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By Charles Davis, INSIDER https://www.businessinsider.com/family-accused-of-recycling-fraud-after-collecting-76-million-2023-7 A California family that earned millions of dollars just by recycling cans and bottles has now been…
Jul 26, 2023By Olga Grigoryants, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS Activists and residents living near the Santa Susana Field Lab have for decades grappled with the environmental consequences that haunt the hilly…
Jul 20, 2023By Titus Wu, BLOOMBERG LAW https://news.bloomberglaw.com/artificial-intelligence/californias-work-on-ai-laws-stalls-amid-fiscal-tech-concerns California lawmakers have encountered roadblocks this year in their efforts to put guardrails around artificial intelligence…
Jul 19, 2023To keep covering homes amid the ravages of climate change, big insurance companies want California to slash its landmark price-gouging rules. By…
Jul 18, 2023By John Cox, BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN https://www.bakersfield.com/news/oil-drilling-all-but-dries-up-as-well-rework-permits-rise/article_6001fd72-2500-11ee-9ff7-f3ca6fe0250b.html Oil drilling permits have slowed to a trickle in California lately, even as approvals for well…
Jul 17, 2023By Joe Garofoli, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joegarofoli/article/ricardo-lara-insurance-18197757.php California has the strongest insurance protections for consumers in the country. It’s time — with top insurers…
Jul 17, 2023By Joe Garofoli, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joegarofoli/article/ricardo-lara-insurance-18197757.php California has the strongest insurance protections for consumers in the country. It’s time — with top…
Jul 17, 2023By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/14/business/bank-of-america-fine/index.html Bank of America was fined $250 million this week by US federal regulators (opens in new tab)for allegedly harming…
Jul 14, 2023By Dan Bacher, THE DAILY KOS https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/7/13/2180973/-Breaking-Number-of-oil-drilling-permits-issued-in-California-blows-past-15-000-since-2019 Los Angeles, CA—The total number of oil drilling permits issued blew past 15,000 since Governor…
Jul 14, 2023By staff reporters, KCBS – San Francisco, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Jul 14, 2023By Nichola Groom, REUTERS https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/california-new-oil-well-approvals-have-nearly-ground-halt-data-show-2023-07-13/ California, the seventh-biggest U.S. crude oil producer, has put a near halt on issuing permits for new…
Jul 13, 2023By Elizabeth Dowell, THE EPOCH TIMES https://www.theepochtimes.com/california-oil-well-drilling-comes-to-a-halt-after-approving-new-permits_5396607.html According to state data, California’s oil well drilling came to a halt as the state…
Jul 13, 2023By Harsha Devulapalli, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/home-insurance-data-california-18182836.php Last week, Farmers Insurance, California’s second-largest homeowner insurance carrier, announced (opens in new tab) that it…
Jul 12, 2023By Eli Flesch, LAW360 https://www.law360.com/insurance-authority/articles/1698279 Farmers Insurance‘s decision to limit homeowners policies sales in California underscored the difficulties of market conditions in…
Jul 11, 2023By Anthony Duignan-Cabrera, BUSINESS JOURNAL https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2023/07/10/california-home-insurance-farmers-state-farm.html Farmers Insurance announced Friday (opens in new tab) it would be limiting the number of homeowners policies…
Jul 10, 2023By Dave Lieber, DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE https://dentonrc.com/news/the_watchdog/the-watchdog-texas-insurance-rates-on-the-rise-as-companies-can-increase-prices-immediately/article_1ed31029-4f98-5236-8897-30fe3a38e87e.html Carl N. Scott of Coppell put a question to The Watchdog: “Has anyone told you how…
Jul 9, 2023By Matthew Kupfer, THE SAN FRANCISCO STANDARD https://sfstandard.com/housing-development/california-insurance-crisis-what-homeowners-need-to-know/ A woman whose elderly parents lost insurance on their house in the mountains of…
Jul 4, 2023By Elaine S. Povich, STATELINE New Jersey resident Anna “Cuqui” Rivera, a high school graduate who works as a labor and civil rights activist…
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