By David A. Wood, CARCOMPLAINTS.COM
February 28, 2018
https://www.carcomplaints.com/news/2018/cars-driven-remote-control-cali…
California Loosens Rules For Driverless Cars, Clearing The Way For Robot Taxis
By Russ Mitchell, LOS ANGELES TIMES
February 28, 2018
http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-new-california-driverles…
Here come the robot cars.
Driverless Cars Can Test On Public Roads In California Under New Rules
New regulations will allow companies to test self-driving vehicles without a human driver
By Sarah D. Young, CONSUMER AFFAIRS
February 28, 2018
https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/driverless-cars-can-test-on-public…
New Law Gives More Autonomy To DWP on Contracts
By Emily Alpert Reyes, LOS ANGELES TIMES
February 27, 2018
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-dwp-contracts-20180226-stor…
Fully Autonomous Driving Takes This Big Step In California
By Aparna Narayanan, INVESTORS BUSINESS DAILY
February 27, 2018
https://www.investors.com/news/california-oks-fully-autonomous-car-test…
By Sibel Nicholson, INTERESTING ENGINEERING
February 27, 2018
https://interestingengineering.com/california-gives-the-go-ahead-to-ful…
California Will Let Autonomous Cars Operate Without Anyone Behind the Wheel
By Aaron Mak, SLATE
February 27, 2018
https://slate.com/technology/2018/02/autonomous-vehicles-in-california-…
By Patrick May, BAY AREA NEWSGROUP
February 27, 2018
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/02/27/look-whats-making-self-driving-c…
Ready . . . set . . . drive (driverlessly)!
California Now Allows Driverless Cars Without A Human Behind The Wheel
By Cyrus Farivar, ARS TECHNICA
February 27, 2018
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/02/california-now-allows-drive…
Driverless Cars Given Green Light To Operate In California
By Tim Bradshaw, FINANCIAL TIMES
February 27, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/2e843dc8-1b60-11e8-aaca-4574d7dabfb6
Safety campaigners warn roads could become a potentially lethal ‘video game’
California Okays Testing of Completely Driverless Vehicles
“Lives will be at stake,” warns consumer group.
By Paul A. Einstein, THE DETROIT BUREAU
February 27, 2018
http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2018/02/california-okays-testing-of-com…
Advocates React To Testing Truly Driverless Cars On Our Streets
In this round, there won't be a human sitting behind the steering wheel
By Roger Rudick, STREETSBLOG SF
February 27, 2018
https://sf.streetsblog.org/2018/02/27/advocates-react-to-testing-truly-…
Cars Without Drivers Are Coming To California Roads As Soon As April
By Staff Writers, FAST COMPANY
February 26, 2018
https://www.fastcompany.com/40536555/cars-without-drivers-could-hit-cal…
California on Monday gave the thumbs-up to driverless cars that actually have no driver.
Driverless Cars Are Expected On California Streets In April. What Does It Mean For You?
By Tony Bizjak, SACRAMENTO BEE
February 26, 2018
http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/transportation/article201802909.html
A moment that once belonged only in sci-fi novels is now a month away in California.
WhatleyKallas, Nonprofit Consumer Group Go After CVS for Mandatory Mail-Order Program
By Kristen Rasmussen, THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL
February 26, 2018
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2018/02/26/whatleykallas-nonprof…
California Green-Lights Cars Without Drivers
By Carolyn Said, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
February 26, 2018
https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/California-green-lights-ca…
California on Monday gave a green light to allowing robot cars with no drivers on state roads within weeks.
California To Allow Self-Driving Cars On Road Without Human Backup By April
By Ray Down, UPI - UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
February 26, 2018
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2018/02/26/California-to-allow-self-dri…
California OKs Autonomous Car Testing Without Backup Drivers
By Chris Weber, ASSOCIATED PRESS
February 26, 2018
https://wtop.com/consumer-news/2018/02/california-oks-autonomous-car-te…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Driverless cars will be tested in California for the first time without a person behind a steering wheel under new rules that state regulators approved Monday for the fast-developing technology.
California Scraps Safety Driver Rules For Self-Driving Cars
By Daisuke Wakabayashi, THE NEW YORK TIMES
February 26, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/26/technology/driverless-cars-californi…
SAN FRANCISCO — California regulators have given the green light to truly driverless cars.
Self-Driving Cars With No In-Vehicle Backup Driver Get OK For California Public Roads
By Ethan Baron, MERCURY NEWS
February 26, 2018
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/02/26/self-driving-cars-with-no-in-veh…
Self-driving cars with no human backup behind the wheel will be legal on California roads for testing and transporting the public starting April 2.
Consumer Groups Slam Trump Administration Over Proposal To Expand Short-Term Health Plans
By Kenny Goldberg, KPBS San Diego, CA
February 26 2018
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2018/feb/26/consumer-groups-slam-trump-adminis…
Four HIV Patients File Class Action Lawsuit Against CVS
The plaintiffs, all HIV-positive, claim CVS broke the law by forcing them to pay enormous additional costs.
By Benjamin M. Adams, HIV PLUS MAGAZINE
February 23, 2018
https://www.hivplusmag.com/law-crime/2018/2/23/four-hiv-patients-file-c…
Insurance Companies – Not “On Your Side”
Feb. 22, 2018 - THEPOPTORT.COM
http://www.thepoptort.com/2018/02/insurance-companies-not-on-your-side.html
And they’re not a “good neighbor” either. And they don’t have “good hands.” (I could go on.) But you probably already knew that.
