By Derek Catron, CAPITOL WEEKLY
August 21, 2019
https://capitolweekly.net/kern-spill-renews-oil-production-controversy/
California has long been a top producer of oil. But that may change.
The California Supreme Court's decision upholds a historic $27.6 million fine against Mercury for illegal practices.
By Heather Turner, NU PROPERTY CASUALTY 360
August 19, 2019
https://www.propertycasualty360.com/2019/08/19/calif-doi-wins-20-year-c…
rePlanet shuts down all California locations
By Keldine Hull, SANTA MONICA MIRROR
August 18, 2019
https://smmirror.com/2019/08/californias-largest-recycling-center-close…
By Timothy Darragh, BESTWIRE
August 16, 2019
http://news.ambest.com/newscontent.aspx?altsrc=108&refnum=219515
SACRAMENTO, CA - The California Supreme Court has denied a petition by Mercury Insurance Co., letting stand a record $27.6 million fine the state Department of Insurance levied on the company for illegally charging broker fees on its automobile policies.
By Chase Difeliciantonio, NORTH BAY BUSINESS JOURNAL
August 16, 2019
https://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/northbay/sonomacounty/9906981-1…
If you are in the grocery business, guess what? You might also soon be in the recycling business.
By Howard Fine, LOS ANGELES BUSINESS JOURNAL
August 16, 2019
https://labusinessjournal.com/news/2019/aug/16/mercury-loses-bid-overtu…
Mid-Wilshire-based Mercury General Corp. lost its bid to overturn a $27.6 million state fine over auto insurance surcharges as the state Supreme Court declined to review the case, the state Department of Insurance announced Aug. 15.
By Staff Writers, INSURANCE JOURNAL
August 16, 2019
https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2019/08/16/536518.htm
California regulators say a ruling by the state’s highest court means a $27.6 million fine imposed against Mercury Insurance Co. for improperly tacking fees onto auto insurance policies will stand.
By Nicole Hayden, THE PALM SPRING DESERT SUN
August 15, 2019
https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2019/08/15/closure-recycling-cente…
Starr Thornton was tired from the heat. She felt sticky with summer sweat. She apologized for the needs she wished she didn’t have. She had tried to collect more bottles to return, but her body hurt.
By Steve Evans, ARTEMIS
August 15, 2019
https://www.artemis.bm/news/california-disaster-risk-transfer-bill-stal…
The passage of California legislation calling for approval for the state to purchase insurance, reinsurance, insurance-linked securities (ILS), or other alternative risk transfer (ART) structures as financial protection against disasters has stalled.
By Margie Murphy, THE TELEGRAPH UK
August 14, 2019
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2019/08/14/hackers-could-hurt-ca…
It may seem like something straight out of a thriller: a terrorist hacking into a home, taking over household electronic devices to torture those inside. But, according to some experts, this may not be too far from reality.
By Tim Sandle, DIGITAL JOURNAL
August 13, 2019
http://www.digitaljournal.com/tech-and-science/technology/hacking-of-co…
Connected vehicles will need better security feature to avoid cyber-attack. A new report finds that connected cars are open to being hacked and this stands as a major security threat.
By David Lazarus, LOS ANGELES TIMES
August 13, 2019
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-08-12/toll-road-agencies-pr…
Transit authorities statewide have been targeted with lawsuits alleging that, among other privacy violations, information from toll-road transponders — think FasTrak — is being used to illegally market to drivers.
The state is sitting on a $340 million surplus in recycling funds.
By Kevin Smith, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
August 13, 2019
https://www.dailynews.com/2019/08/13/watchdog-group-seeks-overhaul-of-c…
By Keith Laing, THE DETROIT NEWS
August 12, 2019
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/mobility/2019/08/12/se…
Motorists may have to rely on automakers to keep them safe in self-driving cars in the absence of clear direction from Washington.
By Andrew Sheeler, SAN LUIS OBISPO TRIBUNE
August 12, 2019
https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/state/california/article233714092.ht…
The leadership of CalRecycle must drastically change or else be sacked and replaced by Gov. Gavin Newsom, according to a letter written to the governor from the head of a consumer advocacy group, just days after the largest recycling chain in California shuttered all remaining locations.
By Jaclyn Cosgrove, LOS ANGELES TIMES
August 9, 2019
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-08-09/woolsey-fire-mayor-…
On a November afternoon, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti texted the city’s fire chief to ask how much destruction the Woolsey fire had caused in a wealthy gated Ventura County neighborhood.
By Theodore F. Claypool, NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
August 9, 2019
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/heavy-metal-murder-machines-and-pe…
What is the heaviest computer you own? Chances are, you are driving it.
Editorial by Editor James Folmer, REDLANDS COMMUNITY NEWS
August 9, 2019
https://www.redlandscommunitynews.com/opinion/columns/can-recycling-be-…
Recycling your cans, bottles, plastic, paper and other disposables through routes that avoid landfills is virtuous, especially for those of us who believe climate change is real and care about sea creatures.
By Don Jergler, INSURANCE JOURNAL
August 7, 2019
https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2019/08/07/535203.htm
A pair of companies has filed to overturn decisions by California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara in cases involving workers’ comp provider Applied Underwriters, alleging the decisions by Lara were swayed by contributions to his campaign from people affiliated with Applied.
State’s largest company announces closure, shutters 11 local sites
By Adam Brinklow, SF CURBED
August 7, 2019
https://sf.curbed.com/2019/8/7/20759332/recycling-centers-replanet-out-…
By Staff Reporters, THE HI-DESERT STAR
August 7, 2019
http://www.hidesertstar.com/news/article_9cccac16-b975-11e9-880b-8f20c3…
TWENTYNINE PALMS — Declines in state fees and the recycling market will leave residents here with one less place to take their recycling.
