Following a Times investigation, a state lawmaker is proposing the first health-based standards for assessing smoke ...

As fire survivors continue to navigate life after disaster, California lawmakers roll out new bills attempting to further ...

More than a dozen candidates have filed statements of intention to run for California insurance commissioner in the November ...

California residents may see their home insurance costs increase after the state approved rate increases for two major ...

Representatives of both insurers and policyholders point out issues with market forces and challenges to addressing coverage ...

Wildfire seasons are now long enough, and destructive enough, that your home’s insurability has become a core part of your mortgage risk, not a side detail. If your coverage lapses, shrinks, or falls ...

See what’s changed in Altadena since it was ravaged by wildfires. Upgrade to watch the full report. One year after a firestorm ripped through Sue Decker’s neighborhood in the foothills of Altadena, ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Linda Decker and her husband moved to the Sierra Nevada foothills to retire in 2010. She said that while they budgeted for property insurance in the high fire risk area, those ...

One year after wildfires tore through Pacific Palisades, Altadena, and surrounding communities, the physical signs of destruction remain visible. Empty lots sit beside newly framed homes. Construction ...

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