California's first-in-the-nation fast food council -- created to give workers a voice on wages, safety and working conditions ...

Route 66 changed the way that we eat in this country, and Southern California's stretch of the Mother Road gave birth to fast food as a way to feed travelers quickly.

Will Carl’s Jr. rebound to its former glory in its birthplace as a flagbearer for Californian burger culture or recede into ...

A new working paper from the University of California, Santa Cruz, is raising fresh questions about the impact of California’s $20 minimum wage for fast‑food workers — and prompting a sharp rebuttal ...

About a decade ago, Gov. Jerry Brown offered this defense of his signing a statewide $15 minimum wage into law: “Economically, minimum wages may not make sense. But morally, socially, and politically ...

Increased wage costs drive employers to look for ways to claw back the expense.

It all comes down to some not-so-simple economics.

While the scale of the closures is modest, the move raises broader questions about the future of premium fast-casual dining.

This means California has so many bureaucracies that the highly touted, fast-food board, which was crafted to appease labor unions and has already jacked up the fast-food minimum wage from $16 an hour ...