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Homeboy Industries Feels Financial Pinch; Grease Truck Spills on a La Jolla Street

Homeboy Industries, which employs and trains former gang members in its bakery and restaurant Homegirl Cafe, is having problems raising money as private donations dry up. [BBC]

• A truck that picks up grease from L.A. restaurants has spilled its contents over about a road in La Jolla, causing slippage from drivers, but no crashes. [SignOnSanDiego]

• A four-part T.V. show will examine the success of Korean restaurants in L.A. and New York. [KoreaTimes]

• With the openings of chain Sugar Daddy’s in Amman, Beirut, and Dubai, the cupcake craze has hit the Middle East. [NYT]

• Even airlines are hopping on the mixology bandwagon, with both Mexicana Airlines and US Airways instituting cocktail programs. [Fork in the Road/VV]

• A judge has ruled that the USDA didn’t adequately access the environmental impact of genetically modified sugar beets before approving them for commercialization. [NYT]

• Crowd-sourced recipe wikis are on the rise, but some experts feel they’re a classic case of too many cooks in the kitchen. [NYT]

• One of the founders of egalitarian French food organization Le Fooding says the group has lost its way and “fallen into the spiral that is money.” [Diner’s Journal/NYT]

Homeboy Industries Feels Financial Pinch; Grease Truck Spills on a La Jolla