Charles Lowery is an Oceanside native, a graduate of Oceanside High School, class of 1969. He is a local businessman who has grown a small bakery into a successful business with distribution throughout the state of California. He is a member of the Oceanside Chamber of Commerce and understands the need for a prosperous community without sacrificing the things we all love about Southern California. Lowery…
Former Chair of U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission rejects nuclear energy as “not safe” and “not smart” Dateline May 12, 2022 — E, the Environmental Magazine, has published a compelling article by journalist Sara Mosko titled the Insanity of Expanding Nuclear Energy. The story explains how four of the world’s top nuclear regulators have issued a joint statement rejecting nuclear energy as a clean, green solution to…
Prepare for the gas tax to increase: What does it even pay for? The price of paradise could be going up even more this summer. It looks like California will be raising its gas tax as lawmakers have not acted to stop the increase. This story was originally published on CBS News 8 San Diego. Please get the original CBS story and video here. Author: Heather…
On April 11, 2022, the Washington Post published this article, What should America do with its Nuclear Waste? Public Watchdogs member, Diane Ray, responded with this letter to the editor: On April 10, 2022, Jerry Stephenson, ISFSI engineer manager at the nuclear waste dump at San Onofre, was quoted in the Washington Post, saying that the dry fuel storage at San Onofre is entirely “self-sufficient” one…
Remembering Phil, 10-22-21, Friday, 3PM We are here today to remember Phil, and to share memories of Phil, who we all knew in different ways and in different roles. Phil was a father, an athlete, a public advocate, and so much more. My name is Charles Langley. I knew Phil because I worked with him for many…
Trained workers at the Pilgrim nuclear power plant in Massachusetts are claiming that skilled nuclear technicians are being replaced by unqualified “Homer Simpsons” as a way of cutting labor costs for the plant’s new owner, Holtec International. Holtec’s legal record includes criminal activities such as bribery and outright lying to elected officials, so it is no surprise that the company has serious management problems that have…
This page contains hard-to-get phone numbers and email addresses of your elected representatives in San Diego County by zip code and District. Let your elected leaders know what you are upset about and that it is their job to try and fix the problem. If you have ideas about what to do, let them know. CA Senate District Map California State Senator Phone Number Email Address…
THANK YOU LIONS! Our presentation from March 22 is now available in PowerPoint and pdf format. Public Watchdogs PublicWatchdogs -3-22-2022 in pdf format (smaller file size) Public Watchdogs PowerPoint Presentations for San Diego Downtown Lions Join the Lions.
Public Watchdogs unleashes an analysis of potential gasoline price gouging Get the 600-word Analysis here Get the KUSI News story here March 9, 2022
Scroll down for story … California gets little, if any oil from Russia. March 14, 2022, KUSI San Diego SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – With the average gas price costing California’s over five dollars a gallon, one advocacy group is taking it upon themselves to look into the possibility of California oil refineries price gouging consumers. Click here for the original story as it appeared on KUSI….
The story is reproduced under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Please view this story on ABC Channel 10 News here. Public watchdogs asking California’s attorney general to look into price gouging
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Today, Public Watchdogs is calling on California’s top cop, Attorney General Rob Bonta, to investigate California oil refineries for price gouging. Get the letter here. San Diego, home of the nation’s highest electric rates, just saw gasoline prices blast up by a more than a dollar in the last 28 days (see chart below). According to the Oil Price Information Service’s GasBuddy fuel…
2022-03-10-AG-Let-Bonta: Today, Public Watchdogs announced that it has sent a written request for an investigation into gasoline price gouging by California oil refineries. The letter is reproduced as text below, and is also available as a pdf here. Read the reply from Attorney General Bonta’s office here. The Honorable Rob Bonta Attorney General of California 455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000 San Francisco, CA 94102-7004 Thursday,…
According to the Oil Price Information Service’s “Gasbuddy,” San Diego gasoline prices are $5.54 a gallon for regular unleaded, as of 4:00 PM today. That’s an increase of 5¢ per gallon in fewer than five hours, when we checked the site at noon today. According to the oil industry, there are two factors at play in this “perfect storm” of price increases. The first factor is…
February 11, 2022 – As a public service, public Watchdogs has published this independently recorded copy of the Southern California Edison Community Engagement Panel presentation, yesterday, February 10, 2022. Edison hosted Dr. Kim Petry, the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Department of Energy (DOE). Dr. Petry discussed consent-based siting for federally approved temporary radioactive nuclear waste dumps. These facilities are known as Consolidated Interim Storage…