Okay, we shouldn’t be saying this because they’re the competition and all, but here’s a perfect example of how to make us read–or not read–the Press-Telegram.
You may have seen it: a story by Kelly Puente with the headline “Driver arrested after vehicle plows into Norwalk liquor store.” That’s boring. The story’s okay–but the headline puts [...]

Beer baron Bryan “Whitey” Littlefield used his pipes for giving–and swearing

PHOTO by DANIEL DE BOOM
Memorial services for Bryan “Whitey” Littlefield were yesterday at First Congregational Church downtown, and the beer baron/philanthropist–who died March 7 at 75 of prostate cancer–received a bravura send-off.
The church has two levels and the upstairs stayed relatively empty, but downstairs was [...]

Whitey Littlefield–Long Beach beer baron philanthropist, who rose from delivering brew to owning a Budweiser distributorship with Frank Sinatra–is dead at 75.
We’ll tell you more about Mr. Littlefield in coming days–but it’s already becoming clear that, in the words of his close friend, restaurateur John Morris, “The guy’s had a life.”