Comments follow word NHTSA ordered Tesla to cease-and-desist questionable safety claims.
By Paul A. Eisenstein, THE DETROIT BUREAU
August 7, 2019
https://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2019/08/former-nyse-chief-warns-of-fal…
By Lloyd Alter, TREEHUGGER
August 7, 2019
https://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/recycling-broken-califo…
We have long called for deposits on everything, California shows that even that is not enough.
By I-Chun Chen, LA BIZ
August 6, 2019
https://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/news/2019/08/06/californias-larg…
Citing the increased costs of processing recycled items, RePlanet, California's largest operator of recycling redemption centers has closed, leaving 750 employees out of jobs.
By Tammy Murga, SANTA CLARITA VALLEY SIGNAL
August 6, 2019
https://signalscv.com/2019/08/recycling-center-chain-replanet-closes-al…
California’s largest bottle and can recycling center chain, rePlanet, shut its doors Monday, including both locations in the Santa Clarita Valley.
By Austin Schoonmaker, SAN DIEGO ENTERTAINER MAGAZINE
August 6, 2019
https://www.sdentertainer.com/news/californias-largest-recycling-center…
California’s largest operator of recycling redemption centers has shut its doors to all 248 of its locations leaving 750 employees without jobs. Thousands will no longer be able to rely on the supplemental income provided by recycling cans and bottles through its services.
By Wu Qin, XINHUA NEWS CHINA
August 6, 2019
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-08/06/c_138287902.htm
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- California's largest recycling center has terminated operations for good after 50 years in business with 750 of its employees left jobless.
Nearly 300 locations where people could redeem bottles and cans for money closed this week, and S.F. isn’t prepared to fill the gap.
By Nuala Sawyer, SF WEEKLY
August 6, 2019
http://www.sfweekly.com/news/major-bay-area-recycling-company-closes/
By Staff Reporters, PACKAGING GATEWAY
August 6, 2019
https://www.packaging-gateway.com/news/consumer-watchdog-california-rec…
California’s Consumer Watchdog has asked Governor Gavin Newsom to prioritise recycling reform in the coming months as the state’s largest bottle redemption centre operator rePlanet closes its doors.
The company closed all its sites in California, but other recycling options exist for locals to redeem cans and bottles.
By Renee Schiavone, TEMECULA PATCH
August 6, 2019
https://patch.com/california/temecula/replanet-buyback-recycling-center…
The company closes its remaining 284 recycling centers and processing facilities and lays off employees as it files for liquidation.
By DeAnne Toto, RECYCLING TODAY
August 6, 2019
https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/replanet-closes-california-crv-r…
By Colin Staub, RESOURCE RECYCLING
August 6, 2019
https://resource-recycling.com/recycling/2019/08/06/california-firm-clo…
RePlanet, once the largest operator of facilities redeeming containers covered by the California Redemption Value (CRV) program, has shuttered. The move will significantly reduce consumer recycling access.
By Staff & Wire Reports, PALO ALTO DAILY POST
August 6, 2019
https://padailypost.com/2019/08/06/replanet-recycling-redemption-center…
RePlanet, California’s largest operator of recycling redemption centers, has shut down all 284 of its locations and laid off 750 employees.
In the mid-Peninsula, RePlanet had redemption centers in Mountain View, Palo Alto, Redwood City, North Fair Oaks and San Mateo.
When insurance companies deny coverage or raise prices in areas at risk of wildfire, they’re often relying on secret formulas designed to predict what homes are likely to burn, according to a Voice of San Diego review of thousands of pages of regulatory filings by eight of California’s largest home insurers.
By Ry Rivard, VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
August 6, 2019
By Annie Sciacca, EAST BAY TIMES
August 5, 2019
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2019/08/05/californias-largest-recycling-c…
The state’s largest operator of recycling redemption centers has closed all 284 of its centers, leaving 750 employees without jobs and many who rely on income from redeeming bottles and cans without options.
By Andrew Wheeler, SACRAMENTO BEE
August 5, 2019
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article23…
The largest bottle and can recycling center chain in California, rePlanet, shut its doors Monday, terminating its entire workforce and creating a massive gap in recycling availability in the state.
By Rob McMillan, KABC TV-7 Los Angeles, CA
August 5, 2019
https://abc7.com/business/replanet-lays-off-hundreds-of-workers-closes-…
ONTARIO, Calif. (KABC) -- The future of rePlanet, the state's largest recycling business, is in doubt, with multiple employees saying they were laid off on Saturday.
Recycling centers for rePlanet were closed on Monday all across Southern California.
A 1988 ballot measure was meant to protect customers from unjustified rate hikes. But the measure has loopholes that insurers regularly exploit – and regulators aren’t doing much to plug the holes.
By Ry Rivard, VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
August 5, 2019
https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/government/insurance-companies-i…
By Staff Reporters, VICTOR VALLEY NEWS
August 5, 2019
https://www.vvng.com/replanet-files-for-bankruptcy-closing-all-recyclin…
Victor Valley, Calif. (VVNG.com) — Locals were amongst the 750 employees laid-off after rePlanet, California’s largest recycling center, reportedly files bankruptcy.
By Hannah Wiley and Elizabeth Shwe, SACRAMENTO BEE - Capitol Alert AM Newsletter
August 5, 2019
https://www.sacbee.com/site-services/newsletters/capitol-morning/articl…
After nearly two months since Consumer Watchdog filed a Public Records Act request seeking Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s calendars, the department said it plans to release the documents by Aug. 31.
By Staff Reporters, ASSOCIATED PRESS
August 5, 2019
https://www.apnews.com/b1405399ff314bb38841ca1564513d96
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — California’s largest operator of recycling redemption centers shut down Monday and laid off 750 employees.
