West News Edison Once Again Seeks to Limit Liability From California Fires November 4, 2019 Edison International once again will try to sway a California state court judge to rule that it can’t be held... Read More
McDonald’s Moves to Clean Slate as Activist Pressure Intensifies November 4, 2019 McDonald’s Corp., which just announced the departure of its star chief executive officer, is also losing its top human resources... Read More
West News Flood Risk Heightened for California’s Mojave River Dam November 4, 2019 LOS ANGELES — A California dam could fail during an extreme storm and send water flooding into Mojave Desert communities... Read More
West News Crews Make Progress on Large Southern California Wildfire November 4, 2019 LOS ANGELES — Authorities lifted evacuation orders for a farm community Saturday as firefighters make progress on a large wildfire... Read More
Airbnb Bans ‘Party Houses’ After Halloween Shooting in California November 4, 2019 Airbnb Inc banned “party houses” on Saturday after five people were killed in a shooting at a large Halloween gathering... Read More
Microsoft Wants to Teach Drones, Robots and Drills How to Think November 4, 2019 Microsoft Corp. and technology rivals spend a lot of time talking about machine learning. Now Microsoft is talking about something... Read More
West News There’s No Easy Way to End California’s Bedeviling Blackouts November 4, 2019 California residents who were incredulous after the head of PG&E Corp. signaled a decade more of blackouts face an unnerving... Read More
Insurers With Market Conduct Troubles Can Usually Blame Their Claims Shop November 4, 2019 Mistakes by claims professionals were the most common reason for enforcement actions taken against U.S. property and casualty insurers in... Read More
West News California Governor Threatens To Step in and ‘Restructure’ PG&E November 3, 2019 California Governor Gavin Newsom threatened a state takeover of PG&E Corp. unless the beleaguered utility giant makes a swift exit... Read More
Texas / South Central News Houston-Area Flood Control Projects Proceed After Harvey November 1, 2019 HOUSTON — On a Friday night in August, Diane and Ted Simpson got home from work to find a certified... Read More