Firefighters made more progress Wednesday morning against a giant wildfire that has ravaged a national forest north of Los Angeles, with another day of cooperative weather providing a big assist to beleaguered fire crews. The blaze in the Angeles National …
A massive fire in the Angeles National Forest nearly doubled in size overnight, and threatened 12,000 homes Monday in a 20-mile-long swath of flame and smoke and surging toward a mountaintop broadcasting complex and historic observatory. The fire had burned …
In a move that was not completely unexpected, California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced that he will file a lawsuit to have the $1 billion sale of State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) assets declared unconstitutional. Poizner said the transaction could …
The price tag for fighting California wildfires during just the past few weeks has climbed to more than $60 million, with the fire season’s peak months still looming ahead. But in a state recently forced to make deep budget cuts, …
California will see more heat waves, wildfires, droughts and floods due to rising temperatures over the next few decades, and the state needs to start preparing now to handle those effects of climate change, a new report recommends. The state …
A San Francisco Superior Court judge has ordered that California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund pay approximately 500 employees back-pay for previously instated furloughs of union workers. The state implemented the furloughs in February 2009. “The court finds plaintiffs have made …
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger reported late Monday from his Twitter account that he and state legislative leaders had reached a budget deal, which will be voted on by the full Legislature on Thursday. Budget negotiations to help close the state’s …
Citing testimony that self-insured employers have been able to reduce overall workers’ compensation costs, California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has rejected the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s request for a pure premium rate increase of 23.7 percent. While the Department …
Citing testimony that self-insured employers have been able to reduce overall workers’ compensation costs, California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has rejected the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s request for a pure premium rate increase of 23.7 percent. While the Department …
$99.9 Million The amount California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger believes the state could raise for the General Fund if it eliminates current sentencing options for specified crimes that may be treated either as felonies or misdemeanors, making them punishable by a …
