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A tweet from an account linked to a Point Reyes wilderness advocacy Web site denounced Drakes Bay oysters moments after an article appeared that erroneously rehashed a year-old recall due to a possible virus on Tuesday. The tweet was deleted a day later, after lawyers with the oyster company wrote to counterparts working on behalf of the Environmental Action Committee of West Marin. Both sides of the Drakes Estero debate are anxiously awaiting a decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.  Screen Shot
Exactly one year after a voluntary recall by Drakes Bay Oyster Company, a news article announcing the same recall—but misstating the year—appeared on Tuesday on a food news Web site. The story set off a small flurry of activity by lawyers and advocates involved in the often ugly battle over the

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