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Survivors in Sacramento Urge Passage of Insurance Reform Bills to Keep Californians Insured and Get the Benefits They Paid for 

Survivors in Sacramento Urge Passage of Insurance Reform Bills to Keep Californians Insured and Get the Benefits They Paid for 

Hearing Video: Landmark Legislation Requiring Independent Audits Of Utility Wildfire Mitigation Spending Before More Is Approved Passes Assembly Energy Committee

Hearing Video: Landmark Legislation Requiring Independent Audits Of Utility Wildfire Mitigation Spending Before More Is Approved Passes Assembly Energy Committee

Consumer Alert – State Farm: 80% of Fire Survivors Say They’re Living on a Prayer

Consumer Alert – State Farm: 80% of Fire Survivors Say They’re Living on a Prayer

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KABC TV-7 Los Angeles, CA – Shouldn’t Doctors Pee In A Cup Too?

KABC TV-7 Los Angeles, CA – Shouldn’t Doctors Pee In A Cup Too?

October 11, 2013  ·  ConsumerWatchdog
<p>KABC Coverage of a Consumer Watchdog press conference regarding patient safety. The CA Medical Board estimates 18% of doctors abuse drugs or alcohol. It's time to change this. A proposed patient safety ballot measure requires mandatory drug testing of physicians in California.<br /> <br /> Learn more at: http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/pee</p>
NBC TV Bay Area – Google Executives Globetrotting on Taxpayers’ Dime

NBC TV Bay Area – Google Executives Globetrotting on Taxpayers’ Dime

September 24, 2013  ·  ConsumerWatchdog
<p>A year-long examination of federal government documents shows that a company owned by the founders of Google has purchased millions of dollars worth of jet fuel at below-market prices from NASA and the Department of Defense. The records show the company, H211, whose principals are also the principals of Google, used the fuel to fly their private airplanes around the world. Stephen Stock <a href="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/tech/Google-Executives-Globetrotting-on-Taxpayers-Dime-224933642.html">reports</a>.</p>
NBC TV-4 Los Angeles – Battery Plant Continues to Spew Excessive Lead

NBC TV-4 Los Angeles – Battery Plant Continues to Spew Excessive Lead

September 20, 2013  ·  ConsumerWatchdog
Workers at Exide Technologies in Vernon have been told to reduce production by 15 percent after officials from the South Coast Air Quality Management District found the level of lead was above strict local standards. The recent violations at the battery recycling plant will go on the company's record and can be used to deny them a permanent operating permit. Angie Crouch reports from Vernon for NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Sept. 19, 2013.
CNN – Google Loses NASA Discount On Jet Fuel

CNN – Google Loses NASA Discount On Jet Fuel

September 13, 2013  ·  ConsumerWatchdog
<p>CNN's Dan Simon takes a look at the deal that helped Google founders get a discount on jet fuel from NASA. John Simpson discusses. The U.S. Department of Defense ended a little-known arrangement that for years allowed the tech billionaires to travel on sharply discounted jet fuel bought from the Pentagon.</p>
KABC TV-7 Los Angeles – Couple Making Regular Payments Facing Eviction

KABC TV-7 Los Angeles – Couple Making Regular Payments Facing Eviction

September 12, 2013  ·  ConsumerWatchdog
<p>A couple is facing a foreclosure proceeding that is not legal. Banks are foreclosing in ways that circumvent the law and are taking too many shortcuts. If you find yourself in this position, there are things you can do, consult a lawyer, a bank, and if you pay bills on time, you don't have anything to be worried about, you do have to assert your rights.</p>
Google Class Action Lawsuit Heads to Court

Google Class Action Lawsuit Heads to Court

September 5, 2013  ·  Consumer Watchdog
<p>A class action lawsuit filed in a California court charges Google with violating federal and state wiretap laws by analyzing its more than 400 million users' emails. The case will be heard in federal court this week. (Sept. 4)</p>