<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://cbs5.com/consumer/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>CBS 5  - San Francisco Bay Area's source for news, weather, traffic and sports</title><link>http://cbs5.com/consumer</link><description><![CDATA[CBS 5  - San Francisco Bay Area's source for news, weather, traffic and sports]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:03:26 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Lean & Green: Tips To Save Money & The Planet]]></title><guid>http://cbs5.com/consumer/lean.and.green.2.984074.html</guid><link>http://cbs5.com/consumer/lean.and.green.2.984074.html</link><description><![CDATA[You can actually save a lot of money by going green! It makes sense if you think about it- it's all about using less stuff, re-using things, and avoiding waste. There are simple things you can do that will make a difference. Here are some tips to show you how you can save money and the planet at the same time. We call it Lean and Green...
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:18:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ConsumerWatch: Problems Solved]]></title><guid>http://cbs5.com/consumer/consumer.problems.solved.2.918338.html</guid><link>http://cbs5.com/consumer/consumer.problems.solved.2.918338.html</link><description><![CDATA[Not all ConsumerWatch problems solved are aired on CBS 5.&nbsp; Here are some cases that were resolved with the help of our ConsumerWatch volunteers.
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:15:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consumers Burned By 'Free' Credit Report Web Sites]]></title><guid>http://cbs5.com/consumer/free.credit.reports.2.1069770.html</guid><link>http://cbs5.com/consumer/free.credit.reports.2.1069770.html</link><description><![CDATA[There are websites all over the internet promising free credit reports. Kristine Lee knew she was entitled to one free report a year so she picked the first website that popped up on Google, Freecreditreport.com. Kristine was surprised when she received her credit card statement a couple of weeks later. 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:38:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Caltrain Cuts Service, Hikes Parking Fees]]></title><guid>http://cbs5.com/consumer/caltrain.service.changes.2.1069725.html</guid><link>http://cbs5.com/consumer/caltrain.service.changes.2.1069725.html</link><description><![CDATA[The board of directors for Caltrain Thursday unanimously approved several changes, including service reductions and parking fee increases, intended to eliminate the agency's $2.6 million deficit. 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:12:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Market Tough For Older Workers Post-Layoff]]></title><guid>http://cbs5.com/consumer/older.workers.layoff.2.1069845.html</guid><link>http://cbs5.com/consumer/older.workers.layoff.2.1069845.html</link><description><![CDATA[Like many unemployed older workers, 64-year old Allan Kellum fears his age has made it harder to find a new job. At a recent job fair, Kellum expressed interest in a supervisory role coordinating an international health assistance program. A recruiter set him straight: "The people applying for that are young." <br />
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:00:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[TV Stations Struggling With Viewer Loss On DTV]]></title><guid>http://cbs5.com/consumer/FCC.stations.viewers.2.1069116.html</guid><link>http://cbs5.com/consumer/FCC.stations.viewers.2.1069116.html</link><description><![CDATA[The government is helping two dozen TV stations that became difficult to receive by antenna when they switched to new frequencies as part of the digital TV transition, the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday. <br />
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:55:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Healthy Choices Among Ice Cream, Sorbet, Yogurt]]></title><guid>http://cbs5.com/consumer/ice.cream.sorbet.2.1068741.html</guid><link>http://cbs5.com/consumer/ice.cream.sorbet.2.1068741.html</link><description><![CDATA[You're watching your weight, so there's no way you can eat ice cream this summer, right? Wrong! You'd
be surprised at the great strides makers of ice cream, frozen yogurt
and sorbet have made in the last few years at making their products
healthy.
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:45:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Auto Sales Showing Signs Of Improvement]]></title><guid>http://cbs5.com/consumer/auto.sales.ford.2.1068235.html</guid><link>http://cbs5.com/consumer/auto.sales.ford.2.1068235.html</link><description><![CDATA[After a yearlong free fall in the American car market, the decline of sales slowed in June, offering hope to automakers that the bottom has been reached and more shoppers may slowly start returning to showrooms soon. Still, sales were down 7.1 percent from May, which generally is a stronger sales month. Overall, automakers sold 859,847 vehicles in June, a 28 percent drop from the same month last year, according to Autodata Corp.<br />
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]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:42:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facebook Cleans Up Its Privacy Controls]]></title><guid>http://cbs5.com/consumer/facebook.privacy.controls.2.1067566.html</guid><link>http://cbs5.com/consumer/facebook.privacy.controls.2.1067566.html</link><description><![CDATA[Revamped privacy settings are coming soon to Facebook. The
social network's privacy controls had gotten so sprawling that they
were distributed across six separate pages and 40 different settings,
according to a conference call the company held on Wednesday.
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:50:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[East Bay Meal Sharing Program Saves Time, Money]]></title><guid>http://cbs5.com/consumer/meal.sharing.family.2.1067994.html</guid><link>http://cbs5.com/consumer/meal.sharing.family.2.1067994.html</link><description><![CDATA[Planning and cooking meals for your family every day can be tiring, time consuming and expensive. But there is a way to cook just once a week, and have a home-cooked dinner for the entire week. 
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