Feds warn manufacturers about selling flavored e-cigarettes to minors

Products designed to help adults kick the habit may be encouraging addiction in kids. That’s the claim from Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulators, who Wednesday, issued an ultimatum to San Francisco-based JUUL Labs, and four other makers of flavored vape products: Prove these types of smokes aren’t getting in the hands of children, or the federal government may pull the...

Analyst: Market matures, consumers seek variety in iPhone sizes

Finals preparations are underway Tuesday night as big crowds are expected at Apple’s Spaceship headquarters as the tech giant rolls what's expected to be a trio of new iPhones. For the first time, Apple will be live streaming the event on Twitter. 

Big safety testing failure rate for California pot products

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Nearly 20 percent of marijuana products in California have failed tests for potency and purity since the state started requiring the checks on July 1, a failure rate some in the industry say has more to do with unrealistic standards and technical glitches than protecting consumer safety.

California lawmakers give PG&E utility a reprieve amid fire cases

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Lawmakers voted to give a reprieve to Pacific Gas & Electric Co., take steps toward reducing years of secrecy surrounding police misconduct and push back school start times in the frenzied final hours of the two-year legislative session. The Assembly and Senate adjourned for the year shortly before midnight Friday after passing one of the most contentious bills...

Oakland Chinatown partners with Airbnb to showcase small businesses

Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce is forming a new partnership with Airbnb to promote small mom and pop businesses.They invited about 40 Airbnb hosts from various East Bay cities and San Francisco on a merchant walk to sample what local merchants had to offer. 

'Touch Our Junk': Nob Hill Theatre, SF's only all-male strip club, to close

When they took over Nob Hill Theatre in 2010, Gary Luce says he and his partner in both life and business, Larry Hoover, went into it blind. Now San Francisco’s last live all-male revue strip club— a landmark that attracts visitors from around the world— is set to have its final curtain call this Sunday.