SoCal restaurant charged with serving whale closes

LOS ANGELES A statement posted on the restaurant's Web site, thehump.biz, says it's voluntarily closing its doors on Saturday after a sushi chef was allegedly caught serving whale meat.

Typhoon Restaurant Inc., the parent company of The Hump, and the chef were each charged with a misdemeanor count of selling a marine mammal product for an unauthorized purpose.

Gary S. Lincenberg, an attorney for Typhoon, has said the restaurant accepted responsibility for the wrongdoing.