When it comes to the Golden Arches, young activists from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) are "hatin' it," says the group's youth division manager. To make their presence known in their new neighborhood, peta2--which has just relocated to Echo Park from Norfolk, Virginia--has a big protest slated for Saturday. more ›

A former McDonald's worker says that her job serving up chicken with ranch led to her working at the brothel Chicken Ranch. Shelley Lynn filed a lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles this week claiming that her job at a McDonald's set her on the road to prostitution. more ›

Brangelina was spotted recently at the drive-in of a McDonald's ordering food. You can take a gander at the photo snapped by a paparazzi over at TMZ, but there weren't too many details. more ›

Police say that the naked, yelling and wildly gesticulating guy who climbed all the way up a tower in downtown Los Angeles and stayed there for six hours only agreed to come down once his demand for McDonald's hamburgers was met. more ›

Khadijah Baseer, the woman who was arrested last week on suspicion of prostitution for offering to perform sexual favors in exchange for Chicken McNuggets at a Burbank McDonald's is reportedly a transient who often causes disturbances at the restaurant. more ›

In the city of Loma Linda, California, those Golden Arches are more akin to the sign of the devil. Imagine if you will a town without a McDonald's. That's how it has been in Loma Linda, a city with a population of health-conscious residents who often live into their 80s, and many who are Seventh-day Adventists. more ›

We couldn't make this up: A Los Angeles woman was arrested last week for allegedly offering sexual favors at a Burbank McDonald's in exchange for Chicken McNuggets. more ›

It's Halloween, and even though you've been nibbling on candy corn and slurping back pumpkin ales for days, there's still some party left in you. Fine, maybe you've limited your Halloween eats to the half-off candy bins at Target on November 1. Here are a few terrifyingly tasty morsels to chew on when it comes to Halloween food and drink. more ›

Some lucky lady's date at McDonald's ended with her Prince Charming being arrested and charged with child endangerment, according to ABC 7. The gentleman in question, 18-year-old Christopher Johnson, had left his baby girl alone in an unlocked car far from his date at a McDonald's in Sacramento. more ›

One unidentified Smurf was spotted by LA Snark today peeking out from a McDonald's on Venice Boulevard. Judging by the Smurf's extraordinary size, he has been binging on McGriddles, 50-piece Chicken McNuggets, McRibs and Big ‘N Tastys throughout the weekend since The Smurf's release on Friday, July 29. more ›

You know what helps make our kids more fit and healthy? When their McDonald's cheeseburgers and chicken nuggets come with apple slices, fries, and chocolate milk! Wait--apple slices? Aren't those an option? Nope. Kids, you're getting apple slices. more ›

That's what a hamburger, customer service, value, and being fast is all about: In-N-Out Burger comes in at the top of Consumer Reports' first-ever major ratings of fast food restaurants. more ›

We like to celebrate "days" around here. Recently, we've kept you abreast of such national observances as Pi Day, Eggs Benedict Day, and who could forget National Noodle Day? Well, today will go down in history as the day that you could start eating the McRib for free -- a.k.a., McDonald's hiring day. more ›

An armed man was shot and killed by a retired Burbank police officer during a robbery attempt at a McDonald's in Sunland on Friday. The shooting occurred at 10:47 a.m. when the man walked into the restaurant at Foothill Boulevard and Woodward Avenue and attempted to rob the clerks at gunpoint, according to LAPD. more ›

In what appears to be one of the less medically-sound ideas of late, a Chicago man who's training for the LA Marathon is eating at least three McDonald's meals a day in an effort to raise money for Ronald McDonald House Charities. According to KNBC, Joe D'Amico is subsisting on all McDonald's, all the time, starting each morning with pancakes, OJ and an egg McMuffin. more ›

Can a giant multi-national fast food restaurant do some good in the world? One Riverside McDonald's seems to think so, after they remodeled the 44-year-old location to "become more sustainable and energy-efficient," reports KTLA. The normally "golden" arches are now green, beckoning customers to check out their drought-tolerant landscaping and low-flow plumbing. Of course nothing has changed about the food: You can still buy your kid a Happy Meal and have faith that it will still look exactly the same if you happen to not eat it for six months. more ›

Just how saturated is America by the top 8 fast food burger chains? This map, created by Weather Sealed, illustrates the density of each chain across the nation. McDonald's--in the black--obviously dominates, but it looks like here in Southern California the market leader is Jack in the Box. Oddly enough, none of their burger offerings made our list of the top burgers in Los Angeles. more ›

Starbucks is not doing so well, but McDonalds is (hey, cheap coffee!). And what is better than cheap? Free. The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is doing an "open hours" of some sort which basically means complimentary 12 oz. holiday themed coffees, teas, lattes and expressos at all their California storefronts. If you plan taking them up, the offer is only good beween 5 and 8 p.m. tonight (but some stores are doing their own thang). more ›

Not cool. The LAPD is asking the public's help in identifying the man in the blue polo shirt who repeatedly punched a 16-year-old girl in the face at a McDonalds near Crenshaw and Florence in South LA back on on the morning of September 14. more ›

Is this a redeeming quality of McDonald's? While they may be banned from opening new stores in South LA, there is also a right-wing group boycotting the fast food franchise. The same group is working on getting troops to vote to ban gay marriage on the November ballot as well. McDonald's donated $20,000 to the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) and the The American Family Association (AFA) has chosen to make a big deal about it. The donation gained the company membership with the NGLCC and a seat on the groups board of directors. 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 ›

About once a month, I make the 25-minute trek to Redondo Beach to get a taste of Chick-fil-a (This was the subject of a post I wrote almost exactly a year ago). With the price of gas up around the $4 a gallon mark, this isn't exactly the smartest move, but I believe their chicken sandwich, a piece of chicken on a butter toasted bun with three pickle chips is delicious enough to merit the trip. more ›

Uncle O'Grimacey! This year there hasn't been any advertising for that horror of horrors, the Shamrock Shake. But curiosity got the best of me. I headed over to the local McDonalds and ordered one up. The employees gathered to stare at me the way people do when I ask for my tacos extra spicy or I'm about to eat something like pig's ears. I heard one of the employees mumble to the other, "Did you taste it?" more ›

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Molly's Charbroiled Burger, a rickety burger shack on Vine between Selma and Hollywood, is one of those funny little places that is both totally ordinary and totally L.A. -- run by Koreans, with a Mexican line cook, who serve up good old American burgers, fries, hot dogs, burritos, and, um, bulgogi plates. Students at the neighboring film and recording schools swear by the breakfast burritos -- cozy bundles of egg, french-fry hash browns, bacon,... more ›

While you were minding your own business, Mel Gibson, the LA Sheriff's Department were making sport of their power - arresting people and messing with gang members - simply to rack up points during in-house games and contests. One recent competition, described in an internal Sheriff's Department e-mail obtained by The Times, was called "Operation Any Booking." The object was to arrest as many people as possible within a specific 24-hour period. Other one-day... more ›