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By Rob Nikolewski, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE Phillips 66 will start the process of shutting down operations of one of Southern California’s major…
Sep 3, 2025
By Brian Joseph, CAPITOL WEEKLY A quarter century after the California energy crisis, some supporters of energy deregulation have taken to a new…
Sep 3, 2025
By Joy Chen, PASADENA NOW If you pay insurance premiums to any company, I have good news. Last week, you won big. Twice. At the State…
Sep 2, 2025
By Manola Secaira, CAP RADIO https://www.capradio.org/articles/2025/09/02/california-holds-off-on-penalizing-oil-companies-for-price-gouging The California Energy Commission voted on Friday to suspend its ability to impose a profit cap…
Sep 2, 2025
By Nathan Risser, BLOOMBERG https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-29/newsom-plan-to-prevent-pump-price-spikes-delayed-by-5-years The California Energy Commission (opens in new tab) delayed implementing a profit cap on refiners, the latest move by…
Aug 29, 2025
By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-08-29/judge-rules-homeowner-can-probe-state-farm-claims-practices-in-rate-hearing Policyholders critical of State Farm General’s response to January’s firestorms won a court victory this…
Aug 29, 2025
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California energy regulators Friday put the brakes on plans requiring oil companies to pay a penalty if their…
Aug 29, 2025
By Noah Baustin, POLITICO OIL SLICK: The California Energy Commission is less than three days away from a pivotal vote to delay…
Aug 26, 2025
By Saqib Rahim, E&E NEWS https://www.eenews.net/articles/as-insurers-leave-california-one-vows-to-cover-additional-risky-homes Mercury Insurance is the state’s first to use a process that allows climate modeling to expand…
Aug 21, 2025
Consumer Watchdog has challenged a more than $1.1 billion rate hike State Farm State Farm seeks for its homeowners, renters, condo and…
Aug 19, 2025
By Stephanie Sierra, ABC7 https://abc7.com/post/100k-trip-er-left-antioch-california-family-burned-infant-tangled-billing-mess/17514842 ANTIOCH, Calif. — A newborn baby was rushed to the emergency room with severe burns, but there was…
Aug 13, 2025
By Levi Sumagaysay, CAL MATTERS A proposed ballot initiative would drastically change the way property insurance is regulated in California by repealing…
Aug 13, 2025
By Grant Stringer, MERCURY NEWS The expected closures of an oil refinery in the Bay Area and another in Southern California has…
Aug 12, 2025
By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-08-07/fair-plan-smoke-damage-legal-action-california-department-of-insurance-lara Last week, the Department of Insurance ordered the state’s home insurer of last resort (opens in…
Aug 7, 2025
By Maya C. Miller, CAL MATTERS It’s late at night, and you badly need a ride. Your cellphone’s battery is dangerously low. …
Aug 5, 2025
By CAMILLE VON KAENEL, POLITICO https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/07/consumer-groups-sue-california-to-recoup-compensation-for-fire-insurance-work-00485785?site=pro&prod=alert&prodname=alertmail&linktype=headline&source=email Two consumer advocacy groups sued California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Tuesday for denying them compensation for…
Jul 30, 2025
By Ethan Baron, MERCURY NEWS During Orinda homeowner Yasaman Nazmi Lee’s home-insurance saga one of millions playing out across California as the…
Jul 30, 2025
By Pat Maio, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Mercury Insurance is preparing to file updated home policy rates in California using a new catastrophic…
Jul 29, 2025