It’s 9 o’clock on a foggy morning in late September, and two dozen young Jews have gathered in a field to watch nine goats get shechted — slaughtered according to Jewish law. Most are fellows in the ...

Francisco Salinas, owner of El Lagunero, a taco stand, roasts goat meat near an auto body shop in unincorporated San Bernardino County. (William Liang / For The Times) To the editor: I read with ...

Several weeks ago, the story of a young girl and her goat named Cedar made the rounds across a range of media outlets. The Los Angeles Times was the first publication to give the sad tale fresh life ...

The Shasta District Fair last year ended disastrously for a 9-year old girl and her goat. And it didn’t end so well for the Shasta County fair officials who sent law enforcement hunting with a search ...

Last month Michael Ruhlman opined that “one of five things you should eat before you die is the meat of a freshly slaughtered animal, preferably having witnessed the slaughter,” linking to a New York ...

The Shasta District Fair last year ended disastrously for a 9-year old girl and her goat. And it didn’t end so well for the Shasta County, California, fair officials who sent law enforcement hunting ...

A California girl was awarded $300,000 in a settlement with police who went out of their way to seize and butcher her beloved pet goat, according to reports. Jessica Long’s daughter — who was just 9 ...

Last April, Jessica Long’s family bought a 4-month-old goat and took it to their Shasta County home, where Long’s young daughter named it Cedar, feeding and caring for it and bonding with it as she ...