State Farm seeks emergency rate increase averaging 22% after L.A. fires
State Farm General, California’s largest home insurer, asked state officials for an emergency rate hike averaging 22% Monday, claiming the ...
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Newsom taps Magic Johnson, Casey Wasserman, Mark Walter to lead philanthropic L.A. fire recovery initiative
Gov. Gavin Newsom is tapping Magic Johnson, Dodgers Chairman Mark Walter and 2028 Olympics organizer Casey Wasserman to lead a ...
This California city lost thousands of homes to fire. Santa Rosa’s rebuilding has lessons for L.A.
SANTA ROSA, Calif. — The sky above their newly built homes was clear, and the ground beneath their feet reassuringly ...
‘The cavalry is here’: L.A.-area lawmakers pledge to fast-track fire recovery and aid
More than 20 state lawmakers gathered with Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Hollister) on Thursday to telegraph their commitment to the ...
Abcarian: California’s cycle of fiery destruction and reconstruction is longer than you might think
For the first time in memory, everyone around here either knows someone or is someone who has lost a home ...
I was forced to evacuate my home. Do I still need to pay my mortgage, rent, utility bills?
During a disaster, getting to safety is the top priority. But for many Angelenos displaced by the devastating wildfires raging ...
They lost their home insurance policies. Then came the fires
Last year, Francis Bischetti said he learned that the annual cost of the homeowners policy he buys from Farmers Insurance ...
Paradise lost along Pacific Coast Highway
Everyone knows California is disaster-prone, but there’s a familiar logic to the calamitous geography in this high-maintenance beauty of a ...
Daniel Lurie inaugurated as San Francisco’s new mayor: ‘This is where our comeback begins’
SAN FRANCISCO — Four hours before he took the oath of office Wednesday to become San Francisco’s 46th mayor, Daniel Lurie ...
Drug overdose deaths plummet in San Francisco. What’s changed?
SAN FRANCISCO — After surging during the COVID pandemic into a crushing public health emergency, drug overdose deaths in San Francisco ...
