California Considers Junk Food Ban On State Property Vending Machines
Naturally, alarmists are moaning about "nanny state tactics."
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Nordstrom Café Worker at Stonestown Comes Down With Typhoid Fever
Hopefully you haven't eaten there recently.
Worms, Dog Pee, and Other Things to Fear in Your Freshly Foraged or Raw Food
More fanning of the food-phobics' flames.
1-800-GET-THIN Cabal Slapped With $1.3 Million Settlement Fee For False Advertising
The company turned out to be a shell marketing umbrella outsourcing jobs to various lap-band surgery clinics.
L.A. Sluggishly Still Trying To Improve Food Truck Inspections
Awaiting new software, the public health department reaffirms its goals to assign letter grades to the city's 6,000-strong fleet of mobile eateries.
Bernard Parks Tackles The Growing Problem of Juvenile Over-Caffeination
The former LAPD chief is asking for warning labels, higher shelf placement, and purchase limits for energy drinks like Monster.
South L.A.'s Fast Food Moratorium To Be Debated Tonight By City Planning Commission
The ban went into effect in 2010 and is facing opposition from big businesses and non-believers.
Glatt Kosher Meat Scandal Roils Major Pico-Based Distributor
When the Mashgiach's away, Doheny Glatt Kosher Meats gets accused of off-loading a supply of mystery meat.
Soda Consumption Lowest It’s Been in Two Decades; Companies Respond by Changing Their Ways (Sort Of)
Per capita soda consumption in the U.S. is now down to 1987 levels.
Willie Brown Says Healthy S.F. Violators Should Just Negotiate With Herrera
He says they should come clean and not pay for lawyers.
Food Network’s Marc Summers Warns of the Hazards Posed By Philly’s Taxicabs
The credit card machine that busted up his face might be illegal.
Yet Another Heart Attack Grill Customer Dies
Proprietor "Doctor Jon" Basso once again claims he's in mourning, and denies responsibility.
Mina Group, Squat & Gobble, Burger Bar Top List of Healthy S.F. Offenders
The city releases the full list.
The Search For Sustainable Soul Food in L.A.
No sooner does Byron Hurt bring up a healthier way of eating traditional foods, then we're reminded of simply Wholesome in South L.A.
Early Morning Highway Crash Demonstrates the Dangers of Soda
The resulting deluge of soda shut down a stretch of Route 422.
Obesity Rates Rise For L.A.'s Poor Preschoolers
Our dependence on cars and cultural demographics are both blamed in a new CDC study.
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Patxi’s Wrist Slapped for Pocketing Healthy S.F. Funds [Updated]
They have to pay out $320,000 in penalties, with $200,000 going back to employees.