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By Taryn Luna, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-15/ca-newsom-oil-profits-cap SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom is giving up his high-profile call for the California Legislature to…
Mar 15, 2023
By Adam Beam, ASSOCIATED PRESS https://apnews.com/article/california-chevron-oil-gas-prices-bc34bc7259373baad141180778c6af35 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Chevron has not complied with a new California law requiring it to…
Mar 14, 2023
By Tom Elias, VENTURA COUNTY STAR https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/2023/03/13/western-grid-proposal-threatens-an-enron-like-crisis/69999981007/ Almost everyone who lived through California’s 2000-2001 energy crisis remembers rolling brownouts and blackouts, plus…
Mar 13, 2023
By Michael McGough, THE SACRAMENTO BEE https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article272708925.html A family-owned south Sacramento recycling facility permanently closed its buyback center Friday after more than three…
Mar 4, 2023
By Jeff McDonald, THE SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2023-02-28/consumer-watchdog-appeal-insurance-records-lara The Los Angeles advocacy group that unsuccessfully sued California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara…
Feb 28, 2023
By Staff Reporters, KNX – Los Angeles, CA February 27, 2023 Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Feb 27, 2023
By Staff Reporters, KNX – Los Angeles, CA February 25, 2023 Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Feb 27, 2023
By Timothy Darragh, BEST WIRE https://news.ambest.com/newscontent.aspx?AltSrc=104&RefNum=248090 A proposed increase in rates for Medical Insurance Exchange of California has become a 7.2% decrease after…
Feb 24, 2023
By Adam Beam, ASSOCIATED PRESS https://apnews.com/article/california-state-government-gavin-newsom-business-3c081d10c79942985a53d5e54d080d2e After gas prices in California spiked to more than $6.40 per gallon last summer, Gov. Gavin…
Feb 23, 2023
Major car insurers are asking for rate hikes up to 6.9%.
Feb 22, 2023
By Staff Reporters, KCBS – San Francisco, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Feb 22, 2023
By Taryn Luna, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-22/california-lawmakers-oil-profits-penalty Nearly five months after Gavin Newsom initially called for a penalty on excessive oil company…
Feb 22, 2023
By Steve Lopez, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-22/column-wwii-vet-102-gets-526-gas-bill-on-top-of-crippling-home-care-costs Paul Hult’s problems began about a year and a half ago, when he tripped…
Feb 22, 2023
The state insurance Commissioner has approved some big rate hikes. Most recently, a 6.9 % increase for Triple-A which insures about 1.4…
Feb 21, 2023
By Ronald D. White, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-02-21/geico-allstate-start-california-car-insurance-rate-increases-more-ahead Some California drivers will be getting a nasty surprise when they open their…
Feb 21, 2023
By Dan Bacher, THE DAILY KOS https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/2/18/2153536/-5-CA-refiners-made-combined-profits-of-75-4-billion-as-Big-Oil-pumped-34-2-million-into-lobbying?utm_campaign=recent As a gusher of Big Oil lobbying money fouled the California Legislature and regulatory agencies, five refiners…
Feb 21, 2023
By Tom Elias, VENTURA COUNTY STAR February 20, 2023 https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/2023/02/20/major-questions-for-californias-gas-companies/69924242007/ Anytime one of California’s big privately owned utility companies doubles, triples and…
Feb 20, 2023
By Staff Reporters, KPBS – San Diego, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Feb 17, 2023