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Wildfire risk drives FAIR Plan insurance hikes in California
4+ hour, 54+ min ago (21+ words) NBC Bay Area Wildfire risk drives FAIR Plan insurance hikes in California...
Insurance crisis: CA lawmakers aim to address climate change, coverage concerns
4+ week, 21+ hour ago (24+ words) NBC Bay Area Insurance crisis: CA lawmakers aim to address climate change, coverage concerns...
California drivers hit with highest premium increases
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (20+ words) A new Lending Tree study shows California drivers are seeing the highest auto insurance rate increases nationwide following at-fault accidents....
Home insurance rates to rise for over 1 million California homeowners
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (88+ words) One in eight California homeowners could see their insurance rates spike. Kris Sanchez reports. One in eight homeowners in California might experience a spike in their insurance rates due to planned increases by two companies. Mercury Insurance is the state's…...
One year since devastating Los Angeles fires that ravaged local communities
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (115+ words) Several remembrances in the Palisades and Altadena will focus on the resilience of the survivors. Kris Sanchez reports. After a year since the fires were put out, several remembrances in the Palisades and Altadena will focus on the resilience of…...
Wildfires expand in Oregon and California, threatening homes and prompting evacuations
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (624+ words) Thousands of homes were under evacuation orders and warnings on Sunday from wildfires in Northern California wine country and central Oregon as crews battled the flames in dry, hot weather. The Pickett Fire, which had charred about 10 square miles (26 square…...
Pickett Fire explodes in size, prompts evacuations in Calistoga area
8+ mon, 4+ week ago (211+ words) More than 200 personnel were battling a wildfire burning in the hills east of Calistoga that swelled to 1, 045 acres and prompted evacuations Thursday evening, fire officials said. The area burned was revised from an earlier estimate of 1, 200 acres. The Calistoga Community…...
Crews struggle to contain massive California wildfire that's injured 3 people
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (147+ words) A massive wildfire is churning through Los Padres National Forest in Central California, threatening hundreds of homes and injuring at least three people, authorities said. The Gifford Fire spans more than 100 square miles of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo…...
Kelly Evans: The implosion of the health insurers
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (371+ words) It's pretty shocking just how poorly the health insurance names are trading. Centene--a major Obamacare and Medicaid insurer--is down 57% this month. Its stock price after earnings this morning hit 2014 levels. Molina, which is smaller but has higher Medicaid…...