When a new California law in April raised the hourly minimum wage for most fast-food workers to $20, critics and restaurant owners warned it would inevitably result in significant job cuts.

California is continuing its ban on various food additives, this time with a new bill that targets specific chemicals served in school lunches throughout the state. The California School Food ...

Known as the California School Food Safety Act and introduced by Democratic Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel in February, Assembly Bill 2316 prohibits a school district, county superintendent of ...

Recently released employment data touted by California Gov. Gavin Newsom shows the state’s fast food industry continues to add jobs, even after the $20 minimum wage law was implemented.

Staffing at Southern California’s ... Nor do we know if local fast food workers are staying employed but working fewer hours. Remember, it’s very early in this test of a higher minimum wage ...

Cheetos, Sunchips and some raisins could soon become things of the past in California's public schools. State lawmakers have passed a first-in-the-nation bill that would ban schools from serving ...

After months of political maneuvering and negotiations, California's fast food workers got a minimum wage hike. Whether that resulted in fewer jobs is still in dispute. Every session of the ...

A “Now hiring” sign is displayed on the window of an IN-N-OUT fast food restaurant in Encinitas. REUTERS/Mike Blake Every session of the California Legislature seems to produce at least one ...

California lawmakers have voted to ban food additives linked to behavioral issues in kids from school lunchrooms. That means snacks like Flamin' Hot Cheetos, Twinkies and more will no longer be ...

California public schools could soon be banned from serving certain artificial dyes in food over concerns about developmental harm in children. Dubbed a “first-in-the-nation” measure ...

A bill to outlaw the use of certain food dyes in school meals has advanced through the California Legislature and is headed for the Governor’s desk. If signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom, schools ...