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Para Caritino Hernández y Antonia Cruz, ser dueños de su propio negocio y obtener ganancias “de miles de dólares” captó su atención cuando les ofrecieron ser distribuidores de Herbalife en 2008.

Payouts for utility overcharges, which were promised by June, will not be made until next year

L.A. Department of Water and Power officials announced more than a year ago that they would refund tens of millions of dollars to Angelenos who were overbilled because of a faulty computer system. But customers are still waiting, and it will be 2017 before they see any money.

Environmentalists are challenging warnings from state energy officials that low natural gas reserves resulting from the gas leak near Porter Ranch could lead to isolated blackouts this summer.

A report commissioned by advocacy group Food and Water Watch and presented by Consumer Watchdog argues that Southern California Gas Company can function without returning its Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Storage Facility to full use.

Los Angeles mourns the passing of one of this extraordinary city’s most extraordinary men, Bill Rosendahl.

Do you ever wonder why U.S. cable companies aren't more heavily regulated? One possible reason: Comcast and other telcos spent more on lobbying last year than the aerospace and real estate industries, according to Open Secrets.

The heads of three California energy agencies say they are concerned Los Angeles could run short of the natural gas it needs to generate power over the coming hot summer months if  a massive underground gas field is shut down.

The state's political watchdog agency is mulling a rules change that would mean dropping elected officials economic disclosures and behested payments reports from its website after seven years – effectively removing them from public view.

And in a state where lots of people often hold one or more public offices for way longer than seven years, that seems like a bad idea.

Thousands of DWP customers were issued faulty bills following a problem-filled upgrade of the utility's billing system

Customers might find out Tuesday whether and when they will receive a refund from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power as part of a proposed settlement due to overcharging.

For the second time this year, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge held off on giving preliminary approval to a legal settlement that could credit or refund tens of millions of dollars to Los Angeles Department of Water and Power customers who were overcharged after the bungled rollout of a new billing system.

At a Tuesday hearing, Judge Elihu M. Berle asked attorneys to make a number of revisions to the proposed deal but did not tackle complaints over whether the proposed settlement would give the embattled utility too much control, as some critics have argued.

A ruling is expected Tuesday on a proposed lawsuit settlement over faulty bills sent to thousands of customers by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

But highlighting the discord in the case, attorneys representing ratepayers in different lawsuits against the DWP disagree about whether the settlement is fair.

Also, a consumer watchdog group on Monday released a statement opposing the deal and urged L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti and City Attorney Mike Feuer to “fix the deficiencies in the settlement.”

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Consumer advocates are asking Los Angeles city leaders to reject a proposed settlement for thousands of customers overcharged by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

Los Angeles customers overcharged by the Department of Water and Power's flawed new billing system would be ill-served by a $44 million settlement on their behalf,  a consumer advocacy group said Monday.

Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court called on Mayor Eric Garcetti and the City Attorney's office to re-negotiate the DWP's proposed settlement of a class action lawsuit.