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By Bob Egelko, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/CVS-drops-Supreme-Court-appeal-in-Bay-Area-case-16611534.php Less than a month before the Supreme Court was to hear a Bay Area suit…
Nov 10, 2021By Don Thompson, ASSOCIATED PRESS November 3, 2021 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Consumer advocates said Tuesday that they will ask the California…
Nov 4, 2021By Frank Klimko, BESTWEEK November 3, 2021 A California appeals court ruled in favor of State Farm General Insurance Co., rejecting the…
Nov 4, 2021By Bob Egelko, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE November 3, 2021 A state appeals court says California’s insurance commissioner wrongly ordered State Farm to…
Nov 4, 2021By Rachel Stone, LAW 360 October 29, 2021 https://www.law360.com/articles/1435636?scroll=1&related=1 Law360 (October 29, 2021, 8:19 PM EDT) — The U.S. threw its support…
Oct 29, 2021By Sasha Lauren, CITYWATCH LA October 28, 2021 https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php/375-voices/22889-the-medical-injury-compensation-act-micra-is-rigged-against-you MEDICAL FAIRNESS – In California, pregnant women begged for help, their cries were…
Oct 28, 2021In a case to be heard by the United States Supreme Court this December, CVS Health corporation is attempting to severely limit…
Oct 25, 2021By Dan Bacher, RED GREEN & BLUE October 21, 2021 California issues draft rule banning oil wells within 3200 feet of homes…
Oct 21, 2021By Nick Visser and Mollie Reilly, HUFFPOST October 21, 2021 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/california-oil-well-3200-feet_n_6170cc0de4b079111a52b29f California is seeking to dramatically expand protections for communities near oil…
Oct 21, 2021By Janet Wilson, THE DESERT SUN October 21, 2021 https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2021/10/21/calif-proposes-nations-biggest-buffer-zone-between-oil-wells-homes/6111928001/ California officials on Thursday proposed what they called the nation’s toughest public health protections…
Oct 21, 2021By Koco McAboy, FOX TV-11 Los Angeles, CA October 20, 2021 https://www.foxla.com/news/grocery-shoppers-feel-the-hit-as-food-prices-skyrocket-nationwide LOS ANGELES – Food prices have risen astronomically this year…
Oct 21, 2021By Dan Bacher, RED GREEN & BLUE October 14, 2021 We told you so – California’s ocean waters and coast still aren’t protected…
Oct 14, 2021By Angela Hart and Samantha Young, KAISER HEALTH NEWS October 13, 2021 https://khn.org/news/article/health-industry-wields-power-in-californias-high-stakes-battle-to-lower-health-care-costs/ SACRAMENTO — Gavin Newsom put California’s health care industry…
Oct 13, 2021By Dan Bacher, RED GREEN & BLUE October 9, 2021 Environmental justice advocates respond to oil spill: End neighborhood and offshore oil…
Oct 9, 2021By Emma Newburger, CNBC October 9, 2021 https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/09/oil-wells-in-la-nearby-residents-grapple-with-health-problems.html LOS ANGELES, CALIF. — Stepping out of a coffee shop near Interstate 110 in…
Oct 9, 2021By Dave LaChance, REPAIRER DRIVEN NEWS October 8, 2021 Calif. orders Allstate, Mercury, CSAA to refund excess profits to drivers California’s insurance…
Oct 8, 2021By Dan Bacher, DAILY KOS October 8, 2021 https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/10/8/2057022/-Western-States-Petroleum-Association-launches-lawsuit-against-defacto-moratorium-on-fracking-in-CA As a massive oil spill kills fish and birds off the Orange County…
Oct 8, 2021By Melody Gutierrez, LOS ANGELES TIMES October 7, 2021 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-10-07/lawmakers-talked-of-overhauling-the-states-embattled-medical-board-how-did-they-do SACRAMENTO — Amid increasing criticism that the state’s medical board is failing to discipline…
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