Defamation Costs Allstate $4M, Even After Court Erases Wrongful Termination Verdict October 28, 2020 By Jim Sams Allstate Insurance Co. was within its rights to fire Michael A. Tilkey from his $200,000-a-year job as a broker after... Read More
Big Power Shutoffs in California as Winds Boost Fire Danger October 27, 2020 By Olga R. Rodriguez and Amy Taxin SAN FRANCISCO — Large swaths of California had no electricity Monday as utilities tried to prevent the chance of their... Read More
Snow, Cold Weather Puts Damper on Colorado Wildfire October 27, 2020 DENVER — Snow and cold weather on Sunday put a damper on a wildfire that has forced thousands of people... Read More
California Girds For Most Dangerous Fire Weather of Year October 26, 2020 By Olga R. Rodriguez and Christopher Weber SAN FRANCISCO — California, which has endured its worst wildfire season in history, is bracing for the most dangerous winds... Read More
Contaminated Plant Turned Over to State Environmental Trust October 26, 2020 LOS ANGELES — A state environmental trust will take over a battery recycling plant in Southern California to prevent its... Read More
Crews Vacuum ‘Murder Hornets’ Out of Washington Nest October 26, 2020 BLAINE, Wash. — Heavily protected crews in Washington state worked Saturday to destroy the first nest of so-called murder hornets... Read More
Some Alaska Phones Beyond Danger Received Tsunami Warning October 23, 2020 ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Some Alaska residents received tsunami warnings on their cellphones following an earthquake earlier this week, including customers... Read More
California Braces for Most Dangerous Fire Weather of 2020 October 23, 2020 By Mark Chediak and Brian K. Sullivan California is bracing for the most powerful gusts of the 2020 fire season, raising the threat of more blazes and... Read More
More Fire-Prevention Power Shutoffs Possible in California October 22, 2020 SAN FRANCISCO — Electricity may be shut off to about 54,000 Northern California utility customers this week to try to... Read More
Large Earthquake Off Alaska Prompts Tsunami Fears, Fleeing October 21, 2020 JUNEAU, Alaska — A magnitude 7.5 earthquake prompted a tsunami warning Monday for a nearly thousand-mile stretch of Alaska’s southern... Read More