By Staff Reporters, KMVU FOX TV-26, Medford, OR
January 12, 2022
https://www.fox26medford.com/investigators-warn-of-potentially-unlicens…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – At first glance, a pop-up COVID testing site nestled outside the 16th Street BART station in San Francisco’s Mission District looks like a convenient way to score a free COVID test.
By Dan Bacher, DAILY KOS
January 11, 2022
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/1/11/2073926/-Critics-Say-Newsom-…
SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom on January 10 unveiled his 2022-23 state budget proposal including a $45.7 billion budget surplus, receiving both criticism and praise from environmental and climate advocates.
State insurance commissioner Ricardo Lara has taken campaign money and gifts from fossil fuel interests and “done almost nothing” to address climate change.
By Sam Mellins, THE DAILY POSTER
January 12, 2022
https://www.dailyposter.com/why-is-california-backtracking-on-climate-r…
Host - Steve Chiotakis, Guest - Liza Tucker, Consumer Watchdog - Greater LA, KCRW 89.9FM
January 10, 2022
Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment: https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/greater-la/covid-recycle/recycling-fraud
Opinion By Thomas Elias, THE DESERT SUN
January 10, 2022
https://www.desertsun.com/story/opinion/2022/01/10/californias-recyclin…
In California’s recycling program, nickel and dime deposits add about $1.5 billion a year. But at least $200 million of that goes to criminals, according to a new report from the usually reliable Consumer Watchdog advocacy group.
Consumer Watchdog supports a California bill that would make producers responsible for the materials' entire life cycle.
By Kevin Smith, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
January 6, 2021
https://www.dailynews.com/2022/01/06/recycling-fraud-costs-california-c…
By Dustin Gardener, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
January 4, 2022
https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/California-is-sitting-on-3…
SACRAMENTO — Every time Californians purchase a bottle of beer or can of soda, they pay an extra nickel or dime — a deposit they can theoretically get back if the container is returned to a recycling center.
By Debra Kahn, POLITICO PRO
December 30, 2021
SAN FRANCISCO — California is struggling to prevent wildfires from decimating communities each year. Now insurers wonder if they can accomplish what politicians can’t.
By Staff Reporters, KPFA Radio 94.1FM, SF Bay Area, CA
December 30, 2021
Listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment here: https://kpfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/RECYCLING-QA.mp3
By Thomas Elias, SANTA MARIA TIMES
December 21, 2021
https://santamariatimes.com/opinion/columnists/appeals-court-tries-to-g…
California’s ballot initiative process has never been more effective or beneficial to voters (who are also utility customers) than since the strongly consumerist Proposition 103 passed handily in 1988.
By Staff Writers, ASSOCIATED PRESS
December 20, 2021
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2021-12-20/…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A prominent advocacy group has labeled San Francisco “the poster child” of California's troubled bottle and can recycling program, saying not a single grocery store in the city is required to refund nickel-or-dime deposits.
By Ishani Desai, The BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN
December 18, 2021
https://californianewstimes.com/bakersfield-doctor-with-repeat-offenses…
A local mother said Friday her deceased pregnant daughter was denied justice when the Medical Board of California decided to forgo an administrative hearing for a Bakersfield doctor accused of negligence in her death and agreed to let him surrender his license.
By Michael Finney, ABC 7 News
December 19, 2021
https://abc7news.com/sf-mobile-recycling-service-san-francisco-delay-ca…
New mobile recycling solution for San Francisco was announced in Feb. 2020. Almost two years later, no trucks have hit the streets.
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- California's CRV recycling effort has issues and consumers feel ripped off.
By Anthony Wright, ABC TV-23 Bakersfield, CA
December 16, 2021
https://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/doctor-surrenders-medical-lice…
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — 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.
By David Kaplan, BAKERSFIELD NOW
December 16, 2021
https://bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/former-doctor-of-demi-dominguez-a…
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A Bakersfield OB-GYN has agreed to surrender his license to the Medical Board of California. This comes after being accused of medical negligence in the death of 23-year-old Demi Dominguez.
By Sasha Lauren, CITY WATCH LA
December 9, 2021
https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php/wellness/23253-the-medical-board-…
MEDICAL WATCH - If a doctor harms you or kills a loved one, what recourse is there in California?
By Thomas Elias, TAFT MIDWAY DRILLER
December 6, 2021
https://www.taftmidwaydriller.com/newsletter/appeals-court-tries-to-gut…
California’s ballot initiative process has never been more effective or beneficial to voters (who are also utility customers) than since the strongly consumerist Proposition 103 passed handily in 1988.
By Debrah Kahn, POLITICO PRO
December 6, 2021
California's dropping recycling rate is increasing its greenhouse gas footprint, according to a new analysis commissioned by the group Consumer Watchdog.
The state's recycling rate for containers was 58 percent last year, far below its goal of 80 percent, POLITICO's Debra Kahn reports. That means some 13.4 billion bottles and cans went unrecycled.
Opinion Column By Susan Shelley, THE DAILY NEWS OF Los Angeles
December 3, 3021
https://www.dailynews.com/2021/12/03/who-knew-what-and-when-in-ladwp-sc…
Remember back in July 2019 when the FBI raided City Attorney Mike Feuer’s office and the offices of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power?
By Steve Lopez, LOS ANGELES TIMES
December 1, 2021
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-12-01/lopez-column-contin…
In the carnival of avarice and corruption that is Los Angeles, we are not resting on our laurels.
