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For the first time, the director of the Department of Toxic Substances Control addresses whistleblowers’ claims that regulators continually put polluters before…
Aug 13, 2013Public Interest Groups Move Forward with Lawsuit A hastily-arranged press conference call Tuesday revealed Cal-EPA Department of Toxic Substances Control’s strategy in…
Aug 9, 2013Section 3333.2 of California's civil code offers a level of specificity not seen in many parts of the state's laws, a fact…
Aug 9, 2013SACRAMENTO -- As a showdown nears on legislation that would regulate hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in California, one prominent activist is criticizing…
Aug 8, 2013
Santa Monica, CA -- Consumer Watchdog today asked the Fair Political Practices Commission to review whether top Assembly communications chief Steve Maviglio…
Aug 8, 2013The Santa Susana site, west of Canoga Park, was once home to one of the nation’s largest nuclear bases. Environmentalists say buildings…
Aug 8, 2013SIMI VALLEY (CBSLA.com) — Once a cutting edge research and development center, the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in the hills above Simi…
Aug 8, 2013Questions are being raised about what some call lavish travel and entertainment spending by UCLA officials over the past five years. Randy…
Aug 4, 2013State Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones says there is too much secrecy in the Affordable Care Act contract process. He is supportng legislation…
Aug 4, 2013Buoyed by support from the consumer advocacy group, Consumer Watchdog, Danville father Bob Packs has formally submitted a measure to the state…
Jul 31, 2013Google has been selling its newest high-tech device, Google Glass, to a select group to test the technology so it can be…
Jul 25, 2013Consumer Watchdog, a nationally recognized nonprofit consumer group, has reviewed corporate, industry and government data and found that pipeline developers and the…
Jul 16, 2013A new study from a leading consumer rights group says the much debated Keystone XL Pipeline would dramatically increase the price people…
Jul 16, 2013Critics say the decades old Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) is outdated and must be changed. Doctors and attorneys are battling…
Jul 5, 2013
Santa Monica, CA – Ten doctors that the California Medical Board failed to take off the streets before repeated acts of negligence…
Jun 25, 2013
The way voters get their news and education has rapidly changed from print and television sources to the online news marketplace, blogosphere…
Jun 21, 2013The nation’s largest health insurance carrier is facing a lawsuit alleging its mandatory in-house mail-order prescription service illegally threatens the health and…
Jun 20, 2013CNA President Rose Ann DeMoro intdroduces Kay McVay as she is inducted into The Consumer Advocates Hall Of Fame at the 2013…
Jun 15, 2013