September 23, 2021
A report from the Mortgage Bankers Association says there’s little doubt that climate change will impact housing and the housing finance industry, and while just how great that impact will be is as of yet unknown, the authors take a …
September 22, 2021
Home insurers have struggled to develop products and services designed to maximize customer lifetime value for the growing population of baby boomers migrating from home ownership to renting, a new study by J.D. Power, 2021 U.S. Home Insurance, reveals. About …
September 20, 2021
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Monday ordered insurance companies to preserve residential insurance coverage for more than 325,000 policyholders who have been affected by Northern California wildfires across 22 counties. Lara in early September issued similar orders following emergency …
September 20, 2021
PG&E Corp. told a judge it has put into place new safety measures that would have resulted in power being cut to a utility line suspected of sparking the second-largest wildfire in California history. The California utility giant said it …
September 20, 2021
Martin Diky said he panicked as a huge wildfire started racing down a slope toward his wooden house near Lake Tahoe. The contractor had enough time to do some quick research and decided to wrap his mountain home with an …
September 14, 2021
Several massive blazes have plagued Northern California this year, and now it could be Southern California’s turn. The Dixie and Caldor fires continue to do damage in Northern California, putting the state at more than 2.2 million acres burned this …
September 8, 2021
The huge wildfire near the Lake Tahoe resort region was about half contained as of Tuesday night, with the head of California’s firefighting agency saying crews largely have been able to keep flames away from populated areas. “We’ve been able …
September 7, 2021
Connor Jones sunbathed with his dog on the otherwise empty beach at Ski Run Marina on Monday, as residents trickling back into town filled up their cars at a gas station behind him and employees of a water sports rental …
August 27, 2021
Dozens of homes, cabins and outbuildings have been destroyed or damaged in northeastern Minnesota as the state’s largest wildfire continues burning uncontained, according to Superior National Forest officials. Authorities say 12 homes or cabins and 57 outbuildings have been lost …
August 27, 2021
Some 14,000 firefighters facing changing weather conditions battled more than a dozen large wildfires across California, including a growing blaze that was slowly pushing toward the Lake Tahoe resort region. Winds and temperatures were expected to pick up in coming …