AvatarThe Mercury NewsAvatarAvatar1 day agoCalifornia spent $3.7 billion reducing wildfire fuel. Bill would make insurers factor that into coverageThe Mercury News - John WoolfolkInsurers in California have sounded the alarm: A warming climate has dramatically raised the risk of devastating wildfires, and with it the cost of …
AvatarThe Mercury NewsAvatarAvatar6 days agoCalifornia commissioner, Farmers CEO ‘look outside’ for answers to insurance crisisThe Mercury News - CalMattersState Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara — who is in the midst of issuing new regulations to address California’s insurance crisis — told CalMatters …
AvatarThe Mercury NewsAvatarAvatarPG&E CEO, other execs with utility titan, land higher compensationThe Mercury News - George AvalosOAKLAND — PG&E handed out higher executive compensation for the utility leviathan’s top boss and other key execs in 2023, pay increases that arrive …
AvatarThe Mercury NewsAvatarAvatarCalifornia wildfire: Cartago evacuated, Highway 395 closedThe Mercury News - Bay Area News GroupUpdate: At 8:15 a.m. Thursday, Caltrans announced the highway was reopened. A stretch of Highway 395 was closed and a small community on the east side …
AvatarThe Mercury NewsAvatarAvatarThe Old Road, used when The Grapevine is closed, set for $250 million wideningThe Mercury News - Steve ScauzilloWhen the Route Fire burned about 5,000 acres near Castaic in August 2022, prompting closure of the 5 Freeway at The Grapevine followed by weeks of …
AvatarThe Mercury NewsAvatarAvatarYes, beavers can help stop wildfires. And more places in California are embracing themThe Mercury News - Tribune News ServiceAlex Wigglesworth | Los Angeles Times (TNS) A vast burn scar unfolds in drone footage of a landscape seared by massive wildfires north of Lake Tahoe. …
AvatarThe Mercury NewsAvatarAvatarAre California homeowners getting any insurance breaks for beefing up their property to protect against wildfires?The Mercury News - John WoolfolkThe CZU Lightning Complex wildfire that burned through the Santa Cruz Mountains in late summer 2020 was a wakeup call for Frank Bäuerle. He wasted no …
AvatarThe Mercury NewsAvatarAvatarSierra Nevada snowpack ‘unusually normal’ and reservoirs are brimming as winter season winds downThe Mercury News - Paul RogersAs winter conditions wind down, the beginning of April is always the most important time for California’s water managers to take stock of how much …
AvatarThe Mercury NewsAvatarAvatarPower up: PG&E says electricity plan can boost Silicon Valley innovation and economyThe Mercury News - George AvalosSAN JOSE — PG&E is pushing forward with quests to help bolster Silicon Valley’s economy and innovation future, including major South Bay and East Bay …
AvatarThe Mercury NewsAvatarAvatarCalifornia insurance market ‘in chaos,’ says former insurance chief. Can this chief fix it?The Mercury News - Levi SumagaysayWith more California homeowners just discovering their insurance policies are getting canceled — and hundreds of thousands of others stuck with a …
AvatarThe Mercury NewsAvatarAvatar‘There Ought to be a Law’: Bay Area contestant inspires bill to protect California schools from wildfireThe Mercury News - Cameron MacdonaldMax Edwards believes there should be a state law that requires all schools to create evacuation and “shelter in place” plans if they are in areas at …
AvatarThe Mercury NewsAvatarAvatarUC Santa Cruz researchers study impacts of CZU wildfires on local streamsThe Mercury News - Chiara VillanuevaAfter the CZU Lightning Complex fires tore through the counties of San Mateo and Santa Cruz in 2020, over 86,000 acres of land were left ravaged in …