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A new report released today by leading environmental advocate Penny Newman and residents of the poisoned Wildomar community shows that state toxics…
Apr 9, 2014Cancer patient Danielle Nelson was thrilled to find coverage, but had a hard time keeping her oncologist.
Apr 1, 2014Is drug testing of doctors actually needed? An NBC Reality Check segment takes a closer look at a new measure aiming to…
Mar 30, 2014Jamie Court President of Consumer Watchdog appears on MidDay Sunday to discuss the Troy and Alana Pack Patient Safety Act. The Pack…
Mar 28, 2014Jamie Court appears on KCRW 'Which Way LA'
Mar 26, 2014Supporters of the bill also spoke at the conference to announce 830,000 signatures, including one man whose father entered a vegetative state…
Mar 25, 2014Several relatives of those who died as a result of medical malpractice tearfully recalled their experience at press conference Monday while holding…
Mar 25, 2014Bob and Carmen Pack, whose 10-year-old son Troy and 7-year-old daughter Alana died in 2003, appeared at a news conference outside the…
Mar 24, 2014Supporters on Monday are expected to submit more than 800,000 signatures to put the medical reform measure, which would also require doctors…
Mar 22, 2014Officials with the state Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) announced they had found extremely high levels of lead in homes, schools…
Mar 18, 2014It's coming, "driverless cars" could be commercially available sooner than you think. The California DMV held a public hearing to solicit ideas…
Mar 12, 2014The Department of Toxic Substances Control ordered environmental testing of soil at 39 homes and two schools near the Exide facility in…
Mar 12, 2014California Governor Jerry Brown intervened in the case of Vernon lead battery recycler Exide Technologies that has threatened public health with hazardous…
Mar 11, 2014Some tragedies at hospitals might be unavoidable, but a mother and father who lost their 21 month old daughter at Children's Hospital…
Mar 6, 2014
Santa Monica, CA – California’s largest health insurance companies have hired a Democratic party “insider”, former executive director of the Democratic Party,…
Mar 6, 2014The California Assembly Judiciary and Assembly Banking and Finance Committees gathered today to discuss the data breaches atcompanies such as Target, Neiman…
Feb 18, 2014Lawmakers invited representatives of Target and Neiman Marcus to testify at a California hearing of the Judiciary and Banking and Finance committees,…
Feb 18, 2014Since deregulation of the television industry in 1996, rates have more than doubled. The legislation was heralded as good for consumers, bnut…
Feb 16, 2014