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KGO TV San Francisco, CA – California’s Gas Supply Cut By Almost 20%

February 20, 2015  ·  Mark Reback

<p>Consumer Watchdog urges Governor Jerry Brown, Attorney General Kamala Harris, and leaders of the California legislature to send independent inspectors to Tesoro's Martinez refinery and Exxon's Torrance refinery to verify whether companies are restricting supply to drive up gasoline prices. The two refineries represent more than 16 percent of the state's refinery capacity.</p>

KTLA TV-5 – Los Angeles, CA – Refinery Explosion May Cause Higher Gas Prices

February 20, 2015  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p>Consumer Watchdog urges Governor Jerry Brown, Attorney General Kamala Harris, and leaders of the California legislature to send independent inspectors to Tesoro's Martinez refinery and Exxon's Torrance refinery to verify whether companies are restricting supply to drive up gasoline prices. The two refineries represent more than 16 percent of the state's refinery capacity.</p>

KPIX TV-5 San Francisco, CA – Refinery Explosion Means Higher Gas Prices

February 19, 2015  ·  Mark Reback

<p>Consumer Watchdog urges Governor Jerry Brown, Attorney General Kamala Harris, and leaders of the California legislature to send independent inspectors to Tesoro's Martinez refinery and Exxon's Torrance refinery to verify whether companies are restricting supply to drive up gasoline prices. The two refineries represent more than 16 percent of the state's refinery capacity.</p>

KTVU FOX-2 – Oakland, CA – Gas Price Manipulation At Work

February 19, 2015  ·  Mark Reback

<p>Consumer Watchdog’s Jamie Court urges Gov. Jerry Brown, Attorney General Kamala Harris, and leaders of the California legislature to inspect Tesoro's Martinez refinery and Exxon's Torrance refinery to determine whether companies are artificially restricting supply to drive up gas prices, which make up more than 16 percent of California’s refinery capacity.</p>

Anthem Hack – Consumer Watchdog Bite Back – Carmen Balber

February 13, 2015  ·  Carmen Balber

<p>Can you believe the personal records of 80 million Americans were breached in the data hack health insurance company Anthem revealed last week?</p> <p>In the latest installment of our new short video segment, “Bite Back,”  we take on the Anthem hack and another less-publicized case when Anthem placed millions more medical records at risk.</p>

KCBS TV-2 Los Angeles, CA – Document Offers Closer Look At Agreement Reached Between Exide, State Regulators

February 13, 2015  ·  Mark Reback

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KABC TV-7 – Los Angeles, CA – Turbo Tax Resumes State Filings After Fraud

February 9, 2015  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p>TurboTax has resumed filing of state tax returns Friday following a temporary halt after noticing several attempts to use stolen identity information to file fraudulent returns and claim refunds.</p> <p>With a recent rise in data security breaches in high profile businesses this form of fraud has become all to common as Consumer Watchdog's John Simpson explains.</p> <p>For more information see our website at: <a href="http://www.consumerwatchdog.org">http://www.consumerwatchdog.org</a></p>

KCBS TV-2 Los Angeles, CA – Health Net Accused Of Misrepresenting Its Doctor And Hospital Networks

February 4, 2015  ·  Mark Reback

<p>Randy Paige with KCBS TV-2 details how an actress claims Health Net’s “bait and switch” tactics forced her to pay $12,000 out-of-pocket for cancer treatment, an accusation echoed by at least two more women who are part of a class-action lawsuit against the insurance company.</p>

Bite Back! Jamie Court talks about Keystone XL and the Koch Brothers

January 30, 2015  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p>Bite Back! Consumer Watchdog's new weekly segment where our seasoned advocates talk about the great hypocrisies of the day. This week Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court takes on the Keystone XL Pipeline and the Koch Brothers influence. See more of our Bite Back videos <a href="http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/consumer-watchdog-bite-back">here</a> or on our official <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_ncVw-6SS0p--NdD3V6h4A">YouTube channel</a>.</p>

LA TV-18: Consumer Watchdog Comments On Why Airline Prices Aren’t Coming Down With Price Of Jet Fuel

January 24, 2015  ·  Mark Reback

<p>Liza Tucker of Consumer Watchdog comments to LA TV-18 on why airline prices aren't coming down with price of jet fuel.</p>

Mercury Insurance Cannot Pass On Costs of “Branding” Ads to Policyholders – Californians Win

January 12, 2015  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p>A Sacramento judge has tentatively ruled that Mercury Insurance cannot pass on the costs of institutional advertising, like its golf tournament the Mercury Open, to policyholders. Auto and home insurance ratepayers will saving millions.</p>

KABC TV-7 Los Angeles: Time-Warner Cable Raising Fees Along With Other Companies

January 6, 2015  ·  Mark Reback

<p>Jamie Court of Consumer Watchdog talks about how deregulation of the TV cable industry has led to the profiteering by these companies, and that the recent proposed mergers will make things worse if approved.</p>