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Consumer Watchdog Testimony on Gasoline Prices Before Senate Energy Committee

Consumer Watchdog Testimony on Gasoline Prices Before Senate Energy Committee

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

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

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

September 24, 2013  ·  Consumer Watchdog
<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  ·  Consumer Watchdog
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  ·  Consumer Watchdog
<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  ·  Consumer Watchdog
<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>
ABC TV-10 San Diego – Victims Of Medical Malpractice Call For California Law To Be Changed

ABC TV-10 San Diego – Victims Of Medical Malpractice Call For California Law To Be Changed

September 3, 2013  ·  Consumer Watchdog
<p>For 2-year-old Steven Olsen, a hike in the woods and a fall on a stick would change his life forever.</p> <p><br /> "They (the doctors) thought, 'Oh, he has meningitis,'" said Steven's mother, Kathy Olsen.<br />  </p> <p>However, that was not the case. Steven was suffering from an infection from the fall. It spread from his hand to his brain quickly. Doctors ran more tests and determined he had bacterial meningitis. They pumped him full of steroids and other medicines and sent him home.</p>
CNET – The World’s Not Ready For Google Glass

CNET – The World’s Not Ready For Google Glass

August 30, 2013  ·  Consumer Watchdog
<p>When CNET's Molly Wood first heard about Google Glass she thought the device sounded like a good idea.  Now after checking out the wearable computing device she calls people who don them "Glassholes" and  says "Google Glass is a new frontier in human rudeness, inattention, and danger." It's not so much a problem for the Glassholes, but for people who find themselves in their proximity. She concludes that "the world is not ready for Glass."  Let's all kick a little Glass!</p>