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KNBC TV-4 Los Angeles – Judge Sides With Consumer Watchdog and Halts DTSC Approval

December 17, 2013 · ConsumerWatchdog

A Los Angeles judge has sided with Consumer Watchdog and ordered the DTSC to halt approval of Boeing's illegal demolition and disposal of radioactive waste from the Santa Susana site.

KABC TV-7 Los Angeles – Google Shopping Might Not Have Best Prices, Consumer Watchdog Says

November 29, 2013 · Consumer Watchdog

Shopping online is usually convenient, easy, and a way to save money. But Consumer Watchdog of Santa Monica says if you're shopping online through Google, it might actually be costing you money. Consumer Watchdog did a test comparing prices of several popular items, such as digital cameras, toasters, iPads and electric drills using Google Shopping. They found the difference in price could be as much as 67 percent.

CNBC-TV – Jamie Court of Consumer Watchdog Discusses ObamaCare Extensions

November 16, 2013 · ConsumerWatchdog

Jamie Court discusses extensions and changes to the Affordable Care Act. President Obama announced Thursday the decision to grant a one-year reprieve on those health-care policies that would have otherwise been canceled under Obamacare. Reports estimate 4 to 5 million cancellation notices have been issued nationwide to date — over a million expected in California alone. Policyholders could now have the option to keep their current plan while shopping for new plans under the healthcare.gov website.

KPIX TV-5 San Francisco – Insurers Have Until 2014 To Extend Current Health Insurance Plans

November 15, 2013 · ConsumerWatchdog

Millions of Californians affected after health insurers cancel their current plans have been given a reprieve. Insurers can now extend plans into 2014 under the affordable care act. California insurance commissioner Dave Jones says insurers demanded provisions before the laws went into effect. Jamie Court of Consumer Watchdog has asked Covered California to send out notices that cancellations have another year to make a decision. KPIX San Francisco

KABC TV-7 Los Angeles – Prop 103 Saves California $100 Billion In Insurance Reform

November 13, 2013 · ConsumerWatchdog

Back in 1984, the California Legislature passed a law requiring drivers to have auto insurance… but didn't limit how much insurers could charge. Predictably, insurers hiked prices by double digits. Voters revolted against the price gouging by passing Prop 103, and the result was billions in savings. Prop 103 has saved California drivers over $100 billion dollars since 1988. That's about $8,125 per California household. In fact, California is the only state in the country where auto insurance rates actually went down over the last 25 years.

KABC TV-7 Los Angeles – Consumer Watchdog Asks Insurance Companies To Extend Cancellations 90 Days

November 7, 2013 · ConsumerWatchdog

Following a demand by the Department of Insurance, Consumer Watchdog called on all other health insurance companies in California who cancelled approximately 900,000 policies this month to follow suit. Consumer Watchdog also asked Covered California, which has contracts with the insurers, to support the reprieve for beleaguered policyholders.

KABC TV-7 Health Policy Cancellations Anger Consumers

October 31, 2013 · ConsumerWatchdog

Many people are getting hit with cancellation notices because their existing health care policies don't quality under the new health care law. Large employer plans that cover most workers and their families are unlikely to be affected. One of the president's earliest promises about the health care overhaul was - You can keep your plan if you like it. That's not exactly the case for Natasha Lee. Lee is a freelance photographer who just received a letter saying her current policy is being canceled. A new similar policy she says will cost her three times more.

KNBC TV — Health Insurer Cancellations Leave Consumers In Lurch

October 30, 2013 · ConsumerWatchdog

Hundreds of thousands of Californians are having issues with Obamacare. Many are learning that the new program does not allow them to keep the insurance they already have, leaving some with no insurance at all. John Cádiz Klemack reports from Westchester for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m.

NBC Bay Area – Bob and Carmen Pack Launch the Patient Safety Act 2014

October 28, 2013 · ConsumerWatchdog

Almost 10 years to the day after their 10-year-old son, Troy, and 7-year-old daughter, Alana, were killed by an intoxicated driver, Danville residents Bob and Carmen Pack led a gathering of friends, family, and well-wishers to honor the memory of their children and to advocate for legislative changes that they hope will prevent similar tragedies.

KTVU FOX TV-2, San Francisco, CA – The Troy and Alana Pack Foundation Campaign Kickoff

October 28, 2013 · ConsumerWatchdog

A Danville couple whose two children were struck and killed by a drunk driver a decade ago will honor their memory in Danville this weekend. The memorial for Troy Pack and his younger sister Alana was held from 4 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Sycamore Valley Elementary School. The event comes 10 years after the Oct. 26, 2003 deaths of Troy, 10, and Alana, 7. That evening, the siblings were riding their scooter and bicycle along with their mother and two friends in Danville when a gold Mercedes Benz sedan drove onto the sidewalk, running over and killing them.

KCBS TV-2 Los Angeles, CA – Anthem Insurance Rates Skyrocket

October 23, 2013 · ConsumerWatchdog

Anthem Blue Cross customers are getting letters that state that because of the requirements of Obamacare the company can no longer continue their current Anthem policy. Consumer Watchdog says it's the health insurers' fault, not the law's.

KNBC TV-4 Los Angeles, CA – Foster Farms Chicken Still Not on Recall List

October 14, 2013 · Mark Reback

It's been a week since health officials linked certain packages of Foster Farms chicken to a Salmonella outbreak. But the USDA has yet to issue a recall recommendation. One local supermarket chain launched an informal recall anyway. Hetty Chang reports from Marina Del Rey.