State Farm’s request for emergency California rate hike has been denied
In a rebuke to the state’s largest insurance company, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced Friday he will ...
Southern California storm intensifies, raising risk of floods and debris flows to a ‘life-threatening’ situation
The National Weather Service warned that rain and flooding would intensify throughout the evening until around 10 p.m., ...
Where were California’s biggest pay raises?
California’s smallest paychecks averaged 25% growth during the past five years. The largest earners got just 19%.
Danish petition to buy California attracts hundreds of thousands of signatures
A satirical petition ostensibly aiming to crowdfund a trillion dollars to allow Denmark to buy California has received more ...
California homeowners will have to fund half of high-risk insurer’s $1 billion ‘bailout’
The plan will impose a special charge on homeowners and insurance companies to cover $1 billion in L.A. wildfire costs ...
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California’s groundwater drought continues despite torrential rain
Seismic measurement of Los Angeles’s depleted aquifers show a year of heavy precipitation hasn’t been enough to refill them ...
Does Costco pay $30 an hour? What to know about the stores’ California jobs, pay raise
A day before Costco union members were due to go on a now-averted nationwide strike, the company announced pay raises for all non-union employees.