Big Ass Fans hit with fines over false claims about clean air products

The company Big Ass Fans has been slapped with almost half a million dollars in penalties…

Russell Simmons owes nearly $8 million to three women, filings allege

Three women who have accused Russell Simmons of sexual assault say the hip-hop mogul has failed…

California’s Fair Plan may need a bailout after the L.A. fires

The California FAIR Plan Assn., the state’s property insurer of last resort, was born of smoldering…

Farmers tops survey of home insurers that decline the most claims

Three of California’s largest home insurance companies declined nearly half of their claims in 2023, well…

What to do if you lost your home, business in the fires; how to file insurance claim

With more than 1,000 structures already destroyed by three wildfires that continue to rage out of…

The UnitedHealthcare killing won’t improve insurance. This would

Last week’s shocking killing of UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive, Brian Thompson, reopened a national wound inflicted by…

Why the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive was celebrated

The apparent assassination of UnitedHealthcare Chief Executive Brian Thompson on a Midtown Manhattan sidewalk Wednesday has…

Hiltzik: Elon’s science fiction fancy about colonizing Mars

The image of Elon Musk that may be dominating people’s mindspace at the moment is of…

Judge approves Fisker bankruptcy plan favored by car owners

Fisker Inc. will wind down operations under a bankruptcy plan approved Friday that should allow car…

Hiltzik: A win for the FDA’s campaign against bogus stem cell treatments

Just as it began to seem that the battle against pseudoscience in medicine was being lost,…