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By Adam Beam, ASSOCIATED PRESS April 4, 2020 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-issues-first-new-fracking-permits-since-july/ar-BB129fzq SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California issued 24 hydraulic fracturing permits on Friday, authorizing…
Apr 4, 2020By Janet Wilson, THE DESERT SUN April 3, 2020 https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2020/04/03/calgem-approves-24-fracking-permits-aera-energy-after-9-month-pause/2944712001/ California regulators on Friday issued fracking permits for the first time…
Apr 3, 2020By Y. Peter Kang, LAW360 April 2, 2020 https://www.law360.com/appellate/articles/1259848/ex-boxing-champ-challenges-calif-s-med-mal-damages-cap Law360 (April 2, 2020, 10:27 PM EDT) — Former boxing champion “Sugar” Shane…
Apr 2, 2020By John Wildermuth, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE March 23, 2020 https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Coronavirus-halts-California-ballot-measure-15149698.php Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home order will not only keep people off the…
Mar 23, 2020Policymakers have disparaged tech companies over issues like data privacy, market competition and online misinformation. Now, they need the industry’s help to…
Mar 18, 2020By Jeremy B. White, POLITICO March 18, 2020 https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/03/18/no-one-has-ever-seen-this-coronavirus-rattles-california-ballot-campaigns-1267760 SAN FRANCISCO — As Californians raided hand sanitizer and wipes to battle the…
Mar 18, 2020Research suggests your internet-connected vehicle could be easily manipulated by crafty hackers. Cyber threat intelligence experts Brian DeMuth and Bryson Bort explain…
Mar 9, 2020By Kayda Norman, ASSOCIATED PRESS / NERD WALLET February 26, 2020 https://www.thetelegraph.com/business/article/How-auto-insurers-use-your-nondriving-habits-to-15085823.php You expect your car insurance rates to increase after you…
Feb 26, 2020By Wendy Davis, MEDIA POST RAW February 25, 2020 https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/347580/firefox-starts-encrypting-domain-names.html Mozilla’s Firefox browser on Tuesday began encrypting domain names by default for…
Feb 25, 2020By Dan Bacher, INDY BAY MEDIA February 22, 2020 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/22/18830901.php On the morning of February 19, activists from groups affiliated with the…
Feb 22, 2020By Timothy Darragh, BESTWIRE February 19, 2020 http://news.ambest.com/newscontent.aspx?altsrc=108&refnum=223495 A consumer group has sued the California Department of Insurance and Commissioner Ricardo Lara,…
Feb 19, 2020Lawsuit also accuses Ricardo Lara’s office of creating records for public release that excluded key information By Jeff McDonald, THE SAN DIEGO…
Feb 19, 2020By Carla Marinucci and Jeremy B. White, POLITICO – CALIFORNIA PLAYBOOK February 19, 2020 https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-playbook/2020/02/19/bernie-leads-bloomberg-climbs-kamala-harris-backing-gascon-ca-farmers-opposing-split-roll-trump-pardons-49ers-eddie-d-and-slams-garcetti-archuleta-switches-from-biden-to-bloomberg-488361 Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit advocacy group, has…
Feb 19, 2020By Lolita Lopez, KNBC TV-4 Los Angeles, CA February 19, 2020 https://www.nbclosangeles.com/investigations/recycling-centers-closed-california-why/2312598/ Many Californians are having a tough time recycling bottles and…
Feb 19, 2020By Staff Writers, INSURANCE JOURNAL February 18, 2020 https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2020/02/18/558731.htm A non-profit consumer group announced on Tuesday it has filed a lawsuit to…
Feb 18, 2020By Hannah Wiley, SACRAMENTO BEE – CAPITOL ALERT February 18, 2020 https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article240211567.html A California consumer advocacy group filed a lawsuit on Tuesday…
Feb 18, 2020California is exploring new models to boost consumer access to California Redemption Value (CRV) bottles and cans. By Megan Smalley, RECYCLING TODAY…
Feb 17, 2020By Greg Iacurci, CNBC February 10, 2020 https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/10/oscar-winning-parasite-evokes-growing-us-wealth-gap.html In “Parasite,” the South Korean thriller that took home four Oscars Sunday night, including…
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