State Farm said that it has paid out close to $500 million in claims following the wildfires that have ravaged the Los Angeles region. As of Jan. 27, the company has processed a total of 10,100 claims for home and auto damage resulting from the fires.

State Farm often runs commercials during NFL games, but the insurance company won’t have an ad presence during Super Bowl 2025 in the wake of the fires that have devastated the Los Angeles

In a customer advisory, State Farm revealed that so far it has received over 10,100 total home and auto claims and has paid out almost half a billion dollars to claimants. In the notice, posted on its web site, State Farm said it had made successful voice-to-voice contact with over 95% of customers who have filed homeowner claims.

The Super Bowl commercial would have been the second consecutive spot from the insurance giant, after Arnold Schwarzenegger played 'Agent State Farm' in last year's game.

As of Friday, State Farm said they received over 9,800 home and auto claims. The insurer said they have called or contacted 95% of people who filed claims and paid out $300 million so far. A spokesperson in California recalled the devastation she’s already seen.

State Farm said it was backing out of its plan to air an ad during the upcoming Super Bowl due to the wildfires in Southern California.

There was a time when the water under Nick Sahota's Terra Bella farm was free and abundant, supporting tidy rows of pistachio trees and table grapes to supply Bay Area groceries like Costco, Food 4 Less and SaveMart.

A California duck farm made headlines this week after the World Organization of Animal Health published a report by U.S. authorities that a strain of bird flu that scientists call H5N9 had been found among sick birds in the flock.

State Farm is canceling a planned commercial by the insurance giant set to run during the 2025 Super Bowl next month, citing the impact of the Los Angeles area wildfires .

The government is investigating a rare strain of avian flu, H5N9, detected on a duck farm in central California, according to the World Organisation for Animal Health. It marks the first reported outbreak of this strain in U.S. poultry.

President Trump's executive orders on California water will help irrigate Central Valley farms. They won’t do anything to fight wildfires.