California was hit by an earthquake on Friday after days of devastating wildfires sweeping through the state. A 3.7 earthquake was reported in the San Francisco area at around 7 a.m., with over 5,000 residents reporting to have felt it,

In 2019, the number of homeowners’ policies in California that were not renewed jumped by more than thirty per cent. In 2023, two giant insurers, State Farm and Allstate, announced that they would stop writing new policies for various forms of property insurance in California.

A brush fire broke out Tuesday near the Pacific Palisades, a coastal neighborhood on the west side of Los Angeles, and quickly exploded.