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61 unusual facts about Los Angeles Times


1932 Jalisco earthquake

Early reporting from the Los Angeles Times noted that there were 300 deaths or injuries in that area alone.

1962 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The Los Angeles Times described the Dodgers' season as a "gamut of sublime" and "ridiculous", noting their successes—such as Maury Wills' 100 stolen bases breaking Ty Cobb's single-season record, Don Drysdale's 25 wins, and Sandy Koufax's no-hitter on June 30—together with problems such as the 18 unearned runs the defense had allowed for the season behind Drysdale, and other fielding issues.

2012–13 Anaheim Ducks season

Defenseman Sheldon Souray uses his trademark slapshot to score the game-winning goal with 2:08 left in the third period; the Los Angeles Times had run an article on Souray's benefits to the team that very morning.

Abdulrazak Gurnah

By the Sea, meanwhile, was longlisted for the Booker and shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Award.

Alexey Kondrashov

The paper attracted a lot of public attention and Kondrashov was interviewed by The New York Times,The Los Angeles Times, The Economist and several television networks.

Benamar Benatta

The Los Angeles Times reported that Benatta had been held for a total of 1,780 days, holding the distinction of being held without charge longer than any other suspect in the US.

Bennett Haselton

The New York Times reported on June 19, 2006 that reporters from the Los Angeles Times were blocked from accessing PeaceFire from their office.

Blair Waldorf

In a review for the Los Angeles Times, Judy Berman addressed Safran's description of Blair during the scene.

Burbank Leader

The Burbank Leader is a biweekly newspaper published by the Los Angeles Times in Burbank, California.

Ceiri Torjussen

His music was described by the Los Angeles Times as a “sudden bolt of creative lightning”, and he was hailed in a UK newspaper as one of the brightest British musical talents in recent history.

DAK Industries

The Los Angeles Times once called DAK "the L.L. Bean of consumer electronics", adding though that Kaplan was reclusive and rarely granted interviews, and refused to be photographed.

Daniel Shanahan

His shorter publications have appeared in such journals as Partisan Review, The Modern Language Journal, Papers on Language and Literature, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Los Angeles Times, The International Herald Tribune and Vesmir.

David Boaz

He is the author of Libertarianism: A Primer, published in 1997 by the Free Press and described by the Los Angeles Times as "a well-researched manifesto of libertarian ideas."

Eberhard Havekost

In 2005, art critic David Pagel described Havekost in the Los Angeles Times as "a promising painter so deeply indebted to Richter's version of abbreviated Photorealism that it appears he has not yet come into his own".

Elena Filatova

Los Angeles Times journalist Mary Mycio traced some of the pictures on the website to a Ukranian coffee table book and identified some as anachronisms, showing chemical showers that no longer existed and saplings that had grown into trees by the time of Filatova's tour.

Famous photographical manipulations

In the early media coverage of the 2003 Iraq War, a minor controversy erupted when it was revealed that Los Angeles Times photographer Brian Walski had taken two images and made a more dramatic composite.

Frank Dux

According to the Los Angeles Times, the organization that allegedly staged the Kumite had the same address as Dux's house, and the trophy he claims to have won was bought by him at a local trophy store.

Fred Schwarz

According to Morrie Ryskind, writing at the time in The Los Angeles Times, "The evening sessions, featuring nationally known speakers, were televised, and those who should know tell me that some three million people listened in nightly. At any rate, I can honestly say that in my 25 years in Los Angeles I have never known a local event that so completely captured the enthusiasm of the city."

Grant Mudford

From 1983 he undertook editorial assignments for American and international publications in the U.S. and abroad, including: Harper's Bazaar, Esquire, Fortune, Westways, House and Garden, Architectural Digest, Interiors, Vanity Fair, Architectural Record, Progressive Architecture, Traveller, L.A. Style, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Architecture, Los Angeles Magazine, Travel & Leisure, and Interview (magazine).

Greg Gross

"I love this game so much," Gross told the Los Angeles Times in an article that appeared on February 28, 1991.

