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Deceptive Pricing: Unlawful Trickery or Skillful Selling? By Andrew Lustigman and Morgan Spina, NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL August 24, 2018 https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2018/08/24/deceptive-pricing-unlawful-trickery-or-skillful-selling/?slreturn=20180724170311 Hard…
Aug 24, 2018Former Head of California Nurses Association Joins Consumer Watchdog Board By Paul Demko, POLITICO Pulse August 22, 2018 https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-pulse/2018/08/22/schumer-convinced-kavanaugh-would-axe-roe-vs-wade-323872 RoseAnn DeMoro, former…
Aug 22, 2018Trump’s Coal Plan To Have Little Direct Effect on California By David R. Baker, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE August 21, 2018 https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Trump-s-coal-plan-to-have-little-direct-effect-13171685.php…
Aug 21, 2018California Wants to Unite the Western States Under One Power Grid By Mark Chediak, BLOOMBERG August 21, 2018 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-21/enron-s-ghost-haunts-push-to-unite-western-u-s-under-one-grid California is ready…
Aug 21, 2018Woman Plans California Supreme Court Appeal Over Injuries in Snowboarding Accident Kathleen Willhide-Michiulis says she has struggled to recover from the trauma…
Aug 21, 2018Political Notebook: RoseAnn DeMoro Joins Forces With Consumer Watchdog By Joe Garofoli, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE August 20, 2018 https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Political-Notebook-RoseAnn-DeMoro-joins-forces-13169903.php Five months…
Aug 20, 2018Most of the 21,000 Oil Wells Approved Under Gov. Brown Are In Low-Income Areas, Communities of Color By Dan Bacher, DAILY KOS…
Aug 18, 2018PG&E Sponsors TV Wildfire Commercials — Though You Wouldn’t Know By Watching Them By Hannah Norman, SAN FRANCISCO BUSINESS TIMES August 16,…
Aug 16, 2018STRANGER THINGS – Consumer Watchdog Busts Dodd By Bryan Anderson, SACRAMENTO BEE – CAPITOL ALERT August 16, 2018 https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article216735930.html Consumer advocacy group…
Aug 16, 2018Welcome to California, Home of the Never-Ending Fires, Rising Temperatures and Disappearing Coasts Why California’s war on climate change may not be…
Aug 16, 2018Capitol Debate On Utilities’ Fire Liability Sparks A Lobbying Frenzy By Matier & Ross, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE August 15, 2018 https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/Capitol-debate-on-utilities-fire-liability-13156339.php With…
Aug 15, 2018TV’s New Wildfire Commercials Quietly Brought To You By PG&E By David R. Baker, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE August 14, 2018 https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Those-new-wildfire-TV-ads-are-backed-by-PG-E-13156273.php California’s…
Aug 14, 2018California Today: A Move to Mandate 100% Carbon-Free Electricity By Ivan Penn and Inyoung Kang, THE NEW YORK TIMES – CALIFORNIA TODAY…
Aug 14, 2018This Silicon Valley Car Tech Firm Is Bringing Secret Weapon To Sacramento Streets By Tony Bijzak, SACRAMENTO BEE August 13, 2018 https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/transportation/back-seat-driver/article216268415.html…
Aug 13, 2018Will New York City’s Cap On Uber And Lyft Vehicles Increase Ride Prices? Ridesharing apps claim the new ruling will be bad…
Aug 11, 2018Should You Leave Your Child Alone With A Voice Assistant? Young children appear to be having difficulty communicating with smart toys By…
Aug 11, 2018Tesla Offering Owners Free Trial Of Autopilot Feature Owners can decide whether to activate some Autopilot features or opt out of the…
Aug 10, 2018How Smart Devices Like Fitbits Are Helping Law Enforcement Solve Crimes Experts say consumer reactions vary by company By Alissa Fleck, ADWEEK…
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