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Investigation found some programs discriminated against low-income people By Leslie Scism, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL December 23, 2019 https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-to-toughen-rules-on-group-discounts-for-car-insurance-11577127630 California regulators are…
Dec 23, 2019
Column by George Skelton, LOS ANGELES TIMES December 23, 2019 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-12-23/skelton-medical-malpractice-award-ballot-measure SACRAMENTO — California is arguably the nation’s most politically “progressive” state. That’s…
Dec 23, 2019
By Malcolm Maclachlan, LOS ANGELES DAILY JOURNAL DECEMBER 17,2019 SACRAMENTO – Often fighting back tears, proponents of an initiative to raise California’s…
Dec 17, 2019
By Staff Reporters, KNX 1070 AM Los Angeles, CA December 17, 2019 Click here to listen to the audio of this radio…
Dec 17, 2019
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, 2019
By Staff Reporters, KFBK 1530 AM Sacramento, CA December 17, 2019 Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast…
Dec 17, 2019
By Angela Hart, POLITICO PRO December 16, 2019 SACRAMENTO — Former U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer on Monday threw her support behind a…
Dec 16, 2019
By 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, 2019
By 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, 2019
By 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, 2019
By 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, 2019
By 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, 2019
By Steve Hanley, CLEAN TECHNICA December 7, 2019 California Ends New Fracking Pending Results Of Scientific Study Burning fossil fuels is like…
Dec 7, 2019
By 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, 2019
By 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, 2019
By 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, 2019
Product that helps vapers avoid frozen fingers has ‘seen a lot of success,’ firm says By Jeanette Settembre, FOX BUSINESS December 3,…
Dec 3, 2019
Op-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, 2019