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[Updated] Whole Foods Recalls Smoked Salmon

Updated: 1/30 1:54 p.m. Whole Foods is recalling an additional lot code (for a total of two lot codes) of Whole Catch Wild Alaskan Sockeye Salmon (4 oz.), UPC code 0 99482 40880 0, cold smoked and sliced, because it may contain listeria. The second lot code is 7425A2297A. The recall has also expande ... More >>

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Packaged Spinach Recalled Due to Salmonella

Can we all finally agree that bagged spinach (and lettuce) is a bad idea? Salinas-based Fresh Express is conducting a voluntary recall of 9-ounce packages of its spinach due to possible contamination with Salmonella, according to a company press release. The affected batch has a use-by date of Nov. ... More >>

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Man Builds Model of Downtown Los Angeles in Basement

It took him 10 years to build his ode to our city. And it doesn't even look like the town you know. That's because it's the Los Angeles of yesteryear. Larry Kmetz, a 70-year-old man previously know for amassing an impressive collection of R&B vinyl, has directed his passion into constructing a sca ... More >>

Gypsy River Haunts Are Country Boys in the Big City

If David Allan Coe's "If That Aint Country" comes on after Andy Sheppard has had more than a few Coors Lights (his favorite brand), he'll sing along without reservation to the line: Tryin' like the devil to find the Lord / Workin' like a nigger for my room and board. The 24-year old lead singer of G ... More >>

Dan Richards Loses War to 'Enviro-Terrorists': Mountain Lion Killer No Longer President of Fish and Game

Dan Richards, former president of the California Fish and Game Commission ("former" as per a commission vote this afternoon), killed and ate a mountain lion in Idaho last winter. "I'm glad it's legal," he told Western Outdoor News at the time. He sent the conservative site a giant photo of himself ... More >>

PHOTO: Dan Richards, Fish and Game Official, Hauls Murdered Mountain Lion Back to Lair

Updated at the bottom with Richards' amazing response letter, in which he admits to EATING the mountain lion. We kid you not. Originally posted at 12 p.m. OK, headline's a little dramatic. But so was the reaction of animal-rights activists and California politicians to a now-infamous photo of Dan ... More >>

Ready Pac Recalls Bagged Romaine Salads

FDAToss your salad.​ Irwindale-based Ready Pac Foods Inc. is recalling 5,379 cases of bagged salad products containing romaine lettuce because they may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria, Reuters reports. The voluntary recall includes a dozen different salad products including Caesar salad ... More >>

Van Dyke Parks, Inara George - Getty Center - 11/5/11

Christina Limson O'Connell​See also: Van Dyke Parks Re-emerges with a Set of Singles An Invitation with Inara George and Van Dyke Parks The Harold M. Williams Theater at the Getty 11-5-11 Better than...listening to Shelley Duvall sing for an hour and a half. High above the 405, in a theater ... More >>

Youth Lagoon - The Echo - 11-02-11

Cara Robbins​By Aly Comingore Youth Lagoon The Echo 11-02-11 Better than... a Wednesday night in Boise, Idaho. Most who turned out for Youth Lagoon's sold-out show at the Echo on Wednesday came wondering: how would the band's much-lauded debut record hold up on stage? It was, after all, onl ... More >>

The Airborne Toxic Event Likes Motorcycles, Mexican Food and Blowing Stuff Up

Andrea DomanickThe Airborne Toxic Event holds it down at El Gran Burrito​See also: Airborne Toxic Event Want You On the Edge of Their Seat In this week's annual Music Issue, we go on a date catch up with hometown heroes The Airborne Toxic Event, on a motorcycle ride to some of their favorite ... More >>

Listeria Hysteria: Romaine Lettuce Recalled Over Contamination Fears

Flickr/MuffetCalifornia's True Leaf farms has recalled their romaine​ Stop! Put down that salad fork! No, not because you're using the wrong fork. California's True Leaf farms is recalling 2,498 cartons of chopped romaine lettuce because it may be contaminated with listeria bacteria, although ... More >>

Shaved Ice Wars on Sawtelle: Blockheads vs. Brian's Shave Ice

via FacebookBlockheads containers (left); Brian's Shave Ice (center, right).​Bustling Sawtelle Boulevard will soon see the battle of the shaved ice sellers, as two new shops are set to open. There's Blockheads Shavery Co. (@blockheadsla) on Mississippi Avenue, a couple doors down from Coffee T ... More >>

