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Food Truck Safety: Public Health Problem or False Alarm?
LA County officials concede they have never inspected some 40% of the 3200 vehicles that are part of the food-truck frenzy. Is that anything to worry about?
By Warren Olney • • 25m ListenLA County officials concede they have never inspected some 40% of the 3200 vehicles that are part of the food-truck frenzy that's given new meaning to the term "eating out." Not all the trucks have letter grades like restaurants because inspectors say there's no way to find them. The mobile food industry says that's only true for "roach coaches," not the gourmet trucks that publicize their locations. Also, LA Police Commission Chair Steve Soboroff talks about cops that disable the cameras that monitor their behavior — and the future of Chief Charlie Beck.
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Banner image: Wilshire Boulevard food trucks. Photo: Eric Allix Rogers
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2 storiesAre LAPD Officers Trying to Hide Something?
At this week's meeting of the LA Police Commission, questions were raised about officers removing 72 out of 160 antennas on video cameras mounted on police cars to monitor their behavior. That's both to discourage police misconduct and protect the cops themselves from false claims of abuse.
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Gourmet food trucks are the toast of neighborhoods all over Los Angeles, from Venice to downtown's Grand Park. But only 60% have those signs with letter grades from food inspectors, and the ones that do may not have received them recently.
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