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Courtesy Google Images Food issues are a thing. People eat with a purpose which can be ideological, health based, weight loss related or simply trendy. One can be vegan for heart health reasons, environmental concerns or because of a philosophical belief that it is wrong to eat animals. There are conscientious omnivores, pescatarians, fruitarians, an entire panoply of diets from Zone to Paleo and of course endless food allergies real and imagined. Planning menus for organizational events is just as challenging as hosting a dinner party at home where everyone attending has very particular food issues. As a toddler my son would only eat food that was green, my friend won't eat beige food, another is kosher and so on and so forth.  I thought that I dealt with it all until a guest pronounced himself a   flexitarian ! In case you are wondering - a flexitarian is a vegetarian who sometimes eats meat. Is that even a thing? Is it different than a carnivore who sometimes eats vegetable...

  A 22-year-old Huntington Park man who was caught on v ideo  repeatedly striking his 2 year old German Shepherd, “Sam” in the head, pled guilty today to animal cruelty charges.  2 year old German Shepherd, Sam Victor Almendariz (DOB: 06-19-1992) was convicted on one count misdemeano r animal cruelty in case #5FF00619 before Judge Gustavo Sztraicher at the Metropolitan Court House.  Deputy District Attorney Kelly Sakir prosecuted the case. Charges were brought against Mr. Almendariz as a result of an animal cruelty investigation by Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles (spcaLA).  Video  shot by an anonymous tipster was sent to spcaLA Humane Officers in January of 2015.  Upon investigation of Mr. Almendariz, three German Shepherds including Sam were found, removed, and brought to spcaLA for medical care. Mr. Almendariz was sentenced to 500 hours of community labor; 5 years probation; Level II animal abuse counselin...

spcaLA.com UPDATE : City attorney directed to draft a regulation allowing the maximum number of cats one can have to go from 3 to 5   BUT - it must include " any required analysis required by the California Environmental Quality Act as part of said ordinance ". This would be easier if the amendment required that all cats must be indoor only, sterilized and wearing visible identification. At lease they listened to us and abandoned the idea of clowders of 20 or more cats! The PAWS committee of Los Angeles city council has once again come up with an ill-conceived scheme and will ask the entire council to support it. They want to raise the cat limit per household to 5.  We have no issue with 5. As you know, there are those who should not be allowed to have even one cat and those who can keep many more than that in a safe humane environment. There is no magic number! The devil is in the details, and the details here are nuts. As always, demagoguery to special interest groups and ...