Everything about the Stitches is true

The Stitches were almost called the Nubiles—names logged on a list singer Mike Lohrman kept at his now-shuttered Underdog Records in Laguna, in case he ever led a band—and that’s probably the most benign ‘almost’ the band ever experienced. The rest are rougher: almost made it big (Was Epitaph or [...]

LONG BEACH LOSES ITS DAILY NEWSPAPER AS TORRANCE PUBLISHER TAKES OVER PRESS-TELEGRAM
Dave Wielenga reports on the drastic staff cuts that one veteran reporter called “a fatal shot.”
AVALON BAR’S MIKE CONLEY ROBBED, NOT MURDERED, SAY POLICE
Chicago police have arrested a suspect in the robbery of Avalon Bar owner Mike Conley, Heather Reger reports, but say his [...]

Police have arrested a suspect in the robbery of Avalon Bar owner Michael Conley but believe his death early yesterday morning was not murder and instead resulted from a fall, according to Cook County Sheriff’s Dept. press secretary Penny Mateck.