations are among the ways California will try to make electric cars easier to buy and drive as it phases out the sale of gas-powered...
California Oks Bill Protecting Workers Who Use Marijuana at Home
Aug 31 2022 // California could soon become the seventh state to make sure people won’t lose their jobs if they smoke marijuana when they’re off the clock. State lawmakers this week passed a bill that would stop companies...
California Lawmakers Pass Landmark Fast Food Workers Bill
Aug 31 2022 // California lawmakers this week approved a nation-leading measure that would give more than a half-million fast food workers more power and protections, over the objections of restaurant owners who warn it would drive up...
California Faces Late-Summer Heat Wave
Aug 30 2022 // California is facing a prolonged late-summer heat wave this week, with widespread triple-digit temperatures starting in the south and spreading northward, the National Weather Service said Monday. Excessive heat watches...
$480K Settlement for California Inmate Who Miscarried After Stop for Coffee
Aug 30 2022 // Southern California’s Orange County has agreed to pay $480,000 to an inmate who was pregnant but suffered a miscarriage after sheriff’s deputies stopped at a Starbucks while driving her to a hospital. Sandra...
California Social Worker Charged with Abusing Mental Hospital Patients
Aug 29 2022 // A licensed clinical social worker has been charged with sexually assaulting patients while working at a Southern California psychiatric hospital, prosecutors said. The alleged abuse occurred between 2014 and 2018 at Patton...
Oil Spill Settlement Reached with California Businesses
Aug 29 2022 // A pipeline operator it has reached a settlement with Southern California tourism companies, fishermen and other businesses that sued after a crude oil spill off the coast last year near Huntington Beach. Amplify Energy...
