Wildfires

The investigation comes after California regulators approved State Farm’s request to raise premiums on an emergency interim basis. State Farm said the wildfires put the insurer in financial distress as it expected to pay $7 billion in claims related to the fires.

The dangers of air pollution from the smoke generated by West Coast wildfires can be more widespread and long-term, potentially impacting Central Illinois.

The Midwest Food Bank in Morton and Bloomington-based insurance company State Farm are both involved in responding to the ongoing destructive wildfires in the Los Angeles area.

It will take years for California to recover from this season's wildfires. In this edition of the GLT gardening podcast Grow, Mike McCurdy and Illinois…