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Consumer Watchdog asks state Attorney General’s Office, local prosecutors to examine political contributions By Jeff McDonald, THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE September 19,…
Sep 19, 2019By Michael Finney & Renee Koury, KABC TV-7 San Francisco, CA September 18, 2019 https://abc7news.com/society/bottle-deposits-go-unclaimed-as-recycling-centers-close/5550101/ DALY CITY, Calif. (KGO) — The sudden…
Sep 18, 2019Insurers, consumer advocates at odds over use of algorithmic models to assess risk By Nicole Friedman, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL September 16,…
Sep 16, 2019By Julio Rivera, AMERICAN THINKER September 14, 2019 https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/09/the_surveillance_state_have_americans_unwittingly_opted_in.html Let’s be honest. When was the last time you sat down and read…
Sep 14, 2019By Janet Wilson, THE DESERT SUN September 13, 2019 https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2019/09/13/california-no-new-fracking-permits-doggr-crowfoot-oil-gas-spills/2301694001/ California has issued no permits for fracking since late June, according to…
Sep 13, 2019James Shannon, 36, is suspected of stealing from his neighbors, co-workers, and others, police said. By Eric Leonard, Philip Dreschler and Andrew…
Sep 12, 2019By Editor, COLLISION WEEK September 11, 2019 https://collisionweek.com/2019/09/11/california-insurance-commissioner-now-fire-use-public-funds-housing/ California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara who apologized last week for taking reelection campaign donations from…
Sep 11, 2019By the Editorial Board of the LOS ANGELES TIMES September 11, 2019 https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-09-11/editorial-california-insurance-commissioner-ricardo-lara-has-a-taxpayer-funded-second-home When he took over as the state’s top insurance…
Sep 11, 2019By John Phillips, RIVERSIDE PRESS-ENTERPRISE September 11, 2019 https://www.pe.com/2019/09/11/state-insurance-czar-wants-us-to-pay-the-rent-for-his-second-home-john-phillips/ I hope you’re sitting down, because I just heard about a scheme to…
Sep 11, 2019By The SACRAMENTO BEE Editorial Board September 11, 2019 https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article234952877.html Will Ricardo Lara survive his first term as California’s insurance commissioner? We…
Sep 11, 2019By Hannah Wiley, CAPITOL ALERT – SACRAMENTO BEE September 10, 2019 https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article234756507.html California’s top regulator of insurance companies sought campaign contributions from…
Sep 10, 2019By Staff Writers, INSURANCE JOURNAL September 10, 2019 https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2019/09/10/539402.htm Consumer Watchdog is calling on California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and the district…
Sep 10, 2019By Marcus Baram, FAST COMPANY September 10, 2019 https://www.fastcompany.com/90401956/why-are-these-two-states-the-only-holdouts-in-the-massive-antitrust-probe-of-google When attorneys general from almost every state in the country launched a massive…
Sep 10, 2019By Suhauna Hussain, LOS ANGELES TIMES September 10, 2019 https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2019-09-09/48-states-are-probing-google-on-antitrust-grounds-why-isnt-california Attorneys general from nearly every U.S. state have jointly launched an investigationinto Google’s…
Sep 10, 2019By Carla Marinucci and Angela Hart, POLITICO September 9, 2019 https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2019/09/06/advocacy-group-asks-prosecutors-to-investigate-insurance-commissioner-lara-1175769 INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit advocacy group, has…
Sep 9, 2019By Carla Marinucci and Angela Hart, POLITICO September 5, 2019 https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2019/09/05/insurance-commissioner-charging-rent-for-second-residence-to-taxpayers-1167813 SACRAMENTO — California’s state insurance commissioner has stuck taxpayers with thousands…
Sep 5, 2019By Staff Reporters, INSURANCE JOURNAL September 4, 2019 https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2019/09/04/538887.htm Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has offered an apology for accepting campaign contributions from…
Sep 4, 2019Model 3 runs into back of unoccupied fire truck By Michael Strong, THE DETROIT BUREAU September 3, 2019 NTSB Confirms Autopilot Engaged…
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