Rapid development in wildfire-prone areas and continued bone-dry weather have alarmed California firefighters, who began a sweeping assessment of fire danger and what’s needed to meet it. Catastrophic wildfires that burned across the state last month and in 2003 were …
A cargo ship sideswiped a support on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge last Wednesday, leaving a gash nearly 100 feet long on the side of the 926-foot vessel, and spilling fuel into the bay. The crash ruptured two fuel tanks, …
More than a week after the worst of California’s wildfires subsided, more than 700 households are waiting to learn if they will qualify for federal aid to begin restoring their homes and lives, according to figures released Wednesday. The Federal …
Rapid development in wildfire-prone areas and continued bone-dry weather have alarmed California firefighters, who began a sweeping assessment of fire danger this week and what’s needed to meet it. Catastrophic wildfires that burned across the state last month and in …
California’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau has recommended that pure premium rates in the state be increased to 5.2 percent, instead of the 4.2 percent recommended earlier in September. In September, WCIRB submitted a pure premium rate filing to the …
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has announced cash grants of up to $10,000 are available to help some individuals who have suffered losses in the Southern California fires. The grants are administered by the California Department of Social Services as a …
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed legislation that is expected to lower workers’ compensation rates for small businesses and increase competition among insurance companies. Existing law requires insurers to maintain certain minimum reserves for outstanding losses and loss expenses for …
Reforms to California’s worker’s compensation system enacted since 2002 “have had a substantial impact on system costs,” according to a new report by the state Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau. Meanwhile, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has refused to raise benefits for …
Penning a plan “You don’t want us to write a plan and say, ‘Here, San Francisco, this is what you’re going to do.’ They’ve got to write it.” — Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff telling the Associated Press in March …
Calif. passes flood legislation, rejects bill on child booster seats California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed legislation designed to strengthen flood protections in California and approved a bill that would ban smoking in vehicles carrying children. And he rejected a …
