Farmers Insurance Group is set to hike its overall policy rate starting this fall. The state's second-largest home insurer will increase rates by 1.5% for nearly 915,000 California homeowners. The increase comes after a set of regulatory reforms passed last year that altered the way insurance companies price wildfire risk.
Billionaire and former California gubernatorial candidate Stephen Cloobeck was arrested and released Tuesday in West Hollywood, authorities said. Cloobeck turned himself in at a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department station "on an outstanding felony warrant for alleged violation of dissuading or intimidating a witness or victim of a crime," the law enforcement agency said Wednesday in a statement provided to ABC7.
The Ventura County Sheriff's Office said Monday it expects to find additional victims, though none have yet been identified. The office believes the group responsible is part of a "transnational organized crime burglary crew" that is associated with at least one similar crime in Southern California, Det. Brian Koruda said in an email.
The proposed parcel tax of $4 per square foot would require voter approval. Nazarian plans to introduce a motion to the City Council Friday to initiate steps to put a parcel tax measure on the Nov. 3 ballot. The measure would target large, private recreational membership-based clubs and similar facilities within city limits. If the council approves Nazarian's motion, it would next head to the city attorney's office to prepare a resolution and ordinance to get it on the ballot.
As we spend more time here and build our life in this community, it became clear there was an opportunity to introduce our design-driven approach to how homes are marketed and experienced. Resident said its Napa Valley operation will mirror the approach used in Los Angeles, focusing on cinematic marketing branding and collaboration with local agents developers and homeowners.
I am here because I have to be here from a divorce, but as soon as [my kids are] 18, I'll be able to leave. I'll spend a lot of time in Cambodia. I'll spend time visiting my family members wherever they may be in the world.
To build a home at the base of the San Jacinto Mountains is to negotiate a paradox: the natural beauty demands attention while the wind and unforgiving California sun require refuge.
The January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires destroyed about 12,000 homes and caused more than $50 billion in damage, with most losses tied to the Eaton and Palisades fires, which were contained by Jan. 31, 2025.
"We're really excited," Dana Pouwels, head of airport lounge benefits at JPMorgan Chase, told Fast Company in an interview. "Dallas is opening this year, and Los Angeles will be opening within the next 12 months."
The five-bedroom Greek Revival residence spans roughly 8,000 square feet across six levels connected by an elevator. It also has multiple terraces with over 800 square feet of outdoor space.
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez purchased a contemporary Georgian-style estate in Beverly Hills for $60.8 million in May 2023, marking the most expensive celebrity real estate transaction that year.
