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Consumer Protection

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    Check Your Fridge: Mucho Chorizo Recalled

    ​This weekend, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced that approximately 2,290 pounds of a chorizo sausage product is being recalled. Gilroy's Silva Sausage Co. is recalling approximately 2,290 pounds of it because of misbranding and an undeclared a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    Hey FDA: Pick On Big Food Producers, Not Little Ones

    Genaro Molina/Los Angeles TimesDanielle Fetzer and Steven Pociunas, volunteers at Rawesome Foods in Venice, after the store was raided​After a year-long investigation, agents from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration joined state and local authorities yesterday to bust owners of a small Venic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    S.F. Company's Computer Equipment Recalled After Catching on Fire

    Now we understand all the excitement surrounding cloud computing.​You've heard of cloud computing.Next: Smoke computing.Cloud Engines' PogoPlug, a black desk-top box used to used to provide remote access to video, music and other files, reportedly can get so hot it melts, emits smoke, and even cat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2011

    How Much Should We Believe in Activia? How Much Do You Throw in the Tip Jar?

    ​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. Food as Medicine. The New York Times ran a great article yesterday about the increase in foods marketing themselves for their health benefits. The FDA, finding some of these claims ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    Fisher-Price Recall Rationale: Toys Cause Genital Bleeding

    Consumer Product Safety CommissionOuch!​The massive recall of Fisher-Price toys involves a condition no one would associate with fun and games: Genital bleeding. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, more than 7 million "trikes and tough trikes," which have been on sale since 1997, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 14, 2009

    Friends, Not Food

    Consumer Product Safety CommissionOuch!​The massive recall of Fisher-Price toys involves a condition no one would associate with fun and games: Genital bleeding. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, more than 7 million "trikes and tough trikes," which have been on sale since 1997, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2009

    Note to Mooching Yelpers: the Government Could Potentially Fine Yo Ass

    ​The Federal Trade Commission released new, rather confusing rules this week to smack down bloggers, social media users, famous Tweeters and other online pundits who don't disclose getting money or free schwag from companies that they write about. Some have interpreted the new rules to anyone who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2009

    Earth's Richest Man World's Greatest Newspaper? Damning San Francisco Archive Suggests it's a Match Made in Hell

    As Sunday news reports described Mexican monopolist Carlos Slim Helu's bid to become the largest shareholder of The New York Times, readers and staffers were no doubt wondering precisely what kind of scoundrel he is.Everyone knows Slim controls Telmex, the politically connected monopoly that has dri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2008

    Post-Thanksgiving Sale at Giant Robot

    Most people will spend Black Friday as an exercise in masochism, crowding up those bastions of consumerism known as malls. You, on the other hand, can do your Christmas shopping in the sanity-preserving confines of a quaint art boutique. On Friday, Nov. 28, Giant Robot will be offering 20 percent ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 17, 2008

    The Nade

    Most people will spend Black Friday as an exercise in masochism, crowding up those bastions of consumerism known as malls. You, on the other hand, can do your Christmas shopping in the sanity-preserving confines of a quaint art boutique. On Friday, Nov. 28, Giant Robot will be offering 20 percent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2008

    The Land Of A Million Cereals at Mission 17

    Most people will spend Black Friday as an exercise in masochism, crowding up those bastions of consumerism known as malls. You, on the other hand, can do your Christmas shopping in the sanity-preserving confines of a quaint art boutique. On Friday, Nov. 28, Giant Robot will be offering 20 percent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2008

    Massive Beef Recall: It's What's for Lunch, Kiddies

    Most people will spend Black Friday as an exercise in masochism, crowding up those bastions of consumerism known as malls. You, on the other hand, can do your Christmas shopping in the sanity-preserving confines of a quaint art boutique. On Friday, Nov. 28, Giant Robot will be offering 20 percent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2007

    Soma's Metromint - Now With Diarrhea! (Maybe)

    Most people will spend Black Friday as an exercise in masochism, crowding up those bastions of consumerism known as malls. You, on the other hand, can do your Christmas shopping in the sanity-preserving confines of a quaint art boutique. On Friday, Nov. 28, Giant Robot will be offering 20 percent ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 5, 2007

    Street Smart

    Bye-bye hippies, hello Factory model. The Haight is becoming a center for over-the-counter street art.

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2007

    Party Foul: Five Million Party Pizzas Recalled Over E. Coli

    Bye-bye hippies, hello Factory model. The Haight is becoming a center for over-the-counter street art.

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2007

    Party Foul: Five Million Party Pizzas Recalled Over E. Coli

    Bye-bye hippies, hello Factory model. The Haight is becoming a center for over-the-counter street art.

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 19, 2004

    Best Moving Company

    Bay City Movers

  • News

    May 29, 2002

    Soft Firm

    Too often, the S.F. law firm of Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein strikes settlements that give the firm millions of dollars in legal fees -- and its class action clients too little

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 23, 2001

    Best Auto Shop

    Cowden Automotive

  • News

    December 15, 1999

    An Endowed Chair

    Sen. John McCain's push for campaign-finance reform has helped his presidential bid. Donations from special interests haven't hurt, either.

  • News

    March 24, 1999

    Eat This Logo, Sucker

    ValueStar wants businesses to pay for the privilege of sporting its seal of approval. Is it a public service, or a shakedown?

  • News

    July 16, 1997

    Art of Betrayal

    S.F. artists work in Fairfield, then dissect its consumer culture

  • News

    April 26, 1995

    The Dating Blame

    The Bay Area's Together Dating Services franchise regroups in the face of lawsuits and investigations

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