Second stringers settle for bronze or silver; champions go for gold.
By Dakota Smith, LOS ANGELES TIMES
December 1, 2021
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-12-01/former-dwp-board-me…
An attorney for a former Los Angeles Department of Water and Power board member linked to an alleged bribery scheme defended his client Tuesday.
By Kathleen Ronayne, ASSOCIATED PRESS
November 22, 2021
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/newsom-names-energy-adviser-as-state-…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has named his senior adviser on energy policy as the next president of the powerful state body that regulates utilities.
By JW August, TIMES OF SAN DIEGO
November 21, 2021
https://patch.com/california/san-diego/californians-casting-suspicious-…
You might be asking yourself, why are we paying on average $4.70 for a gallon of gasoline in California, while the cost for the rest of the country is more than a dollar less?
By Victoria Colliver, POLITICO PRO
November 19, 2021
OAKLAND – California voters are beginning to feel trapped in the electoral version of Groundhog Day. For the third straight election cycle, they are being asked to make complex decisions about kidney dialysis.
The last two dialysis initiatives failed resoundingly. But for the union behind the bids, victory at the ballot box may not be the point.
By Jeannie Nguyen and Connor Malone, FOX TV-40 Sacramento, CA
November 18, 2021
https://fox40.com/news/local-news/roseville-wastewater-assistant-direct…
ROSEVILLE, Calif. (KTXL) — A Roseville city employee has been arrested after investigators said he was caught spending public money that he wasn’t authorized to use. Now, he’s facing felony charges.
By Kellie Hwang and Nami Sumida, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
November 18, 2021
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/As-inflation-rises-across-t…
It's no mystery to anyone living here that pretty much everything is pricier in the Bay Area.
By Kellie Hwang, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
November 19, 2021
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Thanksgiving-travel-is-expe…
After a dramatic downsizing last year due to the COVID pandemic, Thanksgiving travel is poised to make a near-total turnaround in the Bay Area and U.S., according to airport officials and industry experts.
By Melody Gutierrez, LOS ANGELES TIMES
November 17, 2021
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-11-17/california-medical-…
SACRAMENTO — The pleas for help find him. They arrive by email or seep into his social media account. One showed up in a tightly sealed letter to his home. After years of feeling ignored by the Medical Board of California, the writers hope he’ll finally be the one who hears them.
By Christina Gonzalez, KTTV FOX TV-11 Los Angeles, CA
November 17, 2021
https://www.foxla.com/news/how-to-save-money-on-gas-in-california
LOS ANGELES - Is cheaper gas the same quality as high-end brands? It depends on who you ask, but there are some basic things that can save you money.
By Victoria Colliver, POLITICO PRO
November 12, 2021
By Andrew Sheeler, SACRAMENTO BEE - CAPITOL ALERT
November 11, 2021
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article25…
In 2022, California voters will decide whether to raise the $250,000 cap on payouts in medical negligence lawsuit payouts, indexing it for inflation and empowering judges and juries to decide compensation in cases involving catastrophic injury or death.
By Don Thompson, ASSOCIATED PRESS
November 3, 2021
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Consumer advocates said Tuesday that they will ask the California Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court ruling they said undermines the state's ability to order billions of dollars in insurance company refunds.
By Frank Klimko, BESTWEEK
November 3, 2021
A California appeals court ruled in favor of State Farm General Insurance Co., rejecting the authority of the state insurance commissioner in ordering the carrier to reduce dwelling insurance rates by 7% that could have meant refunds of $100 million.
By Bob Egelko, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
November 3, 2021
A state appeals court says California's insurance commissioner wrongly ordered State Farm to cut homeowners' rates by 7% in 2016 and should not have told the company to pay $100 million in refunds to its policyholders.
By Rachel Stone, LAW 360
October 29, 2021
https://www.law360.com/articles/1435636?scroll=1&related=1
Law360 (October 29, 2021, 8:19 PM EDT) -- The U.S. threw its support behind a group of people living with HIV who urged the U.S. Supreme Court to hold that federal law covers their discrimination claims against CVS, alleging their health plans' prohibition on getting specialty medication from local pharmacies unfairly affected them.
By Nick Visser and Mollie Reilly, HUFFPOST
October 21, 2021
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/california-oil-well-3200-feet_n_6170cc0d…
California is seeking to dramatically expand protections for communities near oil drilling operations following a large oil spill off the coast of Southern California earlier this month.
By Koco McAboy, FOX TV-11 Los Angeles, CA
October 20, 2021
https://www.foxla.com/news/grocery-shoppers-feel-the-hit-as-food-prices…
LOS ANGELES - Food prices have risen astronomically this year compared to last year, according to statistics, and shoppers are feeling the hit when they go to the grocery store.
By Emma Newburger, CNBC
October 9, 2021
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/09/oil-wells-in-la-nearby-residents-grappl…
LOS ANGELES, CALIF. — Stepping out of a coffee shop near Interstate 110 in the Wilmington neighborhood of Los Angeles, you’re immediately hit by a foul odor.
By Dave LaChance, REPAIRER DRIVEN NEWS
October 8, 2021
https://www.repairerdrivennews.com/2021/10/08/calif-orders-allstate-mer…
California’s insurance commissioner has ordered Allstate, Mercury and CSAA to return to drivers more of the excess profits collected from them during the pandemic, or face legal action.
