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Attorney 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, 2021
By 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, 2021
By Sue Pasco, CIRCLING THE NEWS March 10, 2021 Suspected Wrongdoing at the DWP and City Attorney’s Office Is Uncovered The following…
Mar 10, 2021
By Susan Shelley, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS March 10, 2021 Mike Feuer and the fallout of the highly questionable LADWP settlement There…
Mar 10, 2021
By 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, 2021
By 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, 2021
By 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, 2021
By 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, 2021
By 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, 2021
By Daniel Wilson, LAW360 February 5, 2021 A pair of veterans have hit USAA with a putative class action in California federal…
Feb 5, 2021
Op-Ed Commentary by Greer Levin, for HOSPITAL WATCHDOG January 29, 2021 https://hospitalwatchdog.org/op-ed/ Doctors’ Lobby Protect Their Own At Medical Board Governor Newsom…
Jan 29, 2021
A new report released by Earthworks, along with allies VISION California and Center for Biological Diversity, reveals that California, often portrayed by the state’s politicians and…
Jan 28, 2021
By Dakota Smith, LOS ANGELES TIMES January 22, 2021 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-01-22/la-dwp-billing-scandal-victim-targets-feuer-with-new-suit The Van Nuys man whose lawsuit over a massive Los Angeles Department…
Jan 22, 2021
By Debra Kahn, Politico California Pro Newsletter January 19, 2021 PERMISSION SLIPS: California regulators approved more than twice as many permits to drill…
Jan 19, 2021
By Max Pringle, SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC PRESS January 13, 2021 Elected Watchdogs in Scandal-Plagued Cities Show How SF Might Avert Future Corruption…
Jan 13, 2021
By Alexei Koseff, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE January 13, 2021 https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Newsom-keeps-politically-connected-picks-in-15865847.php SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom used his emergency powers during the coronavirus pandemic to…
Jan 13, 2021
Despite bold promises, our Governor has continuously sided with oil and gas. By Alexandra Nagy, KNOCK LA January 12, 2021 https://knock-la.com/newsom-oil-and-gas-fracking-2021-48d3c44b015f It’s…
Jan 12, 2021