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Not A Single Retail Store In San Francisco Has To Take Your Recycling Back; Watchdog Calls On Newsom To Engage on Bottle Deposit Bill

Sun, 12/19/2021 - 14:07

KGO ABC TV-7 San Francisco, CA - Getting Your CRV Money In San Francisco Nearly Impossible

Sat, 12/18/2021 - 08:48

Consumer Watchdog's Jamie Court explains how San Francisco's bottle and can redemption program is so broken that not a singe retail store has to take back empties.

KBAK CBS TV-11 Bakersfield, CA: KBAK CBS TV-11 Bakersfield, CA: Dr. Surrenders Medical License After Neglect Lead To Patient Death

Fri, 12/17/2021 - 11:08

Bakersfield OB-GYN Dr. Arthur Park has agreed to surrender his medical license in an agreement with the Medical Board of California. Park was accused of negligence in the death of Demi Dominguez in 2019.

Medical Board of California Allows Bakersfield Doctor To Surrender His License and Avoid License Revocation Hearing Into Young Mother’s Death

Thu, 12/16/2021 - 09:53

Former Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Endorses Fairness for Injured Patients Act; Calls for Legislative Compromise

Thu, 12/16/2021 - 09:46

Doctor Opposed To Fairness Act Calls Compensation for Permanent Disability and Death “Very Nebulous”; Families Call For Enactment

Wed, 12/15/2021 - 09:34

Failure of Bottle Deposit Program Costing Californians 750,000 Tons of Greenhouse Gases, The Equivalent of Putting More Than 160,000 New Cars On The Road

Mon, 12/06/2021 - 09:26

DWP Scandal Plea Bargain Exposes Bribes, Graft and Deceit In "Chinatown"

Fri, 12/03/2021 - 08:37

KTLA TV-5 Los Angeles, CA: Californians Pay More For Gas Than The Rest Of The Country

Wed, 11/17/2021 - 10:50

Consumer Watchdog's Jamie Court explains that Californians get fleeced by Big Oil companies who own refineries and the stations that sell the gas so they can overcharge with impunity.

Families Fighting For Fairness Act Say Medical Board Failure As Outlined by Whistleblower Makes Case For Ballot Measure To Change 1975 Medical Negligence Law

Wed, 11/17/2021 - 09:54

KTTV FOX TV-11 LA: Oil Refiners Squeeze California Consumers With Higher Gas Prices

Tue, 11/16/2021 - 11:06

Consumer Watchdog's Jamie Court explains how oil refiners squeeze consumers with higher gas prices of a dollar higher in California than the rest of the nation.

Consumer Watchdog Calls on Federal Insurance Office to Expose Financial, Climate Risks of Insurance Industry’s Fossil Fuel Underwriting After California Fails to Act

Tue, 11/16/2021 - 09:59

Groups Commend CVS’s Withdrawal of U.S. Supreme Court Challenge To HIV Rights

Thu, 11/11/2021 - 12:34

Proposed Regulation to Require Discounts for Wildfire Mitigation Measures Must Also Regulate Scores Secretly Used to Deny Home Insurance, Consumer Groups Urge Insurance Commissioner

Wed, 11/10/2021 - 10:43

Coalition of Medical Negligence Survivors Launches New Storytelling Website, PatientsForFairness.org, Backs Patient Safety Initiative On California Ballot One Year From Today

Tue, 11/09/2021 - 09:11

KTTV FOX TV-11 Los Angeles, CA: MWD Wastes Hundreds of Thousands of Gallons After Asking Residents to Cut Back on Water Usage

Thu, 11/04/2021 - 10:41 The Metropolitan Water District of Souther California, the largest water supplier in the country, asked residents to cut back on water usage. Then it was found to be wasting hundreds of thousands of gallons.