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California insurance market is ‘in chaos.’ Can the new chief fix it?

State Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s efforts to fix the home insurance market can’t come quickly enough.

The stretch of Downtown San Francisco once contained some of the country’s most expensive real estate. Now it’s an indicator of decline.

Oakland’s own The California Honeydrops open this summer’s Stern Grove Festival with support from The Dip. Watch live with The Standard now.

Assemblymember Damon Connolly said the bill is aimed at ensuring children in California don’t become addicted to smoking.

The ‘Noachian’ Great Flood of 1862 nearly destroyed Sacramento and left the Central Valley under water for weeks.