On March 30, 1991, the Los Angeles Times reported that Gross had made the Padres as a pinch-hitter.

Harry Basch

In addition to acting, Basch has written several articles for the Los Angeles Times about traveling.

Huntington Beach Independent

The Huntington Beach Independent is a weekly newspaper published by the Los Angeles Times in Huntington Beach, California.

Iain Scobbie

In a December 2009 article for the Los Angeles Times, Scobbie replied to an op-ed in which Eric Rozenman had argued that “Israeli settlements are more than legitimate.”

Irving Crane

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Crane's wife of 64 years, Althea, stated "A lot of people, if it was a hot day and there was no air conditioning, they'd take off their coat to play. But not Irving Crane."

It's On Bitch

In contrast, Amy Kaufman from Los Angeles Times opined that Cavallari was more intriguing than Conrad, whose storylines she felt had been overshadowed as the series progressed.

Jack McEvoy

He moved to Los Angeles in the late-1990s and covered the crime beat for the Times.

John Milford

Milford's Los Angeles Times obituary credits him with using his engineering background to help create the original design for the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.

Joseph Kaplan

The Los Angeles Times said that Kaplan was "a pioneer in the chemistry and physics of the stratosphere".

Julius Wayland

The success of Appeal to Reason led again to personal attacks on Wayland in the conservative press, particularly The Los Angeles Times.

Jura Margulis

The Los Angeles Times praised his “excellent pianism” and called him “highly musical”.

Kenneth Baer

He is the author of Reinventing Democrats: The Politics of Liberalism from Reagan to Clinton (University Press of Kansas, 2000), has published commentaries in publications such as Slate, the Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post, and has been a political analyst on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, ABC News, NPR, BBC, and CBC.

King King

According to the Los Angeles Times, "King King is a 12-song live recording that captures the band in fine, aggressive form at the La Brea Avenue club".

Linda Pastan

Two of her collections of poems were nominated for the National Book Award and one for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.

Los Angeles Times Magazine

The Los Angeles Times Magazine (also shortened to just LA) was a monthly magazine which supplemented the Sunday edition of the Los Angeles Times newspaper on the first Sunday of the month.

Los Angeles Times suburban sections

The Los Angeles Times suburban sections or zone sections were printed between 1952 and 2001 as adjuncts to the main newspaper to cover the news of and sell advertising space in various parts of Southern California that the Times considered to be in the prime part of its circulation area.

Lotus Thompson

An August 1933 Los Angeles Times article made reference to Thompson among a list of actors who accepted $10 to $15 a day for bit roles in films.

Maggie the Monkey

During her playoff run, Maggie became extremely popular, especially in Anaheim — she was even featured on the front page of the Los Angeles Times.

Margaret Millar

In 1965 she was awarded the Woman of the Year Award by the Los Angeles Times.

Mario's Game Gallery

Since their releases, both versions have received mixed reception; while publications such as The State and the Los Angeles Times found the game to be a good educational game, authors David Wesley and Gloria Barczak blamed it in part for almost destroying the Mario brand.

Mike Duncan

His student-mentoring program, which began in 1979, was featured on CBS News Sunday Morning and in the Los Angeles Times.

Patricia Duff

She was named a "Rising Star" by the Los Angeles Times in 1986 and one of the "Women we Love" by Esquire magazine for her work in politics as the "conscience" of the entertainment industry.

Robert Berning

Joe Coulombe, the founder of Trader Joe's, said in an interview with the Los Angeles Times that Berning was brought into the company's main office in 1970 because he had expressed interest in wines.

Robert Hilburn

As critic and music editor of the Los Angeles Times from 1970 to 2005, his reviews, essays and profiles have appeared in hundreds of publications around the world.

Rubén Torres Llorca

Los Angeles Times, Cuba Art's Quiet Exile in Mexico; Jan 13, 1993

Ruth Ryon

Ruth E. Ryon (born July 16, 1944) is a former celebrity real estate columnist for the Los Angeles Times who retired in April 2008 after more than 23 years of writing the paper's popular "Hot Property" celebrity real estate column.

