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By Bryan Jonston, AUTO CONNECTED CAR NEWS August 16, 2021 NHSTA Investigates Tesla Autopilot NHTSA opened an investigation into Autopilot on 765,000…
Aug 17, 2021By Keith Laing, Alan Levin and Keith Naughton, BLOOMBERG August 17, 2021 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-17/tesla-probe-signals-auto-safety-agency-s-more-activist-stance The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s investigation into a possible…
Aug 17, 2021By Sasha Hupka, LOS ANGELES TIMES August 11, 2021 https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-08-11/sleek-new-credit-apps-target-a-young-generation-already-drowning-in-debt WASHINGTON — Alana Voechting, a 27-year-old nursing student, had never heard of Klarna when…
Aug 11, 2021By Jeff McDonald, THE SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE August 11, 2021 https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2021-08-11/after-breaking-pledge-and-halting-donations-state-insurance-commissioner-jump-starts-campaign Two years after suspending all campaign fundraising amid a political scandal in…
Aug 11, 2021EDITORIAL BY THE LOS ANGELES TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD August 4, 2021 https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-08-04/california-medical-board-reforms-legislature The lobbying group for state physicians is having its way with the state Legislature…
Aug 4, 2021By Adam Raskin, KGTV ABC TV-10 San Diego, CA July 30 2021 https://www.10news.com/news/in-depth/some-california-homeowners-in-fire-prone-areas-face-steep-insurance-increase San Diego (KGTV) — Throughout the state, homeowners are preparing…
Aug 2, 2021By Andrew Sheeler, CAPITOL ALERT – SACRAMENTO BEE July 27, 2021 https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article253038588.html Advocacy group Consumer Watchdog reports that permit approvals for new or reworked…
Jul 27, 2021By J. D. Morris, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE July 22, 2021 https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/PG-E-says-it-will-bury-10-000-miles-of-power-16330189.php Pacific Gas and Electric Co. said Wednesday that it wants to…
Jul 22, 2021By Kyle Barnett, UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL July 22, 2021 The largest utility in California is planning to bury 10,000 miles of power…
Jul 22, 2021By Sonseeahary Tonsall, Eric Rucker, Ian McDonald, KXTL FOX TV-40, Sacramento, CA July 21, 2021 https://fox40.com/news/wildfire-watch/pge-announces-plan-to-bury-thousands-of-miles-of-lines/ CHICO, Calif. (KTXL) — Pacific Gas and…
Jul 21, 2021By Victoria Colliver, POLITICO PRO July 19, 2021 A medical malpractice company based in Napa dropped $5 million into the fight against…
Jul 19, 2021By Barbara Feder Ostrov, CALMATTERS July 19 2021 Will DaVita’s indictment alter its big political spending in California? Federal conspiracy charges against…
Jul 19, 2021By Blaise Scemama, THE DAILY JOURNAL July 16, 2021 The report released this week named prominent attorneys it said had “violated the…
Jul 16, 2021By Melody Gutierrez, Jack Dolan and Kim Christensen, LOS ANGELES TIMES July 16, 2021 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-07-16/who-will-police-californias-doctors-oversight-medical-board SACRAMENTO — As injured patients and consumer rights…
Jul 16, 2021By Carly Olson, LOS ANGELES TIMES July 14, 2021 https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-07-14/usc-keck-norris-cancer-hospital-nurses-strike-over-staffing-safety Nurses at two USC hospitals that handle some of the country’s most…
Jul 14, 2021By Jack Dolan, Kim Christensen, LOS ANGELES TIMES July 14, 2021 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-07-14/how-california-medical-board-keeps-negligent-doctors-in-business Lenora Lewis hoped spinal surgery would relieve her chronic back…
Jul 14, 2021By Dakota Smith, LOS ANGELES TIMES July 13, 2021 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-07-13/court-appointed-investigator-concludes-dwp-brought-lawsuit-against-itself A court-appointed investigator on Tuesday released a sweeping report on the Los…
Jul 13, 2021Consumer Watchdog says California needs to build its own infrastructure and not rely on outside power companies By Kurt Rivera, KXTV ABC…
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