6:43 a.m. March 4, 2025: An earlier version of this story said test taker Ray Hayden could not afford to go to California to take the bar exam. In fact, he considered the journey a waste of money.

The State Bar of California office in downtown Los Angeles. (David Butow / For The Times) The State Bar of California's botched rollout of a new exam — a move that the cash-strapped agency made in the ...

May 7 (Reuters) - California’s botched February bar exam will cost the State Bar of California almost $6 million more than expected in July, with millions in added expenses in the years to come, ...

Sept 19 (Reuters) - The State Bar of California has tapped a senior court policy official as its next leader as it looks to shore up its finances, appease critical lawmakers and recover from a botched ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- 7 On Your Side has new details on its investigation into California's top insurance boss. It involves Commissioner Ricardo Lara's taxpayer funded travel around the world -- ...

The wildfires ravaging Southern California are expected to add further fuel to the state's ongoing insurance crisis, as residents' options for property coverage continue to dwindle or even disappear.

California regulators have launched an investigation into State Farm's handling of thousands of damage claims from policyholders affected by the devastating wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles County ...

The State Bar of California's botched rollout of a new exam — a move that the cash-strapped agency made in the hopes of saving money — could ultimately end up costing it an additional $5.6 million.

In 2017, the California FAIR Plan got permission to change the language in its policies pertaining to wildfire smoke damage, in part by promising regulators the changes wouldn't reduce payouts for its ...