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By Staff Reporters, KQED 88.5 FM San Francisco, CA December 17, 2019 Click here to listen to the audio of this radio…
Dec 17, 2019By Staff Reporters, KFBK 1530 AM Sacramento, CA December 17, 2019 Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast…
Dec 17, 2019By Angela Hart, POLITICO PRO December 16, 2019 SACRAMENTO — Former U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer on Monday threw her support behind a…
Dec 16, 2019By Andrew Wheeler, SACRAMENTO BEE – CAPITOL ALERT December 16, 2019 https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article238351588.html A surgery gone wrong ended boxer “Sugar” Shane Mosley’s career.…
Dec 16, 2019By Cheryl Miller, THE RECORDER December 16, 2019 https://www.law.com/therecorder/2019/12/16/new-ballot-campaign-against-medical-malpractice-caps-kicks-off/ Supporters of a proposed ballot initiative to lift, and in some cases eliminate,…
Dec 16, 2019By Don Thompson, ASSOCIATED PRESS December 10, 2019 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cvs-fine-cvs-fined-3-6-million-in-california-for-failing-to-recycle/ CVS, the nation’s largest pharmacy health care provider, is facing a record $3.6…
Dec 10, 2019By Sharon McNary, LAist / KPCC December 9, 2019 https://laist.com/2019/12/09/recycling_fail_cvs_faces_36_million_penalty.php California’s recycling officials are making an example of drugstore giant CVS, accusing…
Dec 9, 2019By James Rainey, LOS ANGELES TIMES December 9, 2019 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-12-09/cvs-fails-redeem-cans-bottles Seeking to pressure retailers to accept recyclable containers from consumers, the state…
Dec 9, 2019By Steve Hanley, CLEAN TECHNICA December 7, 2019 California Ends New Fracking Pending Results Of Scientific Study Burning fossil fuels is like…
Dec 7, 2019By Hannah Wiley, SACRAMENTO BEE – CAPITOL ALERT December 4, 2019 https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article238000549.html A ballot initiative to adjust the cap on medical malpractice…
Dec 4, 2019By Hailey Branson-Potts & Maria L. La Ganga, LOS ANGELES TIMES December 3, 2019 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-12-02/pge-camp-fire-equipment-inspections For years, Pacific Gas & Electric failed…
Dec 4, 2019By John P. Mello, Jr., TECH NEWS WORLD December 3, 2019 https://www.technewsworld.com/story/EU-Digital-Czar-to-Probe-Facebooks-and-Googles-Data-Wrangling-86391.html The European Union has launched a probe into how Google…
Dec 3, 2019Product that helps vapers avoid frozen fingers has ‘seen a lot of success,’ firm says By Jeanette Settembre, FOX BUSINESS December 3,…
Dec 3, 2019Op-Ed by Susan Shelley, THE LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS November 27, 2019 You can’t save the world if you can’t get recycling…
Nov 27, 2019His departure follows the closing of rePlanet CRV redemption centers throughout the state this summer. By DeAnne Toto, RECYCLING TODAY November 25,…
Nov 25, 2019By Dan Bacher, INDYBAY MEDIA November 24, 2019 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/24/18828400.php The FracTracker Alliance and Consumer Watchdog unveiled a new website on November 19 to…
Nov 24, 2019By Adam Beam, ASSOCIATED PRESS November 22, 2019 https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article237687549.html SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The director of the agency that oversees California’s recycling programs…
Nov 22, 2019By Vanessa Borge, Good Day LA, KTTV FOX TV-11 Los Angeles, CA November 21 2019 https://www.foxla.com/news/consumer-watchdog-shares-ways-to-avoid-online-holiday-scams LOS ANGELES – It’s the holidays…
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