Since igniting on January 7, multiple wildfires in Southern California have burned through over 30,000 acres, killed at least five people, and destroyed nearly 2000 structures, including iconic Los ...

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Like so much that week, things quickly — and repeatedly — changed. Within a day, World Central Kitchen helped to mobilize a cohort of Los Angeles-based chefs to serve residents impacted by the fires.

For Kym Estrada, owner of San & Wolves Bakeshop in Long Beach, family-style means an excuse to gather with loved ones. “I’m Filipino and I grew up in a big family, which extends to our cousins, and we ...

Residents in some neighborhoods of Los Angeles live in food deserts, creating systematic barriers to healthy eating. The nonprofit organization Food Empowerment Project defines a “food desert” as a ...

Bill Esparza is a James Beard award-winning food journalist, author of LA Mexicano, and onscreen food television personality covering food in United States and Latin America. Muscoy is a semi-rural ...

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Restaurants and chefs across every level of dining are donating food and services to feed displaced Angelenos and service workers. Some restaurants and bars have flipped their dining rooms into ...

Over 5 million California residents — including 2 million children — rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits that cover essential food such as fresh fruit and vegetables, meat, ...

Chelsea Hylton is a web producer for CBS Los Angeles. An Inglewood native, Hylton has her master's degree from USC. She covers local breaking news across the Southern California region. Before joining ...

The ability of about 1 in 8 Americans to buy groceries depends largely on a key piece of the nation's social safety net known as SNAP benefits, the country largest food aid program. On Friday, judges ...