The insurer is seeking a small rate increase, as a condition of resuming writing new home policies.

Jane Kim, a progressive ex-San Francisco city supervisor, and state Sen. Ben Allen of Santa Monica take early lead in race for insurance commissioner over leading Republican Stacy Korsgaden.

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A warm winter and little snowfall have resulted in one of California's lowest-ever snowpacks, raising concerns about water supplies and wildfires.

Temperatures are being shattered by large margins over a vast area beyond California. “It’s uncharted territory,” said Baker Perry, Nevada’s state climatologist.

Lake Tahoe went from blizzard to dirt in weeks amid rates of snowmelt that hydrologists described as historic. And now comes a record-shattering March heat wave.

Flowers are springing up across California, including in Death Valley National Park and Mount Tamalpais State Park.

One customer in San Jose pays just under $31,900 to be covered by the state’s insurer of last resort. Most Californians don’t pay quite so much, though the FAIR Plan is pricey.

Flooding and mudslides have buried roads, damaged homes and trapped drivers in several Southern California communities.

The requirement, which went into effect this summer, is meant to push homeowners to make their properties more fire-resistant.

Hexavalent chromium, a carcinogen made famous by the film “Erin Brockovich,” is being found in the air near L.A. wildfire debris sites, researchers say.

New data shows just how much Californians in every ZIP code are paying to be insured by the FAIR Plan, the state’s insurer of last resort.

Tanya Peterson, the San Francisco Zoo’s longtime CEO, has resigned following controversies that raised questions about her leadership. She faced pressure from Mayor Daniel Lurie and others.

A little-known and highly dangerous earth metal used to craft spaceships has been found in wildfire-ravaged homes and in the air in Los Angeles. Experts are shocked — and alarmed.

Unusually aggressive lone star ticks, common in the south-east, are spreading to areas previously too cold for them

As summer approaches and Napa Valley’s vineyards grow lush, the specter of wildfire looms. So the community, particularly its vintners, have taken matters into their own hands.

California’s Zone Zero regulations are expected to ban grass and wood fencing within 5 feet of homes. Here's what else is included and excluded in the rules.

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Under State Farm’s new request, its condo rates in California would soar, and homeowners rates would jump an additional 11%.

State Farm can raise home insurance rates in California by 17% next month, a judge ruled Tuesday, but the state insurance commissioner has the final word.

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said it was possible that officials would probe how State Farm handled claims from the L.A. wildfires.

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California's biggest insurance companies are using faulty algorithms and flawed processes to estimate rebuilding costs — leaving millions of homeowners unprotected from disaster.

For the first time in history, California salmon fishing will be closed for the third year in a row to protect a plunging population of fish

We talk to the reporters behind the investigation into how four of California’s largest home insurers are knowingly using faulty data to set coverage limits.

State Farm will provide testimony and evidence in the livestreamed hearing, in an effort to justify its request for a major rate hike on California consumers.

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State Farm home insurance customers will be hit with a major rate hike for the second year in a row. But they may avoid an even worse fate: being dropped.

The CEO of State Farm General met with Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara for the first time since the company asked for an emergency home insurance rate hike.

State Farm estimates that it will pay $7.6 billion in losses due to the Los Angeles wildfires, by far the largest amount of any insurer.

Cal Fire on Monday published updated fire maps for 125 cities from the Bay Area north to the Oregon border.

The California Insurance Commissioner said State Farm would need to provide ‘real answers’ about why they should pay more, in the wake of the L.A. fires.