By Steve Lopez, LOS ANGELES TIMES
December 1, 2021
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-12-01/lopez-column-contin…
In the carnival of avarice and corruption that is Los Angeles, we are not resting on our laurels.
Second stringers settle for bronze or silver; champions go for gold.
By Dakota Smith, LOS ANGELES TIMES
December 1, 2021
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-12-01/former-dwp-board-me…
An attorney for a former Los Angeles Department of Water and Power board member linked to an alleged bribery scheme defended his client Tuesday.
By Kathleen Ronayne, ASSOCIATED PRESS
November 22, 2021
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/newsom-names-energy-adviser-as-state-…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has named his senior adviser on energy policy as the next president of the powerful state body that regulates utilities.
By JW August, TIMES OF SAN DIEGO
November 21, 2021
https://patch.com/california/san-diego/californians-casting-suspicious-…
You might be asking yourself, why are we paying on average $4.70 for a gallon of gasoline in California, while the cost for the rest of the country is more than a dollar less?
By Victoria Colliver, POLITICO PRO
November 19, 2021
OAKLAND – California voters are beginning to feel trapped in the electoral version of Groundhog Day. For the third straight election cycle, they are being asked to make complex decisions about kidney dialysis.
The last two dialysis initiatives failed resoundingly. But for the union behind the bids, victory at the ballot box may not be the point.
By Jeannie Nguyen and Connor Malone, FOX TV-40 Sacramento, CA
November 18, 2021
https://fox40.com/news/local-news/roseville-wastewater-assistant-direct…
ROSEVILLE, Calif. (KTXL) — A Roseville city employee has been arrested after investigators said he was caught spending public money that he wasn’t authorized to use. Now, he’s facing felony charges.
By Kellie Hwang and Nami Sumida, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
November 18, 2021
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/As-inflation-rises-across-t…
It's no mystery to anyone living here that pretty much everything is pricier in the Bay Area.
By Kellie Hwang, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
November 19, 2021
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Thanksgiving-travel-is-expe…
After a dramatic downsizing last year due to the COVID pandemic, Thanksgiving travel is poised to make a near-total turnaround in the Bay Area and U.S., according to airport officials and industry experts.
By Melody Gutierrez, LOS ANGELES TIMES
November 17, 2021
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-11-17/california-medical-…
SACRAMENTO — The pleas for help find him. They arrive by email or seep into his social media account. One showed up in a tightly sealed letter to his home. After years of feeling ignored by the Medical Board of California, the writers hope he’ll finally be the one who hears them.
By Christina Gonzalez, KTTV FOX TV-11 Los Angeles, CA
November 17, 2021
https://www.foxla.com/news/how-to-save-money-on-gas-in-california
LOS ANGELES - Is cheaper gas the same quality as high-end brands? It depends on who you ask, but there are some basic things that can save you money.
By Victoria Colliver, POLITICO PRO
November 12, 2021
By Andrew Sheeler, SACRAMENTO BEE - CAPITOL ALERT
November 11, 2021
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article25…
In 2022, California voters will decide whether to raise the $250,000 cap on payouts in medical negligence lawsuit payouts, indexing it for inflation and empowering judges and juries to decide compensation in cases involving catastrophic injury or death.
By Don Thompson, ASSOCIATED PRESS
November 3, 2021
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Consumer advocates said Tuesday that they will ask the California Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court ruling they said undermines the state's ability to order billions of dollars in insurance company refunds.
By Frank Klimko, BestWeek
November 3, 2021
A California appeals court ruled in favor of State Farm General Insurance Co., rejecting the authority of the state insurance commissioner in ordering the carrier to reduce dwelling insurance rates by 7% that could have meant refunds of $100 million.
By Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle
November 3, 2021
A state appeals court says California's insurance commissioner wrongly ordered State Farm to cut homeowners' rates by 7% in 2016 and should not have told the company to pay $100 million in refunds to its policyholders.
By Rachel Stone, LAW 360
October 29, 2021
https://www.law360.com/articles/1435636?scroll=1&related=1
Law360 (October 29, 2021, 8:19 PM EDT) -- The U.S. threw its support behind a group of people living with HIV who urged the U.S. Supreme Court to hold that federal law covers their discrimination claims against CVS, alleging their health plans' prohibition on getting specialty medication from local pharmacies unfairly affected them.
