bobbleheads How the San Francisco Giants Revived the Bobblehead Craze for Major League Sports Today, bobbleheads are as associated with baseball as peanuts and Cracker Jack. But that wasn’t always the case. In 1999, the San Francisco Giants’ last year at Candlestick Park, the team decided to revive the vintage toys in a massive giveaway. NBC Bay Area has the story.
nbc bay area Fake Yelp Reviews Are Everywhere, And They're Barely Making an Effort to Hide “I don’t bother with online reviews anymore,” says NBC Bay Area consumer investigative reporter Chris Chmura. A recent investigation found Yelp reviewers, even those called “Yelp Elite,” have admitted to posting fake reviews for payment. Other reviewers are just leaving the same review over and over and it’s easy to tell they’re suspicious. Chmura joined LX News to talk about...
california wildfires Smoke Blankets the Horizon Near the Caldor Wildfire in California “What is happening here is unprecedented.” This would normally be a blue sky, but it’s clouded with smoke from the Caldor wildfire still burning in California. Near Lake Tahoe, NBC Bay Area reporter Bob Redell joined LX News Now to talk about the fire.
Wildfires California Warns: A Single Spark Can Cause a Big Wildfire Fire risk is high right now in California with high temperatures and an accumulation of dry brush. The state is warning residents to not even mow the lawn, in case their mower hits a rock and sparks a blaze that gets out of control. NBC San Diego meteorologist Keith Bryant explains.
mass shooting Reporter Reacts to San Jose Mass Shooting: ‘These Are Our Neighbors' Law enforcement had just done an active shooter drill at a rail yard in San Jose before a shooter opened fire and killed nine people Wednesday. NBC Bay Area reporter Kris Sanchez is covering the scene as the story hits close to home. “We take VTA as a family on occasion, and so just knowing that these are our neighbors...
customer service Another Thing That 2020 Made Worse: Customer Service Getting through to a real person to handle a customer service complaint has never been easy. But it’s gotten even more frustrating during the pandemic. An unscientific survey by our partners at NBC Bay Area found that callers looking for help in Spanish were subject to the worst delays. And getting through is only the start of the headache.
black friday For Black Friday Shopping Without the Guilt, Try These Green Retailers Allbirds and Haglofs are just a couple of the retailers making an effort to turn Black Friday into Green Friday by either giving back or scaling back on retail’s biggest shopping day. NBCLX’s Fernando Hurtado and NBC Bay Area reporter Chris Chmura explain why these retailers are thinking outside the box.
