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KCBS TV-2 LA: Consumer Watchdog Provides Evidence of Gas Price Market Manipulation & Point to CEO Comments

August 4, 2016  ·  Cody Rosenfield

<p> </p> <p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246);">Consumer Watchdog provided increased evidence of gas price manipulation in California. While California wholesale gas prices are the least in the nation, street prices are the highest. Advocates also played the recording of an investor call, where an oil refiner CEO mused that ExxonMobil may have decided to keep their California refinery offline.</span></p>

National Public Radio (NPR) — Patient Privacy & Tech Start Ups

August 4, 2016  ·  Mark Reback

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KABC TV-7 Los Angeles: Consumer Watchdog Discusses Current State of Health Insurance in California

July 27, 2016  ·  Mark Reback

<p>Consumer Watchdog's executive director Carmen Balber discusses the current state of health insurance in California, touching on the proposed mega-mergers and why they're bad for consumers, as well as Covered California's announced rate hikes and why they can't be stopped currently.</p>

KTVU TV-2 SF: Consumer Advocates Voice Concerns On Testing Robot Cars On Public Roads

July 18, 2016  ·  Mark Reback

<p>As automakers race to create cars that can drive themselves, a growing chorus of consumer advocates is demanding that the companies — and their federal regulators — slow down.</p>

KPIX CBS TV-5 SF: Consumer Watchdog Asks Automakers To Slow Push For Robot Cars Until Safe

July 18, 2016  ·  Mark Reback

<p>Consumer Watchdog has written a letter to President Obama urging his administration to stop attempts allowing autonomous vehicle technology on the roads in the wake of reports of a fatal crash involving Tesla’s autonomous system.</p>

KOFY ABC TV-7 SF: Advocates Call For Halt To Public Road Testing Of Autonomous Cars

July 18, 2016  ·  Mark Reback

<p>Consumer groups are calling for the testing of autonomous technology with live humans on the road using the Tesla Autopilot to be stopped after the death of Joshua Brown.</p>

Tell President Obama: Speed Kills

July 14, 2016  ·  Mark Reback

<div id="watch-description-text"> <p id="eow-description"><a class="yt-uix-servicelink " data-servicelink="CDEQ6TgiEwioxJHC_qPPAhVN034KHRccA4Mo-B0" data-url="https://consumerwatchdog.org/robotcar" href="https://consumerwatchdog.org/robotcar" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://consumerwatchdog.org/robotcar</a> — The first fatality in a self-driving car gives new urgency to regulating robot cars to keep the roads safe.<br />

KTTV FOX TV-11 LA: Advocates Ask Tesla To Disable Autopilot After Crash

July 9, 2016  ·  Mark Reback

<p>John M. Simpson explains to FOX LA why Consumer Watchdog is urging Tesla to disable autopilot in their cars after the recent crash.</p>

KCBS TV-2 LA: Consumer Watchdog Applauds Attorney General’s Subpoenas To Oil Companies

July 1, 2016  ·  Mark Reback

<p>Consumer Watchdog says oil companies have been price gouging Californians to the tune of $10 billion compared to the rest of the nation, and are applauding the Attorney General's subpoenas to oil companies this week.</p>

KGO ABC TV SF: Tesla Crash Prompts Calls To Slow Push For Robot Cars

July 1, 2016  ·  Mark Reback

<p>Consumer Watchdog calls for Tesla and other self-driving car producers to slow their push until safety issues are addressed.</p>

KABC TV-7: Refiners Receive Subpoenas Regarding Gas Price Manipulation

June 29, 2016  ·  Cody Rosenfield

<p>Jamie Court responded to news that refiners in California had received subpoenas from the California Attorney General regarding gas prices in the state.</p>

KNBC TV-4: Consumer Watchdog Responds to Subpoenas Delivered to Oil Refiners

June 29, 2016  ·  Cody Rosenfield

<p>Consumer Watchdog responded to breaking news that refiners in California had been given subpoenas by the California Attorney General regarding possible gas price manipulation.</p>