Santa Monica, CA—Consumer Watchdog called on California’s United States Attorneys to investigate the unprecedented refinery outages driving California gasoline price spikes. In…
May 21, 2015Media pressure this week led Google to reveal that its self-driving cars, which are being tested on select city streets in California,…
May 14, 2015Companies racing to develop self-driving cars for American roads have hit their first potholes. Google acknowledged Monday its self-driving vehicles have been…
May 13, 2015As companies from Google to Tesla Motors race to develop self-driving cars, the nonprofit group Consumer Watchdog has a helpful suggestion: Don’t…
May 13, 2015May 13, 2015 -- While tech companies scramble to develop a new generation of driverless cars, one local consumer advocacy group says…
May 13, 2015Google's revelation about the (seemingly admirable) safety record of its self-driving cars may not actually further the cause of driverless vehicles in…
May 12, 2015The riskiest thing about self-driving vehicles may turn out to be human drivers. Four of the nearly 50 self-driving cars undergoing tests…
May 12, 2015Google wants to take over our highways the way it has taken over the information superhighway. Its driverless cars are a lot…
May 12, 2015Despite a protest of almost 200 residents, the Santa Monica city council unanimously passed an ordinance Tuesday that will prohibit residents from sharing…
May 12, 2015Four of the nearly 50 self-driving cars now rolling around California have gotten into accidents since September, when the state began issuing…
May 11, 2015In both the UK and the US, policy makers are in the process of changing legislation to allow self-driving cars to be…
May 11, 2015Self-driving cars are supposed to be the solution to less-than-perfect human drivers. We get tired, have blind spots in our vision, and…
May 11, 2015Google Inc. revealed Monday that its self-driving cars have been in 11 minor traffic accidents since it began experimenting with the technology…
May 11, 2015Google’s self-driving cars have been rear-ended and side-swiped while navigating Bay Area roads and freeways, but it’s never been the autonomous car’s…
May 11, 2015Consumer Watchdog agrees with Supervisor David Campos that corporate influence on our laws has reached an unhealthy level. In fact, our public-interest…
May 10, 2015
This analysis, “Refining Profits,” looks at how oil refiners in California fared over the last decade in their refining operaDons and compared…
May 5, 2015
Santa Monica, CA --- California drivers paid $1 billion extra at the pump in March, when compared to the national average gas…
Apr 9, 2015
Santa Monica, CA—California refinery shutdowns and slowdowns are boosting refinery profit margins by as much as 72 percent, according to a key…
Feb 25, 2015