Soda
Brisbane Man Sues Virgin America For $500k After Contentious Soda Order
The incident started when a Brisbane man, identified by the San Francisco Chronicle as Salvatore Bevivino, tried to order a drink on a Philadelphia to San Francisco Virgin America flight.
Battle Over Sugary Drink Tax Bubbles Up In Sacramento
Sugary drinks are in the spotlight in Sacramento as for the first time a tax on those beverages has made it though a legislative committee.
Richmond Measure N Soda Tax Fizzles Out
Richmond voters rejected Measure N, a business license fee that would have required business to pay one penny for every ounce of a sugar-sweetened beverage sold in the city.
Richmond Votes Down Soda Tax By Wide Margin
Returns from Richmond and from El Monte in Los Angeles County were showing voters rejecting a penny-per-ounce tax on businesses that sell soft drinks and other sugar-sweetened beverages.
SF Supervisor Criticizes Soda Company’s Sponsorship Extreme Sports Event
An extreme sports competition that gets underway in San Francisco Civic Center Thursday has drawn sharp criticism, but not because of the 250 truck loads of dirt piled outside City Hall.
Beverage Industry Spending Millions To Defeat Richmond Soda Tax
A group backed by the beverage industry is spending millions of dollars to defeat a soda tax measure on the Nov. 6 ballot in Richmond.
HealthWatch: Soda A Day May Lead To Heart Attacks In Men
Americans consume almost a tenth of their calories by drinking beverages packed with sugar. But a new study reports that men who drink soda or other sugary substances greatly increase their risk of a heart attack.
Richmond Voters May Decide On Soda Tax In 2012
Voters in Richmond next year may be casting their votes on a sugary drink tax meant to help combat the city’s growing obesity rate.
Santa Clara County Kicks Off Obesity Prevention Program
Santa Clara County is trying to educate kids on unhealthy items like sodas and other sugary drinks.
California To Consider Tax On Sugary Sodas
The California state legislature is about to take up a bill that would tax soda and other sugary drinks with the money raised going to schools to pay for education and children’s health programs.
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