L.A. and Ventura counties will see strong winds this week, at 'major risk' of wildfires
The Santa Ana winds are forecast to pick up Tuesday morning and increase in intensity through Wednesday, with gusts from 55 ...
California Will Force Insurers To Cover Fire-Prone Areas—but More Costs Will Be Piled Onto Homeowners
In 2018, the deadly Camp Fire in Paradise, CA, killed 85 people and scorched about 11,000 local homes. Some of the residents who remained in town have found it impossible to buy home insurance, and ...
Why drought and a big wind event spell fire trouble for Southern California
The strongest Santa Ana winds of the season could bring a fire threat this week to Southern California, which hasn’t seen ...
California will soon require insurers to increase home coverage in wildfire-prone areas
California will start requiring property insurers to increase coverage in wildfire-prone areas after homeowners across the ...
Scientists make 'disturbing' discovery while studying toxic chemicals used to fight wildfires: '[It] just lit up'
The study found that the 14 fire suppression products examined contained at least eight of the 10 heavy metals they were ...
State takes final step to fix California’s troubled home insurance market
The California regulation will allow insurers to charge homeowners higher premiums to protect themselves from catastrophic ...
Insurance companies in California must offer coverage in wildfire-prone areas under new regulation
Insurance companies in California will have to offer coverage to homeowners in wildfire-prone areas under a new state ...
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California Wildfires: Latest Updates
About 13,000 customers in Northern California woke up without electricity Friday after PG&E shut off power to prevent its equipment from sparking wildfires amid dry weather and strong winds ...
La Niña is living up to expectations in Southern California
Los Angeles is ending the year with one of the driest stretches in history thanks to La Niña, weather officials said. Despite ...
New California regulation requires insurance companies to offer coverage in high-risk areas
California insurers will be required to sell coverage in wildfire-prone regions that have seen an insurer exodus in recent ...
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California expands home insurance coverage for wildfires
Wildfires remain an ever present threat in California. Homeowners and insurance companies often feel the brunt of massive ...
California Allows Reinsurance Cost in Rates as Fire Worry Grows
California approved new rules that let insurers account for reinsurance costs when they set rates, the last major step in a ...