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Los Angeles City Council District 3 Primary: Absentee Ballot Results Show Bob Blumenfield Far Ahead of Joyce Pearson

Bob Blumenfield is well ahead of Joyce Pearson in the early vote count for Los Angeles City Council District 3 in the West San Fernando Valley, with 54.09 percent of the vote to Pearson's 18.68. But in this crowded field of candidates, Blumenfield must maintain 50 percent plus one vote to win outrig ... More >>

Cal Fresh Vikon: Buddhist-Style Chicken in the San Gabriel Valley

When it comes to making dishes -- like Hainan chicken rice -- in which flavor is key, the Trang family prefers buying Buddhist-style poultry. "It is pretty much the most organic, free-range chicken you can come by," Andy Trang, a UCLA senior said. Trang and his family, San Gabriel Valley residents ... More >>

Peanut Butter Recall Expands to Just About Everything

The peanut butter recall that began innocently enough with one Trader Joe's brand has expanded exponentially and now includes everything from crackers and cookies to gelato and tahini, according to the Food and Drug Administration. Almost 300 products have now been recalled in what the FDA is callin ... More >>

Woman Claims to Have Lost 85 Pounds on 'Starbucks Diet'

A woman with a lot of spare change in her piggy bank claims she lost 85 pounds in two years by eating only at Starbucks, Fox News reports. Guess the "Starbucks Diet" doesn't include a lot of caramel macchiatos. Christine Hall of Alexandria, Va., 66, said she bought oatmeal and black coffee every da ... More >>

[Updated] Mexican Mangoes Recalled Due to Salmonella Romaine Recalled Due to Listeria

Updated: Aug. 31, 3:17 p.m.: Mango distributor Splendid Foods has expanded their recall to as many as 1 million mangoes that may carry Salmonella bacteria, UPI reports. The FDA says the mangoes are likely to blame for a multistate cluster of salmonella, as well as cases in Canada. Splendid said the ... More >>

Burger King Announces Transition to Cage-free Eggs and Pork

Someday you may just be able to eat fast food for breakfast in good conscience. The AP reports that fast food powerhouse Burger King announced today that as of 2017, all of its eggs and pork products will come from cage-free animals. The king is dead; long live the king, I guess.

U.S. Still a Dumping Ground for Crappy Honey, Study Finds

Flickr/Joelk75​ They're calling it "honey laundering." More than three-fourths of the honey sold in U.S. grocery stores is filtered to the point where it contains no pollen -- which would make it flunk the quality standards set by most of the world's food safety agencies, according to testing ... More >>

Friday Food News Roundup: The McRib is Bad For You! Stop the Presses!

The McRib.​Here's all the uber-important food news on this happy, rainy Friday. The McRib is bad for you. Duh. [Time]The McRib is made from the same stuff used to make the soles of shoes. [The Week]The McRib is made from pigs that are horribly mistreated. [NY Daily News]. Slash loves food truc ... More >>

L.A.'s Idea of Thai Food vs. What Thais Really Eat

Our Venn Food Diagram series so far has hopscotched all over the globe, exploring Indian, Midwest American, and, most recently, Korean foods. As you probably can tell, this series is an organized chaos; our destinations are chosen in no particular order. Today, we randomly focus on Thailand to see ... More >>

Red Bull Robberies 'Becoming a Huge Thing' in L.A. County

Better idea: Just follow around the "free Red Bull" car.​Just when you think the Red Bull craze has begun its downslope -- thanks to all the wacky-flavored competitors (Snoop's comes with unicorns!), Red Bull's own overkill marketing and its reputation as an un-Islamic heartstopper -- some L.A ... More >>

Lowe's Home Improvement Fiasco

A ruined working-class neighborhood in Mid-City demands answers

Why Los Angeles Schoolkids Get Lousy Meals

Abuse at L.A. County Jails

Food News Roundup: The Costco Hot Dog, White Tablecloth Prison Food The Sacred Cow Hamburger

-- 6 Things to Do with a Can of Tuna. [Bon Appétit] -- Coffee Pros Leave Intelligentsia to Launch Handsome Coffee Roasters. [The Feast LA] -- A consideration of the Costco hot dog. [Chowhound Los Angeles] -- White tablecloth prison food: The Clink restaurant, where English prisoners learn to ... More >>

Music Picks: Coachella, Girls in Trouble, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Paul Simon

Also, Mary Anne Hobbs, Yoni Wolf, Emmylou Harris and others

The Lost Tribe: Weathering the Storm in the San Fernando Valley (VIDEO)

