California Considers Junk Food Ban On State Property Vending Machines
Naturally, alarmists are moaning about "nanny state tactics."
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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.
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.
Obesity Rates Rise For L.A.'s Poor Preschoolers
Our dependence on cars and cultural demographics are both blamed in a new CDC study.
Woman Arrested In Child's Chili Powder Death
One theory is the 21-year-old woman may have fed the child a lethal ingredient as a punishment.
Someone’s Getting Fired: Donald Trump Steak House Fails Health Inspection
The classiest rotten-caviar dinner money can buy.
Proposition 37 Defeated By 53% of California Voters
The opposition raised over $43 million to convince voters their grocery costs would sky-rocket.
Disney Draws Heat for Pimping Characters to Junk Food Packages
A bunch of scientists are urging the company to sell nuts and dried fruit instead of pushing sugar.
Delinquent Peanuts Expelled From California School System
State institutions are being prompted to destroy tens of thousands of cases of the stuff.
Employee Cooked to Death at Bumble Bee Tuna Plant
The 62-year-old worker met his end in the pressure cooker.
Oh Rats! Venice Restaurants Called Out For Rodent Infestation
Some of them don't surprise us. Then there are the ones we eat at.
Closed Central Valley Slaughterhouse Cleared to Reopen
Central Valley Meat Co. promises to embrace new training practices and guidelines to ensure cattle become beef as humanely as possible.
In-N-Out Was Also Buying Meat From Shuttered Slaughterhouse
We almost expect this kind of nonsense from the USDA, but not from this paragon of fast food freshness.
USDA Shutters Central Valley Slaughterhouse Over Animal Abuse Allegations
Even worse, the USDA was buying its beef for school lunch and emergency food programs.