Tater Tots Food Fight: Fab Hot Dogs vs. Dog Haus

T. NguyenTater tots at Fab Hot Dogs​ The tater tot means an an awful lot of things to many people. Advocates for change in public school lunch programs, for example, tout the tot as a symbol for all that is wrong with cafeteria food ("We don't serve Tater Tots," a Central Valley school distri ... More >>

Grill This Now: Pete's Louisiana Style Hot Links

G. SnyderPete's Hot Links​ Phillip's BBQ, Woody's BBQ, Dr. Hogly Wogly's, Robin's Woodfire BBQ, and Spring Street Smokehouse; what do all these L.A. barbecue joints have in common? They all serve hot links imported from the same iron-gated takeout window just west of Crenshaw: a tiny, Cajun-st ... More >>

Top Five Worst Vodkas: Don't Drink These Now

flickr user mixedsoup​Full disclosure: We are not inherent vodka fans, though we have been swayed by the occasional lilting cocktail based on Hangar One's Buddha's Hand vodka. But we'll get straight to the sour apple martini point: Our Top Five Don't Drink These Now Vodkas. 5. Bakon Vodka Mu ... More >>

In-N-Out Threatens Burger Express with Lawsuit

A side-by-side comparison of In-N-Our's logo with the logo of Burger Express.​In-N-Out Burger is seeing red when it comes to Idaho's Burger Express. The Boise-based restaurant, which has been open about a month, sports a red sign with a splashy yellow arrow running through it diagonally. Look ... More >>

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California Immigrants and Job Seekers Will Have to Wait to Use Federal Government's New Employment Eligibility Website

​People living in California may have to wait until April 2012 to use the federal government's new website that allows users to check on their own employment eligibility. The new program, called E-Verify Self Check, was launched Monday and for the first time ever enables potential workers to see ... More >>

The Official Guide to the Best Cathouses in Nevada dishes about prostitutes' "sweet jellyboxes" and johns' "wank-wank sack bags"

​Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. The Official Guide to the Best Cathouses in Nevada Date: 2002 Publisher: Straight ... More >>

EXCLUSIVE: Lemmy Talks about the Decay of Good Strip Clubs in LA, Asshole Politicians, and What He's Reading Right Now ("Winnie the Pooh"--No, Really)

Gustavo TurnerAt the Rainbow: Lemmy's buddy Scottie, Lemmy's son Paul Inder, Lemmy's movie co-director Greg Olliver, lovely Rainbow bartender Kristin, some English dude, Lemmy's movie co-director Wes Orshoski​Last week, more than usual, it was Lemmy-Geddon in L.A. Starting with the icon-studde ... More >>

McDonald's Going Big in Japan

​ Last Thursday, The Wall Street Journal reported on what it may have perceived to be a case of irony: In Japan, where citizens traditionally eat a healthier diet, live longer, and weigh less than their American counterparts, McDonald's has launched Big America 2, a marketing campaign featuri ... More >>

Tonight: Built to Spill, Corinne Bailey Rae, Fun., Fear, Foxy Shazam, Kate Nash

Built to Spill​Seven albums in and 18 years on, Built to Spill has become a band for lifers -- there's something about Doug Martsch's leaden, catchy guitar hooks that never gets old, no matter how tightly you pack your earplugs. The pride of Boise, Idaho, is winding down what will probably be ... More >>

In Filing Pro-Prop. 8 Brief, 10 States Solidify Their Ass-Backwardsness

​Yesterday, we mentioned how 10 terrified states -- Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia and Wyoming -- recently filed an amicus brief that supported Proposition 8, California's gay marriage ban that's been deemed unconstitutional in federal co ... More >>

CDC: We're Not Eating Our Fruits and Vegetables

Flickr/Kirti PoddarHow Americans prefer to eat their fruit ​ Not only are Americans not eating enough fruits and vegetables--something we've been nagged about for years--our diets are actually getting worse, according to a Centers for Disease Control report released September 9th. Not one st ... More >>

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Dance Into the Fire

By Randall Roberts If it's true, as many haggard hipsters have dismissively opined, that 'Nobody goes to Burning Man anymore,' then who the hell are all these people? The unofficial verdict among many regular burners is that this year is going to be huge, and although population estimates are n ... More >>

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