Sam SlovickDennis Kimble has been sleeping on the street for eight years.​ Molly doesn't seem to mind the torrential downpour across the street from Sun Valley Park on a Sunday morning. The svelte young brunette makes her way down a sidewalk, through a maze of drenched cushions and blankets. ... More >>

Morning News Roundup: Hunger Challenge, Movie Food, Mr. Robata

Happy humpday. Enjoy your morning dose of daffy food news. --Hunting LA's best roast chicken, from Costco to Melisse. [Exile Kiss] --U.S. bans some food from Japan over radiation fears: dairy, fruit, veg. [WSJ]‎ --Break out the skinny jeans. Yelp adds "hipster" as an ambiance descriptor. [NY Pos ... More >>

JUST READ IT

Top 10 Supersized Cookbooks: Let's Hope The Shipping Is Free

J. Garbee​Half the fun of bookstore browsing is picking up a well-fed cookbook, letting it slump over your knee, and flipping through those hundreds upon hundreds of pages. These days, it's all about knowing a book's shipping weight, the modern kill-joy of cookbook shopping. Unless you're in t ... More >>

Community Watchdog Cary Brazeman Fights Villaraigosa's Crusade to Allow Development Everywhere

L.A.'s postwar zoning code on the chopping block

Q & A With Joan Nathan: Her New Book, Jewdar The Secret French Matzo Society

​Tonight's sundown is the sixth night of Chanukah. To celebrate this occasion, we check in with Joan Nathan, award-winning author of ten cookbooks about Jewish cuisine, the latest being Quiches, Kugels, and Couscous: My Search for Jewish Cooking in France (Knopf). It's part cookbook, part inve ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 9/13-9/17

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Ovine: It means sheeplike. Food writers don't use that one nearly enough." Top 10 Food Words We Love. "A professional knife sharpener is a beautifully atavistic profession, not unlike being a cobbler or a Shaker chairmake ... More >>

Tom Leykis and Adam Leemon: A Perfect Pairing

City Hall's Gift to Goldman Sachs

A vast upsizing of the Playa Vista minicity means $146 million for Wall Street partners

Matzo Balls and Cabernet? Israeli Wine Tasting at Pourtal Fun Hanukkah Pairings

With only two nights left to fire up the menorah, you might find yourself in a kitchen filled with Hanukkah leftovers. Maybe your last minute soirée could use an alcohol spike? Last night's Israeli kosher Yarden wine tasting at Pourtal Wine Tasting Bar featured four wines, two reds and two whites t ... More >>

Top 10 Places to Buy a Pie For Thanksgiving (And Then Say You Made It Yourself)

Thanksgiving is a food-lover's holiday. Everywhere you turn, there's talk about what to eat or cook for the big day. Scan the food sites and you'll find discussion boards dedicated to the topic of turkey, stories of family food traditions, and lots, and lots, of recipes. What's a food loving person ... More >>

L.A. Slams Residents With Stiff Fees and Taxes

In "City of Los Angeles vs. All Persons," downtown pols play dirty

Best Costco of Thrift Stores: Lincoln Heights St. Vincent de Paul

Villaraigosa: Faking an Economic Miracle

Mayor sought a study saying East and South L.A. are booming. They're not

Dog Day Afternoon: Bites of Chicago in L.A.

A frank discussion of a family obsession

For Some Reviewers, the Party's the Thing

Critics at the trough

I Yam What I Yam: Mr. Pizza Factory

Retooling an Italian tradition

Film Reviews: King of California, Mr. Woodcock, Shadow Company

Also I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With, Ira & Abby, December Boys and more

Eli Broad's Grand Illusion

While real L.A. goes begging, City Hall pours millions into a plastic promenade

Film Reviews

Welcome to Inglewood — Leave Your Aspirations Behind

For Erin Aubry Kaplan, coming home has been a labor of tough love

My Way or the Highway

Get Me to the Airport On Time

Beyond the Barbecue

Throwing a serious party without blowing your budget . . . or your marriage

This American Life

Iron Maidens

Planet Bakersfield

So far from heaven, so close to L.A.

Before . . . and Atwater

Still Dreamin’ in the Valley

Pro-breakaway troops long for simpler times

Market Forces

Pursuing justice and fair wages at Koreatown’s largest grocery

Paranoia Runs Deep

Paradise Lost, Paradise Found

Sexy Beast, Atlantis and the perils of adventure capitalism

DON'T CRY FOR ME, MEXICO

Dog Day Afternoon

Tube steak or not tube steak? That is the question . . .

Sticking It Where The Sun Shines

Santa Monica's gift to the world