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Imports and Exports

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    City Council Approves Solar Energy Plan Allowing Property Owners to Sell Power Back to DWP

    The L.A. City Council approved a pilot plan Tuesday to let the Department of Water and Power buy back solar energy from property owners who have installed solar panels on their homes and businesses. The power will be purchased through a "feed-in tariff" program, and the city is expected to sign con ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    What's in Season at the Farmers Markets: California-Grown Truffles, No Violence Required

    Somewhere in a back alley outside of Paris, $30,000 worth of black European truffles is changing hands. Asking the seller about the truffles' origins could send them packing to another less inquisitive buyer, so the buyer ponies up quietly and hauls off the heavily perfumed, cloth-lined crate while ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    FDA May Ban Orange Juice Imports From Brazil

    Flickr/manwithfaceAmericans love their orange juice.​The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is looking into banning all orange juice imports from Brazil after an illegal fungicide was found in a sample, Reuters reports. Brazil is the world's top grower of oranges for juice, accounting for more ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    WeHo's New Matcha Source Shop: Green Tea Flip-flop Socks

    If you've never had a properly made cup of matcha, the frothy, powdered green tea popular in Japan, Alissa White, owner of the just-opened Matcha Source Shop in West Hollywood, is on a one-woman mission to make sure you finally do. Since launching her online store in 2006, White has been preaching ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Mexican Papayas Recalled Due to Salmonella

    Flickr/janineomg​ Agromod Produce of McAllen, Texas, is recalling all of its papayas because the tropical fruit may be infected with Salmonella, the Food and Drug Administration announced July 23. The papayas were imported from Mexico and are possibly linked to 97 reported cases of Salmonella ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2011

    Eat This Now: Maccheroni Tartuffo at Oliverio

    C. BishopOliverio's Maccheroni Tartuffo​ We know, we know: truffled macaroni and cheese is so passé. It was the braised short rib of L.A. restaurants before the braised short rib actually came along. Throw a stone in any direction and you'll find a poorly-executed truffled macaroni and chees ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    Ash Cloud Over Europe Disrupts Travelers and Fish Industry

    The airplanes over Europe may be lifting along with the volcanic ash cloud -- although perhaps not for long -- but the jammed airways have meant that not only travelers have been held up, but many products as well. Exports of Norwegian salmon and Icelandic fresh fish have been curtailed or halted, c ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    March 16, 2006

    The Great White Duck

    The airplanes over Europe may be lifting along with the volcanic ash cloud -- although perhaps not for long -- but the jammed airways have meant that not only travelers have been held up, but many products as well. Exports of Norwegian salmon and Icelandic fresh fish have been curtailed or halted, c ... More >>

  • News

    September 16, 2004

    G.I. George

    The airplanes over Europe may be lifting along with the volcanic ash cloud -- although perhaps not for long -- but the jammed airways have meant that not only travelers have been held up, but many products as well. Exports of Norwegian salmon and Icelandic fresh fish have been curtailed or halted, c ... More >>

  • News

    July 1, 2004

    Give Us Back Our Damn Flag

    The leftist case for patriotism

  • Columns

    November 21, 2002

    Here There Be Dragons

    Tripping the light fantastic through the cosmos

  • News

    June 8, 2000

    Clinton's Wedge

    China cracks the Democrats

  • News

    December 30, 1999

    Letters

    China cracks the Democrats

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