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EDITORIAL: Pickel Is A Ratepayer Advocate Who Doesn’t Relish Advocacy By Editorial Board, LOS ANGELES TIMES November 1, 2018 http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-ratepayer-advocate-pickel-20181101-story.html Suspicious of…
Nov 1, 2018Google Spinoff To Test Truly Driverless Cars In California; Consumer Group Protests By Staff & Wire Reports, WRAL TECH WIRE October 31,…
Oct 31, 2018Google Spinoff To Test Truly Driverless Cars In California By Micahel Liedtke, ASSOCIATED PRESS October 30, 2018 https://apnews.com/877c2fcbd21d4fa2874412797d7696e2 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) –…
Oct 31, 2018Waymo Gets California’s OK For Human-Free Driving Tests As Robo-Car Skepticism Rises By Alan Ohnsman, FORBES October 30, 2018 https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2018/10/30/waymo-gets-californias-ok-for-human-free-driving-tests-amid-robo-car-skepticism/#48190fc83339 With Waymo…
Oct 30, 2018Consumer Watchdog Warns of Dangers of Driverless Cars without Human Backup Drivers in the Vehicles By Lynn Walford, AUTO CONNECTED CAR NEWS…
Oct 30, 2018FTC Pushed to Investigate Marketing in Android Kids Apps Groups say some in-app ad elements are deceptive By John Eggerton, MULTICHANNEL NEWS…
Oct 30, 2018Consumer Watchdogs Call On FTC To Investigate Kids Apps More than 20 consumer advocacy groups are calling on the US government body…
Oct 30, 2018Waymo Gets Green Light For Robot Cars In California; No Humans Needed By Carolyn Said, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE October 30, 2018 https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Waymo-gets-green-light-for-robot-cars-in-13349173.php…
Oct 30, 2018Consumer Advocate Says DWP Ratepayer Advocate’s Contract Should Not Be Renewed By Sandy Wells, KABC 790 AM Los Angeles, CA October 29,…
Oct 29, 2018‘Red Flag’ Wind Warnings Hit Northern California — And PG&E Urges Customers To Prepare By Dale Kasler, SACRAMENTO BEE October 29, 2018…
Oct 29, 2018Fred Pickel Recommended for Another Term as LADWP Ratepayer Advocate By Contributing Editors, MYNEWSLA October 25, 2018 Fred Pickel Recommended for Another…
Oct 25, 2018Panel Recommends Another Term For DWP Watchdog By Emily Alpert Reyes, LOS ANGELES TIMES October 25, 2018 http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-ratepayer-advocate-20181025-story.html A committee tapped to…
Oct 25, 2018Report: Prop 103 Has Saved California Drivers $154 Billion By Kevin Smith, SAN GABRIEL VALLEY TRIBUNE October 19, 2018 Report: Prop 103…
Oct 19, 2018General Motors Tracked The Listening Habits Of Drivers For Three Months Monetizing the consumer at every opportunity By Shawn Knight, TECH SPOT October…
Oct 18, 2018CFA: Insurance Reform Law Saved California Drivers Billions Of Dollars By Lyle Adriano, INSURANCE BUSINESS AMERICA October 18, 2018 https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/breaking-news/cfa-insurance-reform-law-saved-california-drivers-billions-of-dollars-114112.aspx The Consumer…
Oct 18, 2018Consumer Watchdog Calls For Investigation Into PG&E, Other Utilities Over Power Shutdowns By Staff Reporters, KABC TV-7 Los Angeles, CA October 17,…
Oct 17, 2018GM’s Data Mining Is Just The beginning Of The In-Car Advertising Blitz The next data minefield is your car By Andrew J.…
Oct 17, 2018Privacy Regulation Could Be a Test for States’ Rights By Lindsey O’Donnell, THREAT POST October 16, 2018 https://threatpost.com/privacy-regulation-could-be-a-test-for-states-rights/138303/ As more states take…
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