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DMHC fines L.A. Care Health Plan $300,000 for deceptive enrollment tactics

The California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) announced taking enforcement action against Local Initiative Health Authority for Los Angeles County (L.A. Care Health Plan) for misleading 21 of the plan’s enrollees during the enrollment process. The plan has agreed to pay the fine and implement corrective actions, including monthly Read More

Harley Rouda issues statement on Dave Min’s entrance into CA-47 race

Businessman and former Congressman Harley Rouda released the following statement on Dave Min’s entrance into race for California’s 47th congressional district: “California needs leaders who are laser-focused on solving our environmental crisis, who will put bipartisanship ahead of brinkmanship, and who know how to grow businesses and our economy. I’m Read More

Reps. Kim, Stansbury lead bipartisan bill to boost wildfire communications, information sharing

U.S. Representatives Young Kim (CA-40) and Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) introduced the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) Wildland Fire Communications and Information Dissemination Act (H.R. 369) to boost communications and information sharing efforts between first responders, fire management response officials and community members during wildfires. Rep. Joe Neguse (CO-02) Read More

WalletHub Study Update: States Having the Fastest Recovery of Unemployment Claims

New unemployment claims decreased by 7.3% week-over-week on January 9 amid high inflation and the threat of a recession. To help add some context to these statistics, WalletHub just released updated rankings for the States Where Unemployment Claims Are Decreasing the Most. Key Stats: Every state had unemployment claims last Read More

Huntington Beach Police Department investigates shooting on Huntington Village Lane

On Tuesday, January 17, 2023, at approximately 12:00 p.m., the Huntington Beach Police Department (HBPD) responded to reports of an assault with a deadly weapon in the 15000 block of Huntington Village Lane. Upon arrival, officers located a male adult with injuries. The individual was transported to a local hospital, Read More

Governor Newsom signs executive order to support communities impacted by winter storms

Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order to further bolster the emergency response to severe winter storms and support impacted communities across the state. In the past week, California has secured a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration and a Presidential Emergency Declaration to assist response and recovery efforts to the storms, which have resulted in Read More

WalletHub study: 2023’s best and worst metro areas for STEM professionals

With STEM jobs projected to grow 10.8% between 2021 and 2031, compared to 4.9% for other occupations, the personal-finance website WalletHub followed up on its 2023’s Best Cities for Jobs report with an in-depth analysis of 2023’s Best & Worst Metro Areas for STEM Professionals, as well as expert commentary. To determine the Read More