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California’s insurance czar blamed for canceled home insurance – NBC Los Angeles
A Chatsworth community of nearly 300 middle-class homeowners claimed Tuesday that their insurance company dropped their policies four months ago after increasing their insurance premium some 500%.
“The premium went from $349,000 to a whopping $1.7 million,” Bruce Breslau said while representing his homeowners’ association (HOA), explaining the insurance company notified the HOA that it would no longer be able to provide coverage for those in wildfire zones, including Chatsworth.
“My premium doubled,” said Gigi Bannister, a retired firefighter in Crestline, sharing the similar story about her canceled insurance policy.
Bannister said she filed a $40,000 claim after a snow-related collapse at her house. Her insurance company not only denied it but it also canceled her policy.
“Insurance companies should be forced to honor claims. If they don’t, what is insurance for?” Bannister said.
The stories of Breslau and Bannister have become more common as climate change impacts every Californian’s life with fires, floods and slides.
California’s Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and his new set of regulations he implemented earlier this year are to blame for higher insurance rates, according to Jamie Court of Consumer Watchdog, a non-profit advocacy organization.
“Unfortunately, Insurance Commissioner Lara’s been worse than ‘asleep at the switch,’ Court said. “He’s been in the back rooms, making deals with the insurance companies.”
In response, Lara said Consumer Watchdog’s claims are a “lie” as he came out of an intense, three-hour hearing where State Assembly members asked him pointed questions about his plan.
“We’re ruffling some feathers on some entrenched interest on both sides,” Lara said about insurers as well as the insured.
Lara said his priorities is doing everything possible to keep insurers from fleeing the state of California while bringing down the risks for insurance companies such as catastrophic weather events to eventually bring down the cost for homeowners.
“We can’t have insurers retreating or leaving the state, because then we’re never gonna get to affordability,” Lara said.
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Officer stabbed, suspected attacker dead outside police station in Santa Monica – NBC Los Angeles
A man was shot and killed after stabbing an officer Saturday outside the doors of a police station in Santa Monica.
At around 5:21 p.m., an officer in front of a police station was confronted by a man in his 30s who pulled out a knife on him and began attacking him unprovoked, according to the Santa Monica Police Department.
The knife-wielding man slashed, stabbed the officer and continued to follow him as the officer attempted to retreat around the corner of the building.
The officer drew his weapon and opened fire. Santa Monica officers gave the suspect medical aid until the fire department arrived but succumbed to his injuries.
The injured officer was transported to a local hospital with serious stab wounds but is expected to survive, police said.
More information on the attacker was not immediately available.
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Officer stabbed, suspected attacker dead outside police station in Santa Monica – NBC Los Angeles
A man was shot and killed after stabbing an officer Saturday outside the doors of a police station in Santa Monica.
At around 5:21 p.m., an officer in front of a police station was confronted by a man in his 30s who pulled out a knife on him and began attacking him unprovoked, according to the Santa Monica Police Department.
The knife-wielding man slashed, stabbed the officer and continued to follow him as the officer attempted to retreat around the corner of the building.
The officer drew his weapon and opened fire. Santa Monica officers gave the suspect medical aid until the fire department arrived but succumbed to his injuries.
The injured officer was transported to a local hospital with serious stab wounds but is expected to survive, police said.
More information on the attacker was not immediately available.
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WWII veteran celebrates 103rd birthday – NBC Los Angeles
Larry Schlesinger, a WWII Army veteran, celebrated his 103rd birthday Saturday surrounded by generations of family and friends, reflecting on over a century of life.
“It feels great to have all these people around me and my whole family going to all this trouble to celebrate my birthday,” said Schlesinger.
The centenarian enlisted in the Army in February of 1942, sailing on the Grey Ghost and the Queen Mary, which served as a troop ship in the war.
Proud of his Jewish heritage, Schlesinger joined the front lines in hopes of putting an end to antisemitism.
“You know at the end of World War Two I came home and thought that will be the end of it. Humanity has learned its lessons. We buried millions of people. We didn’t learn anything. We’ve been at constant war,” said Schlesinger.
The army veteran continues to stay up to date with the current Israel-Hamas war and called the unrest “disturbing.”
He said he never goes to bed without watching the news.
“We live life to enjoy it, stay informed, keep alert to the changes in politics of our country and the rest of the world,” said Schlesinger.
The veteran plans to exercise his American right in the upcoming November election by voting in person.
“We watched the political debates, we pay code attention to the key people involved. And we intend to make our voices heard,” said Schlesinger.
He credits staying interested in the world around him as one of the secrets to a long and healthy life.
“What’s going on in the world is terribly important. Maybe I won’t see if affects me tomorrow or the next day but it will certainly affect my children and grandchildren,” said Schlesinger.
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