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California Commissioner, Cal Poly Humboldt Working on Public Wildfire Model

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and Cal Poly Humboldt plan to form a strategy group to undertake what Lara says will be the nation’s first public wildfire catastrophe model. The plan is for the group…

Cooler Weather in Southern California Helping Wildfire Battle

Cooler weather enabled firefighters to make progress over the weekend against three Southern California wildfires. Authorities have started scaling back evacuations at the largest blaze. The Bridge Fire east of Los Angeles has burned 54,690…
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California’s Lara Orders 1-Year Moratorium for 750K Residents Following Wildfires

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued a mandatory one-year moratorium on insurance companies to preserve residential insurance coverage for 750,000 policyholders affected by the Airport, Bridge, and Line fires in the counties of Orange, Riverside,…