HIV Patients Claim In Court CVS Steered Beneficiaries To Its Pharmacies
By David Lim, HEALTHCARE DIVE
February 22, 2018
https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/hiv-patients-claim-in-court-cvs-ste…
Supreme Court Turns Away Challenge To California Law That Regulates Insurance Hikes
By Mark Huffman, CONSUMER AFFAIRS
February 21, 2018
https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/supreme-court-turns-away-challenge…
Waymo Gets the Go to Launch 1st Driverless Ride-Sharing Program
Service set to begin within the year in Phoenix area, then expand to other markets.
By Paul E. Einstein, THE DETROIT BUREAU
February 19, 2018
http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2018/02/waymo-gets-the-go-to-launch-1st…
Car-Loan Rates Expected To Rise
By Keith Laing, THE DETROIT NEWS
February 19, 2018
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2018/02/19/car-loan-rat…
Washington — Concern about potential inflation in the U.S. economy has sparked concern that auto-loan interest rates could spike at a time when domestic car sales have already been sluggish.
CVS Hit With Class Action Lawsuits From HIV Patients
By Jon Parton, COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE
February 16, 2018
https://www.courthousenews.com/cvs-hit-with-class-action-lawsuits-from-…
Op-Ed Commentary: Don’t Let Robot Cars Go Out Of Control On California Roads
By Jamie Court, SPECIAL TO THE SACRAMENTO BEE
February 16, 2018
http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/soapbox/article200374179.html
Self-driving cars cannot yet drive themselves. This is the unmistakable conclusion of new data from the state Department of Motor Vehicles.
State Farm Pulls Out All The Legal Stops To Avoid Paying $100 Million In Customer Refunds
By Michael Hiltzik, LOS ANGELES TIMES
February 16, 2018
http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-state-farm-201802…
'Less Than a Drop in the Bucket' -- Dueling Perspectives on California's First Stem Cell Royalty Check
By David Jensen, CALIFORNIA STEM CELL REPORT
February 14, 2018
http://californiastemcellreport.blogspot.in/2018/02/less-than-drop-in-b…
Self-Driving Car Safety Legislation Stalls in The Senate
By John D. McKinnon, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
February 12, 2018
https://www.wsj.com/articles/self-driving-car-safety-legislation-stalls…
Editorial: AG Becerra’s Delay Enables More Opioid Deaths
By Mercury News & East Bay Express Editorial Boards
February 10, 2018
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/02/10/editorial-ag-becerras-delay-ena…
While state Attorney General Xavier Becerra has fiddled, thousands more Californians have died from opioid overdoses.
Google Patents Creepy Big Brother-Style System That Uses Cameras And Sensors To Watch Your Kids And Tell Them Off When They've Been Misbehaving
By Phoebe Westin, THE DAILY MAIL UK
February 9, 2018
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5371975/Google-patents-c…
'Climate Leaders' Justin Trudeau and Jerry Brown Are Both Promoters Of Oil Industry Expansion
By Dan Bacher, DAILY KOS
February 9, 2018
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/2/9/1740062/--Climate-leaders-Jus…
Californians Flood State Capitol to Oppose Offshore Drilling
By Nick Cahill, COURTHOUSE NEWS
February 8, 2018
https://www.courthousenews.com/californians-flood-state-capitol-to-oppo…
SACRAMENTO (CN) – With the federal government plotting new offshore oil leases, California lawmakers and environmentalists have coalesced around a clear goal: Keeping big oil off California’s coastline.
What We Can Learn About Autonomous Progress From California Disengagement Reports
By Pete Bigelow, CAR AND DRIVER
February 5, 2018
https://blog.caranddriver.com/what-we-can-learn-about-autonomous-progre…
Lobby Groups Spend Record $339 Million
By Patrick McGreevy, LOS ANGELES TIMES - SACRAMENTO WATCH BLOG
February 5, 2018
Fueled by activity from the oil industry attempting to influence the cap-and-trade debate, interest groups spent a record of more than $339 million lobbying California government officials last year.
The spending activity to influence elected officials and bureaucrats far exceeds the previous record of $314.7 million in 2015, new lobbying reports show.
Big Oil's Top 3 Spenders Lavish $17.6 Million In Lobbying 'Hush Money' In 2017
By Dan Bacher, ELK GROVE NEWS
February 3, 2018
http://www.elkgrovenews.net/2018/02/big-oils-top-3-spenders-lavish-176…
Self-Driving Vehicles Put Through Paces
American Center for Mobility near Detroit touts itself as offering 'perfect environment' for testing driverless, connected vehicles
By Eric D. Lawrence, DAYTON DAILY NEWS
February 2, 2018
The American Center for Mobility opened its first phase in December. It includes a 2.5-mile highway loop and 700-foot curved tunnel; the center notes that it offers four-season testing, day and night, in sun, rain, ice and snow.
Disengage, Disengage! Cali DMV Reports Show How Often Human Drivers Override Robot Cars
Driverless tech not ready, to shock of nobody
By Richard Priday, THE REGISTER UK
February 2, 2018
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/02/cali_dmv_driverless_disengagem…
Jamie Dimon, Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffet Lost Patience With Skyrocketing Health Costs -
By Quentin Fottrell, MARKETWATCH.COM
January 30, 2018https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-chart-explains-why-jamie-dimon-j…
Why Climate Activists Protested Jerry Brown’s Swan Song
Climate-change activists hoping to hear the governor propose a new climate initiative during his State of the State speech Thursday were disappointed.
By Larry Buhl, CAPITAL AND MAIN
January 29, 2018
https://capitalandmain.com/why-climate-activists-protested-jerry-browns…
Big Oil Praises Governor Brown's Final State of the State Address
By Dan Bacher, DAILY KOS
January 26, 2018
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/1/26/1736102/-Big-Oil-Praises-Gov…
Renting A Car? Using The Bluetooth Could Put You At Risk For Identity Theft
By Rebekah L. Sanders, THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC
January 26, 2018
https://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/consumers/2018/01/26/ren…
