You think it’s hot here? Shortly after 11 last night, the mercury was still north of 100 degrees at the Barker Ranch in Death Valley–one-time vacation destination of TV reality show stars the Munster family–where KNBC’s Patrick Healy brandished a thermometer the size of a dinner plate as proof.
Why was Healy out there? To cover [...]

Last night’s Long Beach City Council meeting probably had more reporters per square inch than any council meeting since the Queen Mary came to town in ‘67 (but feel free to substitute your own significant local event here).
As near as I can tell, Cal State Long Beach’s Daily 49er was actually the first paper to [...]

The Los Angeles Times drops in on the Halloween beating story
You might have missed this, amid the remains of the fire coverage.
But on Sunday–traditionally considered a good reading day by the daily papers–the Los Angeles Times parachuted in for its own story on last year’s Halloween-night beating of three young white women by a group [...]