When you care enough to send the very best...well, maybe you shouldn't be sending it on a flight to Los Angeles. Federal customs officials announced a recent seizure of drums holding about 520 pounds of a powdered chemical used to make meth at LAX. The shipment of methylamine hydrochloride was found at a cargo facility last month. more ›

An argument between neighbors ended with a woman arrested on suspicion of child endangerment and assault with a caustic chemical after she sprayed kids playing outside their Ventura home with roach killer. 52-year-old Jeanette Rohde allegedly got into a fight with another neighbor as Maria Elena Pacheco's five children played in a nearby yard. more ›

In January 2008, devotees of Silver Lake's Back Door Bakery bid a forlorn farewell to their beloved neighborhood café. Owner Deborah Goodale packed up and all but disappeared after she closed up shop, but has since resurfaced in a whole new part of town, with a recently re-opened Back Door Bakery, serving up bakery treats and breads along with coffee and tea to new customers and old in the Sunland area. more ›

When you spring for organic cosmetics, I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that it's because you expect them to be organic. And you'd be right to expect that -- the California Organic Products Act of 2003 requires that cosmetics and personal care products that are labeled "organic" contain at least 70% all-natural ingredients. more ›

...at least it did yesterday, when, according to cbs2.com, "a reaction of chemicals in a basement laundry in one of three towers at the Disneyland Hotel," necessitated the Hazmat team to make a trip to Mickey's hideaway late Monday afternoon. The smell that was produced was likened to chlorine, and although no guests were evacuated, employees near the affected area were, and one "security guard complained of dizziness but refused transportation to a hospital." The area was then ventilated, and hotel operations remained as expected in the Happiest Place on Earth. more ›