{
  "id": 2161657,
  "title": "California Adopts Weaker Home Protection Rules as Wildfires Grow",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/california-adopts-weaker-home-protection-rules-as-wildfires-grow",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T15:23:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Insurance Journal",
    "slug": "insurance-journal",
    "url": "https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2026/08/20/882337.htm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A California agency on Wednesday approved long-delayed regulations designed to protect homes from wildfire, but they’re less stringent than defenses recommended by scientists and firefighters. The new rules, which apply to about 2 million homes, were mandated by a 2020 …",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}