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17,000 Liberty Mutual customers in CA to lose fire insurance policy: Here's what you need to know
It's another blow to homeowners across the state. Liberty Mutual fire insurance company is the latest company ending fire insurance in California.About 17,000 California policy holders will not have their "dwelling fire insurance" renewed.Those changes started last fall and will run through November.Dwelling fire insurance covers fire damage to the structure of the home instead of the stuff inside the home. It's something landlords or vacation homeowners often count on.MORE: State Farm not renewing 30K homeowners insurances in CA, including in high fire risk areasState Farm says its not renewing 30,000 homeowners insurances in California including in high fire risk...
Marc Andreessen’s Family Plans to Build a ‘Visionary’ Subdivision in California
Marc Andreessen is always trying to build stuff. For years, his motto has been “it’s time to build,” which I think he means metaphorically, though lately he’s been literally trying to build stuff. As a prominent backer of the California Forever project—the troubled effort to build a brand new metropolis on thousands of acres of Bay Area farmland—Andreessen has been laboring to take billionaire-backed urban planning to the next level. And while that effort may have stalled, it would appear that those close to him are still very much interested in building stuff in the Bay Area, albeit on a much smaller scale.
California man covers ex in gasoline setting her on fire in a truck as he says 'Happy Father's Day'
Joshua Adam Kaiser covered the mother of his child and an unrelated male in gasoline as they sat in a pickup truck in the unincorporated community of Johnson Valley, California
August rain, high heat create mosquito concerns in Northern California
SACRAMENTO — Until this past weekend, Sacramento had gone 3.5 months without a trace of rain, but those summer showers are now prompting some worries about mosquitoes."What we saw with the rains followed by the heat could be ideal to allow those eggs to hatch, develop into adults and then even adults to lay more eggs," said Joel Buettner, the general manager of the Placer Mosquito and Vector Control District.Sacramento only saw a trace, but some neighborhoods in Roseville had more than two inches of rain.The concern is over a specific type of invasive mosquito species that can transmit deadly...
Snoop Dogg holiday performance at Placer County casino
(FOX40.COM) — Hip-hop icon and 16-time Grammy-nominated rapper Snoop Dogg is set to perform at Thunder Valley later this winter. Thunder Valley officials announced Tuesday the legendary rapper will perform at The Venue on Dec. 27. Snoop Dogg’s career has spanned over three decades and is known for hits such as “Drop it Like it’s […]
Sacramento K9 sniffs out more than 30 pounds of meth in drug bust
(FOX40.COM) — A routine traffic stop in Sacramento led to a massive drug bust, according to the California Highway Patrol Valley Division. On Tuesday, CHP announced that K9 Olex sniffed out and located 34 pounds of methamphetamine in a TLX Acura. Photos of the bust show a K9 dog posed in front of the vehicle […]
Sacramento man writes check for $400, bank reads it as $4,000. What it took to get his money back. | Call Kurtis
SACRAMENTO – A Sacramento man said his bank added a zero to a check he wrote.When it put his account in the red, he reached out to CBS13 and the Call Kurtis consumer investigative to ask for help. But, what really upset Monroe Mann was how long the bank told him it would take to fix the mess. "How can you treat me this way?" asked Mann, a longtime customer of Wells Fargo Bank.Mann wrote a check for $400. It's handwritten in words, too. But, Wells Fargo interpreted it as $4,000 and that drained Mann's checking and savings accounts.The scenario...
Fresno ranks in top 10 of highest DUI rates in the United States, study says
FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Impaired driving is never a good idea, but a recent study ranks Fresno among the top ten for the highest DUI rates in the country. A study by LendingTree ranks Fresno sixth among the top 50 largest cities in the US for DUI rates between July 2023 and July 2024. In […]
Firefighter's racist rant at Stockton man goes viral on TikTok
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY — An Alameda County firefighter was recorded on video shouting racist remarks toward a Stockton man.A TikTok with over half a million views shows the firefighter shouting racist remarks after a crash on Highway 99 just south of Lodi on Harney Lane and Armstrong Road. "D------ Mexican or Filipino, whatever you are," the firefighter said in the video.He is not identified because the Alameda County Fire Department has not confirmed his identity."Probably going to work at some f------ lawn job," the firefighter said in the video.Alameda County's fire chief confirmed the firefighter has worked with them for...
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