Remember when you worked in retail, and before you left for your lunch break a manager would check your bag to make sure you hadn't applied the five-finger discount to any merchandise? Well, guess what? That was potentially illegal, and some employees of Forever 21 are now suing the clothing company for hours unpaid as they underwent bag checks when they should have been off the clock. more ›

"Boycott Forever 21" a sign read at a small protest of around 30 people gathered last Saturday outside the Pasadena location of Forever 21. At issue is the former land of the South Central farm, which was a community farm that was evicted and moved to the San Joaquin Valley, of all places. A Forever 21 distribution center will be the new occupant, once the site is developed. "We're asking for Forever 21 to return the land to the community," a young protester of the Never Forever 21 Coalition told CurbedLA. "It could be turned into a park, for instance." CurbedLA was there to catch the action and a video. more ›

It's rare urban farm land against young womens apparel at the old site of the South Central Farm where two years ago farmers were kicked out by owner (now in the Central Valley) real estate developer Ralph Horowitz. After a media blitz of dramatic protests, he kicked the farmers off the land in preparation to develop something, which is now a Forever 21 manufacturing plant that locals and farmers are protesting, says the LA Times. They want an environmental impact report (EIR), which would add another year to the permit process. In a neighborhood full of warehouses, the activists say they don't need anymore, but proponents say the jobs added to the economy are. A hearing is set for later this month. more ›