According to police, the 14-month girl found locked inside a sweltering 115-degree car on Thursday while her father, 38-year-old Glendale resident Edik Magardomyan, filled a prescription at Costco, was released to her mother later that evening, reports the Glendale News-Press. more ›

38-year-old Glendale resident Edik Magardomyan was arrested on suspicion of child endangerment on Thursday at the Costco in Burbank after allegedly leaving his 14-month-old daughter inside a "sweltering 115-degree car" as he went inside to fill a prescription for eyeglasses, reports The Burbank-Leader. more ›

Eyes front, foodies. CBS Local has stared down the beast of the holiday gourd and lived to tell the tale. They think they know the top 5 pumpkin pies in the city. What do you think? Here's what they're chowing down:

• Maison Richard's "pumpkin mousse"-ish pie in Hollywood.
• Four’N 20 for the valley's, "massive slice buried under an inch of whipped cream."
• The $40 Urth Caffé "hungry man" version.

Former Price is Right host and longtime animal rights advocate Bob Barker has become the public face of a campaign to urge retailer Costco to stop selling veal produced under cruel conditions. The national organization Mercy For Animals launched the campaign, which involved obtaining hidden camera video recordings at Buckeye Veal farm in Apple Creek, Ohio, the supplier used by Costco for the meat. The video shows "baby calves covered in feces and chained by their necks in narrow stalls, where they cannot even turn around or walk," according to a release issued by Mercy For Animals. more ›

It was all but officially confirmed until this week. Costco will be the anchor store for The Village at Westfield Topanga in West San Fernando Valley. The news comes after letters sent to community members last month saying the grand vision for the upscale mixed-use project had been scaled back due to the economy. Originally, the $700 million plan to connect the Topanga and Promenade malls was said to rival Century City. more ›

A scorecard released today by Greenpeace examines American supermarket chains and to what extent their seafood business is practiced sustainably. more ›

Check your fridges, citizens -- those eggs you fried up for breakfast might be toxic! Yep, it's another major salmonella recall, this time for Costco's Kirkland brand organic brand eggs. Information on the recall and plant codes can be found here. And while you're in there, you might want to toss the hamburgers and steaks as well: those of you who consume more than 4 ounces of red meat a day are at a 30% higher risk for cancer and heart disease, according to a new study of over 500,000 Americans. Now might be a good time to pick up a flexitarian diet. more ›

LA Weekly readers will notice that Jonathan Gold (ahem, PulitzerPrizeWinning-FoodWriterExtraordinaire-JonathanGold is his official title, I believe) has been a little obsessed with hot dogs lately. First there was his extended meditation on his father's food legacy and the importance of the Chicago-style hot dog: "weekends were often dominated by [Gold Sr's] search for hot dogs in Los Angeles, and he would drive me and my brothers around for hours in the old Studebaker on the rare occasions he found a stand that he liked." Gold's best bets for Chicago-style in L.A.? The Infield in Sherman Oaks, Portillo's in Buena Park, and Vicious Dogs in North Hollywood. more ›

I fucking HATE Costco. I hate it! I hate it! I hate it! more ›

It's become a bit of a tradition. Each year, my co-workers and I spend one of our November lunch breaks at Costco. The seven of us help each other shop and have a fun time trying to find some deals. more ›

It may have been a secret known only to a few bold individuals but for many years, Costco has had one of the most liberal return policies on electronics in the business. And that, apparently, was the problem. Spurred on by losses amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars a year, the LA Times is reporting that Costo will halt its very liberal return policy this week. In the past, you could purchase anything... more ›