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By Blacki Migliozzi, Rukmini Callimachi and K.K. Rebecca Lai, NEW YORK TIMES https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/24/realestate/los-angeles-fires-toxic-homes.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare At first, the families whose homes were left standing thought they were the…
Jun 24, 2025
By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-06-12/state-regulators-launch-inquiry-into-state-farms-handling-of-fire-claims-la-widlfires State Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced Thursday that his department is launching a formal inquiry into…
Jun 12, 2025
By Stephanie Sierra, ABC7 https://abc7news.com/post/senate-bill-540-ca-state-senator-josh-becker-refuses-answer-questions-energy-donations-100k-advisor-gig/16718061 SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — As California faces worsening climate disasters, Silicon Valley Democrats are pushing a bill that…
Jun 11, 2025
By Ivan Penn, NEW YORK TIMES www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/business/energy-environment/ For decades, a little-known nonprofit organization has played a central role in keeping the lights…
Jun 10, 2025
By Grant Stringer, MERCURY NEWS After falling short last year, lawmakers in the state Senate are advancing bills intended to give customers…
Jun 9, 2025
By Dan Bacher, DAILY KOS https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/6/7/2326553/-CA-Senate-Votes-for-Regional-Electricity-Deregulation-Bill-Despite-Concerns-About-Trump You know when a MAGA Republican Senator calls a piece of controversial energy legislation a “Big Beautiful Bill”…
Jun 9, 2025
Chevron, state’s largest oil refiner, directly linked to major client of author who wrote study predicting rise to $8 a gallon By THOMAS…
Jun 6, 2025
By Rob Nikolewski, THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE For decades, gasoline in California has been more expensive than in other parts of the…
May 26, 2025
By Megan Fan Munce, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/home-insurance-rates-20335120.php# State Farm’s rates for homeowners (opens in new tab) are set to rise 17% starting…
May 26, 2025
The company is asking for an additional 11% on top of a 17% rate increase after the Los Angeles fires By Ethan…
May 21, 2025
By Megan Fan Munce, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/state-farm-insurance-rates-20335755.php A week after securing approval to raise home insurance rates by an average of…
May 21, 2025
By Thomas Elias, ENTERPRISE RECORD Academics have known for many years the potential for conflicts of interest when they conduct studies or…
May 21, 2025
By David Gelles, NEW YORK TIMES In California, a home insurance rate increase by State Farm is yet another sign of growing…
May 15, 2025
Today's decision that would make consumers pay now, but allow state farm to wait months before having to show its math, is…
May 14, 2025Regulators like California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara “need to hold insurance giants like State Farm accountable to paying out what they owe,…
May 14, 2025
By Steve Lopez, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-05-13/lopez-column-fire-victim-complaints-state-farm For four months, the frustrations and indignities have continued for victims of the Palisades and…
May 14, 2025
By Levi Sumagaysay, CALMATTERS State Farm can raise homeowner and other rates starting next month, becoming the first insurance company to win…
May 14, 2025