Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Altadena resident Seriina Covarrubias visits her house in Altadena on Feb. 28. Her garage was destroyed and her house survived but ...

A year after CBS News California Investigates exposed concerning secrecy within the California FAIR Plan, state Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is making good on his promise to change state law.

The California FAIR Plan has proposed raising home insurance rates by an average of 35.8% starting next spring - a hike that, if approved in full, would be its largest in at least seven years.

The FAIR Plan, California’s last-resort insurance program for homeowners needing fire coverage, is seeking approval for steep rate hikes averaging 35.8%, though some policyholders could actually see ...

In the closing days of the legislative year, California lawmakers sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a bill that is meant to toughen scrutiny of the state’s embattled fire insurer of last resort by insisting that ...

The entire city of Clayton shares a common ZIP code, 94517. And hundreds of its homeowners there share something else: They've all been kicked out of their insurance companies and sent to the ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The California FAIR Plan released new numbers showing enrollment continues to grow, adding 21,859 residential policies in the final three months of ...

Altadena resident Seriina Covarrubias visits her house in Altadena on Feb. 28. Her garage was destroyed and her house survived but had smoke damage. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) Despite a court ...