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What's Behind the Curtain as Kamala Harris Decides Hospital Sale?

Why would a hedge fund, with little healthcare experience, commit $100 million in capital and provide a $150 million loan, with interest, to a dying hospital system?  That's the question Attorney General Kamala Harris needs to answer correctly or thousands of jobs will evaporate and critical healthcare access for many residents will vanish.

California: The Oil Industry's Golden Goose

2015 may be remembered as the year that refiners swindled Californians at the pump and bamboozled lawmakers in the Capitol – and got away with it.   

With Blue Shield, It's Always Best to Get It On the Dotted Line

If you reneged on a multi-million dollar promise to the state, the full weight of government would come crashing down on your head. But that's not what happening to Blue Shield.  

Robot Cars: Are They Safe?

Norm and Jamie discuss the push for self-driving robot cars and whether they are safe or not: http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/sites/default/files/resources/podcast_11-19-15.m4a

Los Angeles County Non-Profit Fronts for Big Oil

Big Oil has a long track record of using front groups to protect its interests and mislead Californians. But who would have guessed that a non-profit group created by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors would be one of them? 
 

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