After Refusing $30K Settlement Offer, Bad Faith Suit May Cost GEICO $2.7M September 29, 2020 More than eight years after Bonnie Winslett tore up and threw away a summons that notified her she was being... Read More
International News U.S. Pension Funds Sue Allianz After $4B in Coronavirus Losses September 28, 2020 FRANKFURT — Pension funds for truckers, teachers and subway workers have lodged lawsuits in the United States against Germany’s Allianz,... Read More
West News California Wine Country Wildfire Forces Evacuation of Hospital, Hundreds of Homes September 28, 2020 ST. HELENA, Calif. — A wind-driven wildfire erupted on Sunday in the heart of northern California’s Napa Valley wine country... Read More
Agriculture Workers Risk Safety and Health During Pandemic September 28, 2020 States such as Virginia, Oregon and Washington have created their own enforceable rules to control, prevent and mitigate the spread... Read More
West News Power Company Plans Series Of Shutoffs To Prevent Wildfires September 28, 2020 LOS ANGELES — One of California’s largest power companies announced Saturday it plans to temporarily shut off power to residents... Read More
West News Residents Debate Mountain Living Amid Wildfire Concerns September 28, 2020 RED FEATHER LAKES, Colo. — Amanda Harmon spent years dreaming of living in Colorado’s mountains. And she worked for it,... Read More
Hacked Software Provider Acknowledges Ransomware Attack September 28, 2020 DALLAS — A major U.S. provider of software services to state and local governments acknowledged Friday that it was hit... Read More
West News California Braces for Power Shutoffs and Warm, Windy Weekend September 28, 2020 SAN FRANCISCO — Firefighters and officials at California’s largest utility company braced for hot, dry and windy weather in northern... Read More
Plaintiffs Win One and Lose One in COVID-19 Business-Interruption Legal Fight September 28, 2020 A federal judge in Florida last week denied an insurer’s petition to dismiss a COVID-19 business-interruption lawsuit, while a federal... Read More
West News Masks Are Coveted Items With Covid and Smoke Sweeping West Coast September 25, 2020 Lindsey Major, wracked with asthma, crisscrossed Seattle in search of an N95 mask as wildfire smoke blanketed the West Coast.... Read More