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By Tom Elias, THE COAST NEWS GROUP https://thecoastnews.com/elias-lara-does-insurance-companies-bidding As he prepares for his last year in office, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara…
Dec 10, 2025By Paige St. John, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-12-04/californias-insurance-crisis-ricardo-lara-la-wildfires-why-wasnt-it-fixed California’s property insurance market was unraveling fast in mid-2023 when the state’s insurance commissioner,…
Dec 4, 2025By Megan Fan Munce and Susie Neilson, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/state-farm-investigation-los-angeles-21171274.php After months of consumer complaints and lawsuits over its response to…
Nov 17, 2025By Dakota Smith and Katie King, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-14/dana-williamson-newsom-aide-profile-federal-indictment The FBI was secretly listening last year when a high-ranking advisor to Gov. Gavin Newsom…
Nov 17, 2025By City News Service Los Angeles County attorneys Thursday launched an investigation into State Farm over their handling of insurance claims filed…
Nov 14, 2025By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES Los Angeles County announced Thursday it is opening an investigation into how State Farm General has…
Nov 13, 2025By Ethan Varian, MERCURY NEWS Homeowners across California will soon see a new charge on their monthly insurance bills to help pay…
Nov 13, 2025By Janet Nguyen, MARKETPLACE https://www.marketplace.org/story/2025/11/13/will-us-consumers-be-able-to-get-any-of-their-tariff-money-back President Donald Trump’s new tariff policies, which include tax rates of 10% to 50% on imports around the world, have raised…
Nov 13, 2025By Staff Reporters, Cap Radio– Los Angeles, CA: Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Nov 12, 2025
Sign the petition: http://lararesign.org (opens in new tab) | Following a bombshell New York Times investigation, survivors from the Eaton and Palisades…
Nov 11, 2025By Staff Reporters, KNX-AM – Los Angeles, CA: Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Nov 7, 2025
By Levi Sumagaysay, CALMATTERS Survivors of the deadly Los Angeles County fires, some of whom have been unable to rebuild because their…
Nov 7, 2025By Becca Habegger, ABC10 https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/wildfire/la-wildfire-survivors-urge-ca-insurance-commissioner-resign/103-010661b1-97b0-4818-8996-884311b1c9e6 ALTADENA, Calif. — Los Angeles wildfire (opens in new tab) survivors are calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to pressure…
Nov 7, 2025By Kathy Vara and Helen Jeong, NBC4 https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/ricardo-lara-palsades-eaton-fire-insurance/3802090 As the first anniversary of the Palisades and Eaton fires nears, many families, who said to be…
Nov 7, 2025
