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State Farm Faces Millions in Penalties for LA Wildfire Claims
State Farm could face millions of dollars in penalties in California after the state's insurance regulator alleged the firm mishandled claims related to the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires. Thousands of survivors could be affected, according to a…
Norwegian fish farms polluting fjords with waste likened to 'raw sewage of millions of people'
Norwegian fish farms are filling fjords and other coastal waters with nutrient pollution equivalent to the raw sewage of tens of millions of people each year, a report has found. Norway is the largest farmed salmon producer in the world, and…
City Farming Could Supply Nearly 30% of Europe's Fruit and Vegetable Needs
Most of the time, an urban rooftop is not a pretty place—a tarpaper or concrete griddle in summer, a windswept waste in winter. But if a new study in the journal Sustainable Cities and Society is correct, city roofs—along with vacant…
California seeks millions in penalties from State Farm over alleged claims violations after LA wildfires
California is seeking millions of dollars in penalties from State Farm after an investigation found the insurance company was slow to investigate and underpaid claims from the 2025 Los Angeles-area wildfires, regulators announced on Monday. State…
California Wants to Throw the Book at State Farm over Wildfire Claims
California officials took legal action Monday against State Farm, accusing the insurer of unlawfully delaying, denying and underpaying home-insurance claims from survivors of last year's Los Angeles wildfires. The state is seeking millions of…
Study finds AI server farms creating their own local heat islands
The same AI bubble promising to reshape the future may also be quietly reshaping the climate. A new study suggests massive data centers are generating localized 'heat islands,' raising temperatures around them and potentially compounding the…
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This Souvenir Bowl May Have Commemorated an Ancient Roman Soldier's Service at Hadrian's Wall. It Was Discovered on a Spanish Farm 1,900 Years Later
Archaeologists may have identified the origins of a recently discovered 1,900-year-old bowl decorated with bright red, green, blue and turquoise patterns. These designs appear to depict Hadrian's Wall, the 73-mile-long fortification that once…
State Farm has mishandled wildfire claims, state regulators say
This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. California regulators say State Farm has illegally delayed, underpaid and denied…
Bond to support farm and forestry funding will not be on November ballot
BENTON, Maine — Washington County farmers face mounting economic uncertainty, but they will not see a proposal for relief funds on the November ballot. Lawmakers made several attempts to revive L.D. 2094, a bill that would have directed a…
Freeze leaves Colorado farm with no fruit left to harvest
DENVER — A sudden mid-April freeze wiped out the entire fruit crop at Ela Family Farms in Delta County, a loss the owners say is unlike anything they have experienced in decades of farming. “We have found no live fruits after the…
State Farm launches all out war on California in blistering statement after bombshell wildfire exposé
California's largest home insurance company tore into state regulators Monday as it faces potential multi-million dollar fines and a suspension of its license. “Wildfire survivors deserve real solutions — not a distorted picture of…
Candidates for California Insurance Commissioner weigh in on State Farm legal action
Candidates for California Insurance Commissioner weigh in on State Farm legal action SEVERAL CANDIDATES RUNNING TO BE OUR NEXT INSURANCE COMMISSIONER HERE IN CALIFORNIA, TAKING THE DEBATE STAGE IN SACRAMENTO TODAY. CALIFORNIA IS IN THE MIDST OF A…
Animal Farm Film A Hollywood Perversion Of Orwell's Anti-Communist Classic
George Orwell's prognostications about the future of authoritarianism have proven consistently accurate. They have only been limited by his inability to foresee the creation of certain technologies which make the future look even more bleak. The…
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California says State Farm violated the law in handling of insurance claims after 2025 LA wildfires
California says State Farm violated the law in handling of insurance claims after 2025 LA wildfires THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF MERCHANDISE FROM THAT BUSINESS FOR THE PAST THREE WEEKS. LEADERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARE AT…
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