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Normale Ansicht

After a Storm, Rotting Food and a Foul Stench Haunt a Honolulu Restaurant

07. Oktober 2026 um 10:07
Rain from Hurricane Lala collapsed the roof of the Happy Days eatery in August, but the cleanup still isn’t done, and nearby businesses and residents are kicking up a stink.

© Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting

The collapsed ceiling at the Happy Days restaurant in Honolulu, where food left by fleeing diners remains on tables.

A Fire Burned Next Door. Now They Live With the Stench of Rotting Meat.

The Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles is still dealing with foul odor and fears over possible toxins over a month after a cold-storage facility burst into flames.

© Mark Abramson for The New York Times

The nearly 500,000-square-foot facility burst into flames on June 17, blanketing the neighborhoods of Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles in thick smoke for days.

At the L.A. Warehouse Fire, First It Was the Smoke. Now It’s the Smell.

Rotting food — millions of pounds of it — remains in an L.A. cold-storage facility damaged in a fire. Residents say the cleanup hasn’t been fast enough.

Stench of 20 Tons of Spilled Tofu Hits Missouri Town ‘Like a Brick Wall’

26. März 2026 um 20:00
A truck careened into a ravine in Jerome, Mo., leaving the tofu to stew for weeks. “It was worse than a landfill on a hot July day,” said the general manager of a towing company.

© Doolittle Rural Fire Protection District

An insurance snafu delayed the cleanup of the spill, leaving the tofu stewing, before flash floods pushed some of it into a creek.

Couple Receive $200,000 Settlement After ‘Pungent’ Indian Food Complaint

23. Januar 2026 um 20:06
The University of Colorado, Boulder, denied liability in the civil rights lawsuit, which the couple filed after a comment about a dish that one of them was heating in an office microwave.
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