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The notice came to Green and Red Vineyard in early spring: its insurer had declined to renew the wineryâs property insurance policy, citing the high risk of wildfire.
âIt flipped us out, not having insurance â especially going into harvest this year,â Ray Hannigan, the wineryâs general counsel and husband of owner Tobin Heminway, told California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara at Castello di Amorosa on Monday. Hannigan and his wife had subsequently cobbled together âa patchworkâ of insurance, he told Lara, but the winery and its tanks remain uninsured.
âThe question is whether anything can be done to expedite (help) for us as weâre awaiting harvest, about to fill our tanks with wine,â Hannigan said.
A slate of California officials talked about the importance of prevention measures in the forests and communities of the Golden State to help reduce the devastation wrought by large-scale wildfires, but also acknowledged those measures are too late to make a difference for the impending fire season.
A woman with her dog watches as a plume of smoke rises from a wildfire in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles on Sunday. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
(CN) A leading California state official in firefighting and forestry said the federal government is a more reliable partner since Joe Biden has assumed the presidency.
Adding your parents to your health insurance plan? A proposed state bill hopes to make that happen.
If AB-570 passes, California would be the first state to allow dependent parents on their child s insurance. Author: Shannon Handy (Reporter) Updated: 6:47 PM PDT May 14, 2021
SAN DIEGO Many of us have our children on our health insurance plans, but what about our parents?
A California lawmaker is pushing a bill that would require private health plans to extend coverage to some subscribers parents.
If passed, it will allow people who claim a parent as a dependent on their taxes to add them to their insurance plans, making California the first state to do so.
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How to avoid scams
Claremont Senior Program hosts a free virtual town hall for seniors to fight fraud and scams Thursday, May 20 at 1:30 p.m.
The event will be hosted by California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and Micki Nozaki, director of the Senior Medicare Patrol Project. The aim is to provide Californians tools to fight back against fraud and scams.
Global Issues Series focuses on Burma
The United Nations Association of Pomona Valley and the Pomona College International Relations Program present “Burma: A Personal Perspective,” as experienced by Swapan Nag over Zoom at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 18.
Mr. Nag is CEO of Nag, Inc., a technology development company focused mainly on solutions for the public sector, including agencies such as NASA, JPL/Caltech, FAA, DHS and the US State Department.