As the year comes to a close, the lists of what went down this year are ever-plentiful. One list that caught our attention is LA Weekly's Top 10 Los Angeles Bans of 2010, which takes a look at all the things that stopped being legal in our city this year. From fast food bans, plastic bag bans, pet shop bans and smoking on your own patio bans, Los Angeles got a serious dose of "no" this year - all under the guise of making things safer for Angelenos. But are all these bans good for us? more ›

In the wake of the Happy Meal Ban in San Francisco that requires McDonald's and other fast-food chains to reduce calorie counts and sodium levels in all meals that come with free toys and a statewide law that requires major chain restaurants to list calorie counts on menus starting in 2011, LA plans to revisit and enhance its own restrictions on fast-food chains in neighborhoods known for high rates of obesity, according to United Press International. more ›

An LA City Council committee has made a unanimous decision to ban new fast-food restaurants in South LA for one year; the decision goes to the full council and the mayor this week. Spearheaded by Councilwoman Jan Perry, the ban would "prevent fast-food chains from opening new restaurants in a 32-square-mile area, including West Adams, Baldwin Village and Leimert Park. The moratorium would be in effect for one year, with the possibility of two six-month extensions." more ›