Samuel Sevian

His first success came when he became the youngest Expert in USCF history, an achievement that was featured in an article in the Los Angeles Times by International Master John Peters.

Sapphire Energy

On May 29, 2008 the Los Angeles Times reported that Sapphire expects to introduce its first fuels based on green crude.

Scottsboro, Alabama

The Unclaimed Baggage Center has been featured several times in the media, including in The Wall Street Journal, Vogue Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, Good Morning America, The Washington Post, The Dallas Morning News, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Baltimore Sun, The Seattle Times and the travel/adventure television series Globe Trekker.

SP 3-125: Presidential Address Announcing His Intention to Resign the Oval Office

Jack Nelson said in the Los Angeles Times that Nixon’s speech “chose to look ahead,” rather than focus on his term.

Space opera in Scientology

They were unable to prevent disclosure, however, and the documents were published by the Los Angeles Times in November 1985.

Susumu Hagiwara

The Los Angeles Times called Hagiwara "a pioneer in understanding the mechanisms of excitability in nerve and muscle cells".

The Greater Good, or the Passion of Boule de Suif

Alex Ross of The New Yorker called The Greater Good "a tightly constructed, vividly imagined piece that may mark the emergence of a major opera composer." The Los Angeles Times, despite complaining that "exploring the characters' inner lives leads nowhere", praised Hartke's music for its liveliness and theatrical flair.

The Hands Resist Him

A one-man Stoneham show at the gallery, which included the piece, was reviewed by the art critic at the Los Angeles Times.

The Hawaii Express

Since the airline wanted to hire personnel with airline experience, the employment ad which ran in the airlines section of Los Angeles Times newspaper classified ads in the spring of 1982 listed previous 747 qualification as a requirement.

The Red Chapel

Los Angeles Times reviewer Mark Olson called it "shocking, funny and wildly outrageous" and "a real find".

Thunderbolt Patterson

It would be years, with Patterson working at the Los Angeles Times in the interim, before he would get another shot, when Dusty Rhodes took ill in Florida.

Tigarah

Within months, she received press attention from Blender Magazine(U.S), URB(U.S), "XLR8R",(U.S) "Dazed & Confused"(UK/Japan) and the Los Angeles Times(U.S), BPM(U.S), Rolling Stones(AUS), Folha de São Paulo(Brazil), Sonic(Sweden, cover), NPR radio(U.S), etc.

Unni Warrier

His business achievements have been chronicled in major publications including Forbes and the Los Angeles Times.

Williamson Evers

Evers has written several opinion columns for well-known publications such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and Christian Science Monitor.

WMKV

In November 2004, WMKV was the subject of a front-page Los Angeles Times profile.


Andrei Tsygankov

He has spoken at various forums and has contributed to Asia Times, Johnson's Russia List, Moscow Times, Korea Herald, Los Angeles Times, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Russia Profile, Voice of America, and other media publications.

Andrew Cockburn

Apart from his books he has written for National Geographic, Los Angeles Times, The London Review of Books, Smithsonian, Vanity Fair, Harper's Magazine, CounterPunch, Condé Nast Traveler, New York Times, and the Dungarvan Observer.

Asharq Al-Awsat

The paper also has copyright syndications with the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and Global Viewpoint, permitting it to publish Arabic translations of columnists like Thomas Friedman and David Ignatius.

Barack the Magic Negro

The magical Negro is an archetype which was first applied to presidential candidate Obama by movie and culture critic David Ehrenstein, in a Los Angeles Times op ed column of March 19, 2007.

Body thetan

The Church attempted to keep the case file checked out by a reader at all times, but the story was synopsised in the Los Angeles Times, November 5, 1985 and detailed in William Poundstone's Bigger Secrets (1986) from information presented in the Wollersheim case.

Central Treaty Organization

Google News reprints of the Virgin Islands Daily News (Feb 17, 1979) and the Los Angeles Times (Feb 15, 1979) indicate that with the withdrawal of Iran, the secretary-general of CENTO, a Turkish diplomat, called a meeting of the pact's council in order to formally dissolve the organization.

