The mother-and-daughter owners of a California home day care were arrested after two children drowned in the backyard pool earlier this month, authorities said. The two 1-year-olds died Oct. 2 while at Happy Happy Daycare in the Almaden neighborhood of …
Fatigue and complacency led to a passenger and car ferry crashing into a terminal in Seattle last year, causing $10.3 million in damage to the ferry, according to the National Transportation Safety Board’s final report. The Cathlamet ferry departed Vashon …
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that gives consumers greater control over data captured by in-cabin cameras in their vehicles. The legislation, Senate Bill 296, authored by Senator Bill Dodd (D – Napa) and sponsored by the Consumer Federation …
An ammonia leak at a Southern California business sent 11 people to the hospital, authorities said. The leak was reported shortly before 9:15 a.m. on Friday in a commercial building in Buena Park, the Orange County Fire Authority said. The …
Minors and parents suing Meta Inc.’s Facebook and other technology giants for the kids’ social media platform addictions won an important ruling advancing their collection of lawsuits in a California court. A state judge on Oct. 13 threw out most …
Oregon officials are seeking more than $27 million in damages over dam repairs they say killed more than half a million Pacific lamprey fish in what they`ve described as one of the largest damages claims for illegal killing of wildlife …
A jury has delivered a $135 million verdict in a molestation case involving a middle school teacher, determining that negligence by a Southern California school district allowed the abuse of two students during the 1990s. Jurors in Riverside County Superior …
Mark Racunas has joined Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, Calif., as senior vice president, Alliant Specialty. Based in Los Angeles, Calif., Racunas has more than 20 years of experience in the insurance brokerage industry. He most recently served as …
PG&E Corp. will pay a $45 million penalty for its role in starting the second-largest wildfire in California history under a settlement proposal issued by state regulators. The California utility giant agreed to the shareholder-funded penalty proposed by the California …
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Highly pathogenic bird flu has made its first appearances in U.S. commercial poultry flocks this season, affecting one turkey farm in South Dakota and one in Utah and raising concerns that more outbreaks could follow. The U.S. …