By Nick Visser and Mollie Reilly, HUFFPOST
October 21, 2021
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/california-oil-well-3200-feet_n_6170cc0d…
California is seeking to dramatically expand protections for communities near oil drilling operations following a large oil spill off the coast of Southern California earlier this month.
By Koco McAboy, FOX TV-11 Los Angeles, CA
October 20, 2021
https://www.foxla.com/news/grocery-shoppers-feel-the-hit-as-food-prices…
LOS ANGELES - Food prices have risen astronomically this year compared to last year, according to statistics, and shoppers are feeling the hit when they go to the grocery store.
By Emma Newburger, CNBC
October 9, 2021
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/09/oil-wells-in-la-nearby-residents-grappl…
LOS ANGELES, CALIF. — Stepping out of a coffee shop near Interstate 110 in the Wilmington neighborhood of Los Angeles, you’re immediately hit by a foul odor.
By Dave LaChance, REPAIRER DRIVEN NEWS
October 8, 2021
https://www.repairerdrivennews.com/2021/10/08/calif-orders-allstate-mer…
California’s insurance commissioner has ordered Allstate, Mercury and CSAA to return to drivers more of the excess profits collected from them during the pandemic, or face legal action.
EDITORIAL by the Editorial Board of the Southern California NEWS GROUP
October 6, 2021
https://www.pe.com/2021/10/06/marc-levine-versus-ricardo-lara/
A game of political musical chairs is underway in California as Democrats grapple with the problem of too many office-holders and not enough offices.
By Staff Reporters, KNX 1070 AM Los Angeles, CA
October 6, 2021
Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Liza Tucker with Consumer Watchdog calls for an end to approval of any oil drilling permits in California.
By Steve Lopez, LOS ANGELES TIMES
October 5, 2021
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-10-05/steve-lopez-column-…
The people who devote themselves to protecting the California coast have been saying it for years:
By Brendan Cole, NEWSWEEK
October 5, 2021
https://www.newsweek.com/gavin-newsom-slammed-issuing-138-oil-permits-c…
Energy industry watchdogs have called on California governor Gavin Newsom to stop issuing oil permits in state waters, as the cleanup from a spill in the south of the state continues.
By Heather Richards, E&E NEWS ENERGY WIRE
October 5, 2021
https://www.eenews.net/articles/californias-massive-offshore-oil-spill-…
Officials are looking into whether a ship anchor ruptured a pipeline off the coast of California, causing the major bleed of crude oil this weekend that’s ignited calls to end the Golden State’s already declining offshore oil industry.
By Chip Franklin (Host), KGO AM San Francisco, CA
October 4, 2021
Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Consumer Watchdog's Liza Tucker talks with Chip about what Governor Newsom must do to stop any future oil spills in and off the coast of California.
By City News Service, KCBS/KCAL TV Los Angeles, CA
October 4, 2021
https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2021/10/04/huntington-beach-oil-spill-l…
SANTA ANA (CBSLA) – Rep. Mike Levin, D-Dana Point, ramped up his calls Monday to ban offshore drilling in light of the oil spill in Huntington Beach.
By Bridgette Bjolo and Jose Fabian, FOX TV-40 Sacramento, CA
October 4, 2021
https://fox40.com/news/california-connection/activists-call-for-califor…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KTXL) — Environmentalists are sounding the alarm after a massive oil spill occurred off the coast of Orange County.
Activists said the incident could have been prevented if proper oil drilling regulations had been in place.
By David Lazarus, LOS ANGELES TIMES
September 30, 2021
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-09-30/column-rohit-chopra-c…
President Biden nominated Rohit Chopra to serve as the nation’s top consumer financial watchdog eight months ago. On Thursday, he finally got past Republican opposition and was approved as the new head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
By Jeannie Nguyen, ASSOCIATED PRESS
September 24, 2021
https://apnews.com/article/business-fires-environment-and-nature-crime-…
REDDING, Calif. (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric has been charged with manslaughter and other crimes in a Northern California wildfire last year that killed four people and destroyed hundreds of homes.
By Dan Backer, ELK GROVE NEWS
September 24, 2021
http://www.elkgrovenews.net/2021/09/advocates-say-governor-newsoms-15.h…
Sacramento, CA -- Against a backdrop of trees at the site of the KNP Complex Fire in Sequoia National Park as wildfires rage across California, Governor Gavin Newsom signed the California Comeback Plan’s $15 billion climate package — the largest of its kind in the country.
