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You can Start a Food Business in Your Kitchen in Los Angeles County

You can make and sell a variety of foods from your kitchen in Los Angeles County like family recipes for extracts or brownies. Apply for a Cottage Food permit and know what you may or may not sell. Pay attention to the ingredients. The foods can’t contain anything that will easily spoil. ...

Former County Clerk Discovers that Anti-Queer Bigotry Can Be Expensive!

In2015, Kimberly Jean Davis became the Christian Right’s first martyr of the post-Obergefell era. Even before cake bakers and web designers began refusing their services to same-sex couples, Kim Davis — “under God’s authority,” as she put it — stood in uncompromis...

The Hidden History of Oscarville: The Secret Reason Forsyth County Was Cleansed of Black Residents Years Before Lake Lanier Was Built.

However, in 1912, two incidents occurred that would change the course of history for Forsyth County and its Black residents forever. The first incident occurred in late August of that year when the body of 18-year-old Sleety Mae Crow, a White resident, was found in the woods near Oscarville, a pr...

A Brief Geological History of Ithaca and Tompkins County:

Tompkins County owes its stunning topography to its intricate and variegated Phanerozoic geologic history. Of principal influence over the region’s surficial geology are Devonian Period sedimentary processes as well as glaciation events which took place during the recent Pleistocene Ice Age &m...

Morris County Invests $400,000 in Opioid Battle: Programs Funded by Settlement

In a pivotal decision, the Morris County Board of County Commissioners has allocated $400,000, sourced from legal settlements with pharmaceutical companies implicated in the opioid crisis, to underpin five pivotal programs in 2024. These initiatives, driven by a blend of three non-profit organizatio...

CFTA Staff visit Nevada County Cultural District

The state legislature put in place an important new tool for the development, support and preservation of California’s extensive and diverse cultural assets. AB 189 was authored by Assemblymember Richard Bloom and co-authored by Assemblywoman Marie Waldron. The legislation charged...

The Houses of Geneva County

Someone was always dying and leaving them, these roadside spinsters of gray wood and rust. Among abandoned corn this one’s no different collapsing quietly from within, an eternal, crumbling inhale. Read More