Carmen Balber is joined by Tracy Dominguez and Xavier De Leon, the mother and fiancée of 23-year-old Demi Dominguez. Demi and her son died because a Bakersfield doctor with a history of medical negligence failed to diagnose a well-known complication of pregnancy. They are fighting to update a 1975 law that caps compensation for victims of medical negligence and prevents dangerous doctors from being held accountable.

Carmen Balber is joined by Dr. Michele Goodwin, the Chancellor’s Professor at UC Irvine and founder and director of the Reproductive Justice Initiative, as protestors fill the streets to discuss how racism manifests in ways that can’t be captured on video, including health disparities for women of color.

Carmen Balber is joined by Dr. Michele Goodwin, the Chancellor’s Professor at UC Irvine and founder and director of the Reproductive Justice Initiative, as protestors fill the streets to discuss how racism manifests in ways that can’t be captured on video, including health disparities for women of color.

Harvey Rosenfield is joined by Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court to discuss the legislative attack this week in Sacramento by the insurance companies to raise rates on homeowners in violation of voter approved law Proposition 103. They struck in the crisis to avoid public scrutiny.

Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court is joined by medical negligence survivor Scott Olsen, who is the proponent of a ballot measure to lift California’s 45 year old cap on medical malpractice damages. Olsen’s son was permanently disabled. 980,000 signatures are being turned in to put the initiative before voters.

Carmen Balber is joined by Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court to discuss Gavin Newsom's growing problems with the oil and gas industry.

Carmen Balber is joined by CW Sacramento counsel Mike Mattoch to talk about what’s changed, and what’s stayed the same, in Sacramento during the pandemic. Exhibit 1: a bill backed by the insurance industry moves forward that would raise homeowners’ insurance rates and gut the consumer protections of Proposition 103.

Carmen Balber is joined for Mother’s Day by Tammy Smick, Consumer Watchdog board member who lost her 20-year-old son Alex when the medical providers he went to for care gave him a toxic cocktail of medications in the hospital. Tammy shares how Alex gives her strength and tells lawmakers it’s time to change California’s 1975 malpractice law that prevents families who lose loved ones from getting justice.

Consumer Watchdog Executive Director Carmen Balber is joined by Patricia McGinnis, executive director of California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform to discuss the medical industry’s push for an executive order to immunize elder care homes and medical facilities from liability for medical injury or death that has nothing to do with COVID-19 for the length of the pandemic.

Consumer Watchdog Executive Director Carmen Balber and Consumer Advocate Liza Tucker discuss the Newsom Administration's decision to approve 24 new fracking permits after a six-month moratorium, even as new studies reveal higher death rates from Covid-19 in low-income communities of color exposed to the chronic air pollution created by oil drilling.