Bill Blodgett, a La Comida board member, and Marie Ruth Batchelder, manager at La Comida, prepare to give seniors food at Stevenson House in Palo Alto. Photo by Magali Gauthier. Every weekday for 53 ...

I spent 7 years working as a cashier (and as a cook when needed) at a fast-food establishment in Southeast Los Angeles before DACA allowed for other options. It was with a crew of mostly other ...

Dancers perform at La Comida’s Dec. 18 holiday party. Photo by Hannah Bensen. The senior nutrition program La Comida is Palo Alto’s best-kept secret, but Executive Director Deborah Grant is working to ...

“You can’t dream in a kitchen,” one of the characters says in La Cocina, the latest film by Mexican director and writer Alonso Ruizpalacios. The suffocating reality of restaurant work takes center ...

Chico >> Those who didn’t get to congratulate Michael Pavis Jr. on Saturday can find him back at work Monday. He could be taking orders, cleaning off the table or welcoming a fourth-generation ...