Jill Stewart

Jamie McCourt last year demanded that insurance companies control their rates.; Credit: Consumer Watchdog Campaign

Consumer Watchdog Slams 'Covered California' Obamacare

Jill Stewart
Wow, Jamie Court of Consumer Watchdog is unleashing a severe volley against Covered California, saying the state Obamacare system's new data show that nearly one-half million Californians are being cancelled and will be forced to buy more expensive insurance. But the political appointees who run Covered California's board (more on......

A Hotel for Abbot Kinney? One Developer Could Be In For a Hard Fight

Jill Stewart
Several years ago, filmmaker Dan Abrams was in his office above Primitivo Wine Bistro on Abbot Kinney Boulevard, an ex–New Yorker thinking about how much he loved Venice. L.A.'s housing bubble meant beloved bungalows were being converted into high-design mansions and condos, transforming once-charming pocket neighborhoods as land speculation gripped...
Professor Vijay Gupta

UCLA Prof's New Football Helmet Liner Reduces Brain-Addling Concussions

Jill Stewart
Sports enthusiast and UCLA biomechanical engineer, Professor Vijay Gupta is getting calls from football helmet makers over a hot new helmet liner after tests showed it could cut concussions about 25 percent. That means it could slash the number of NFL players who in the future develop horrific dementia from......
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Our dream of Malibu.; Credit: Alex Beattie

Down-Home Malibu is Sick of Excessively Vapid Rich Malibu

Jill Stewart
Ojai banned chain stores long ago, and that lovely valley town is packed with crowds seeking art, jazz and fine food. Old Town Pasadena welcomed every tony chain and lots of crap ones, erasing Old Town and its hip crowds to lure dazed suburban families and professionals who spend wildly......
Will Ron Calderon be smiling this time next year?; Credit: Office of state Senator Ron Calderon

FBI Probes Ron Calderon, One of California's Worst Legislators

Jill Stewart
Update: Top Sacramento officials deny earlier official reports that the FBI took files from the Latino Caucus offices. See at bottom. First posted at 11:53 a.m. The FBI is investigating California state Sen. Ron Calderon, a Los Angeles-area legislator exposed by L.A. Weekly for putting his own name on laws......