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By Ilyana Capellan, KGET NBC TV-17 Bakersfield, CA March 19, 2021 https://www.kget.com/news/local-news/dominguez-family-pleads-to-senate-and-assembly-members-to-disband-and-rebuild-the-california-state-medical-board/ BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET)– We’ve been closely following the case of…
Mar 19, 2021By Sean Lyngaas, CYBERSCOOP March 19, 2021 Verkada breach spotlights ongoing concerns over surveillance firms’ security Even for Elisa Costante, who studies…
Mar 19, 2021By Iliana Capellan, KGET NBC TV-17 Bakersfield, CA March 19, 2021 https://www.kget.com/news/local-news/state-senator-plans-to-ask-california-medical-board-tough-questions-to-protect-central-valley/ BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Last week we told you about the fight the…
Mar 19, 2021The effects of a breach of a car, or fleet, could be devastating. Auto manufacturers and suppliers have aggressive plans, and a…
Mar 18, 2021By Staff Writers, VENDING TIMES March 18, 2021 https://www.vendingtimes.com/news/california-bill-to-make-beverage-industry-responsible-for-bottle-deposits-moves-forward/ A bill to put the responsibility for recycling empty CRV containers onto the…
Mar 18, 2021State has nearly $140 million of unredeemed bottle deposits By Stephanie Melchior, MONTEREY HERALD March 13, 2021 Figuring out an easier way…
Mar 13, 2021By Lezla Gooden, KERO ABC TV-23, Bakersfield, CA March 12, 2021 https://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/family-of-demi-dominguez-speak-out-regarding-pending-revocation-of-doctors-license BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Two years after her death, the…
Mar 12, 2021Attorney General Files Negligence Accusation By Ilyana Capellan, KEGT NBC TV-17, Bakersfield, CA March 12, 2021 https://www.kget.com/news/familys-fight-for-justice-continues-for-young-mother-and-baby-attorney-general-files-negligence-accusation/ BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — June 10, 2019,…
Mar 12, 2021By Staff Reporters, ASSOCIATED PRESS March 11, 2021 https://ktla.com/news/california/california-drivers-owed-more-pandemic-refunds-from-insurers-state-regulator-says/ Auto insurers shortchanged California drivers on refunds ordered last year as crashes dropped…
Mar 11, 2021By Sue Pasco, CIRCLING THE NEWS March 10, 2021 Suspected Wrongdoing at the DWP and City Attorney’s Office Is Uncovered The following…
Mar 10, 2021By Susan Shelley, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS March 10, 2021 Mike Feuer and the fallout of the highly questionable LADWP settlement There…
Mar 10, 2021By Andrew Sheeler, SACRAMENTO BEE – CAPITOL ALERT March 8, 2021 https://www.sacbee.com/article249724333.html Representatives from 10 groups have written a letter to Gov. Gavin…
Mar 9, 2021“I was saving money with (the) variable rate, but after this, in case this happens again in the future, I’m sticking with…
Feb 23, 2021By Kyle Arnold, THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS February 19, 2021 https://www.bakersfield.com/ap/national/this-year-s-winter-storm-could-become-the-costliest-weather-event-in-texas-history/article_8fdd2b9e-10db-586d-b2e2-9a108b2c0e1d.html DALLAS — The deep freeze and snowfall that paralyzed Texas this…
Feb 19, 2021By Andrew Sheeler, SACRAMENTO BEE February 15, 2021 https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article249217015.html#storylink=cpy MARCH FOR RACIAL JUSTICE AND MALPRACTICE REFORM Protesters on Saturday held a march…
Feb 15, 2021By Scott Linesburgh, THE STOCKTON RECORD February 13, 2021 https://www.recordnet.com/story/news/local/2021/02/13/this-shouldnt-have-happened-marchers-call-systemic-reform-after-young-black-father-dies-manteca-er/4479421001/ MANTECA – Sharon Washington-Barnes led a group of more than 40 people…
Feb 13, 2021By Dan Bacher, DAILY KOS February 5, 2021 https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/2/5/2014097/-Big-Oil-spent-10-million-lobbying-CA-officials-as-new-oil-production-well-permits-doubled-in-2020 The powerful oil industry lobby in California in 2020 spent less on lobbying in California…
Feb 5, 2021By Daniel Wilson, LAW360 February 5, 2021 A pair of veterans have hit USAA with a putative class action in California federal…
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