Ongoing Demise of the Los Angeles Times

As a 30-year veteran of Los Angeles living, I came to be a regular and loyal reader of the Times (and did some consulting work for a few weeks at its Times-Mirror parent).  Today, brother Dennis (not only a Los Angeles resident, but a newspaper reporter in his immediate post-college days) sends me an email with the subject line that I have quoted in this post’s title), along with this content:

“​Oct. 5 issue, presented without comment.”
L.A. Times

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Today, driving around town on errands and shopping …

* Why an interest in Airstream?  Probably because this was similar to one I had in mind in the mid-70s — the idea was to equip it as a mobile photographic lab and operations base, towed by my killer ’65 Ford truck (which co-existed with the Land Rover for a time and also figured in the Venice years).  Here’s a 1977 portrait of The Truck, a sleeper hot rod.
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