Corcoran, California

Whitley first intended the town be named "Otis", after Harrison Gray Otis of the Los Angeles Times, and streets as Otis, Sherman, Letts (the Broadway store) and Ross (after his son, Ross Whitley) show the connections.

Critical Metrics

Los Angeles Times senior music critic Ann Powers referred to the site as her "favorite snobby top 40 station."

Derek Humphry

In a 30-year journalistic career Humphry worked and wrote for the Bristol Evening World, the Manchester Evening News, the Daily Mail, the Sunday Times and, lastly, the Los Angeles Times.

Dorothy Buffum Chandler

She attended Stanford University, where at a school dance she met Norman Chandler, eldest son of the family that had published the Los Angeles Times since 1883 and was a significant social and political force in the area.

Eric Weddle

Weddle added first-team all-area accolades from the Los Angeles Times and the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin.

Gerrit Henry

Henry published feature and critical articles in After Dark, Art News, Art in America, The New York Times, The Village Voice, The Los Angeles Times, People Magazine, Art International, The Spectator, and The New Republic.

Glen Stassen

Stassen is also contributor to Sojourners Magazine and has frequently appeared in the media, including the Los Angeles Times and The O'Reilly Factor.

International Size Acceptance Association

Despite being of relatively small size, ISAA has managed to pull media attention, being mentioned by Yomiuri, CNN, Los Angeles Times, TIME Magazine, Fox News, and the New York Times.

Israel and legitimacy

M.J. Rosenberg, writing in the Los Angeles Times, argued that the term "delegitimization" is a "distraction", whose purpose is to divert attention away from world opposition to the "illegitimate" occupation of the West Bank and blockade of the Gaza Strip, from the "illegal" settlements, and from "the ever-louder calls for Israel to grant Palestinians equal rights".

Jenelle Hutcherson

Hutcherson became a name in the LGBT community, the pageant community, and made headline news in media such as NBC, CBS, KCAL9, Huffington Post, After Ellen, The Advocate, NOH8 Campaign, Courage Campaign, GLAAD, SDGLN (San Diego Gay and Lesbian News), Curve Magazine, GreaterLongBeach.com, Press-Telegram, and Los Angeles Times.

Jennifer Gilmore

Gilmore's work has appeared in many anthologies and magazines including The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, the Los Angeles Times, Bookforum, Nerve and Salon.

Katrina Karkazis

Media coverage of sport issues includes American Association for the Advancement of Science, The Guardian, Los Angeles Times, New Scientist, New York Times and Time, often in collaboration with Rebecca Jordan-Young.

Los Angeles mayoral election, 2013

Articles in the Los Angeles Times and Los Angeles Daily News suggested that the fiscal state of Los Angeles will likely play a major role in the election.

Patrick G. Eddington

Eddington's opinion pieces have appeared in a number of publications, including the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Washington Times, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and the Army Times, among others.

Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism

Individual staff of the Los Angeles Times, for protesting the publisher's profit-sharing agreement with Staples Center.

Richard Krawiec

This novel was featured in Publishers Weekly 'Recommended List', the Village Voice 'Real Life Rock Top Ten column, and received attention from Jonathan Yardley in The Washington Post, Richard Eder in the Los Angeles Times, and in the 'In Short' column of the 'N.Y. Sunday Times', although it got a mixed review from Michiko Kakutani in The New York Times.

Richardson v Schwarzenegger

Claimant Anna Richardson, a prominent British television presenter, claimed to have been libeled in the 2 October 2003 issue of the Los Angeles Times, which was available in print and online in the UK, as a result of statements made by Arnold Schwarzenegger’s then gubernatorial campaign manager.

Tejon Ranch

Beale's son, Truxtun Beale, sold the Tejon Ranch in 1912 to a syndicate of investors headed by Los Angeles Times publisher Harry Chandler and land developer Moses Sherman.

The Rejection Show

The Rejection Show has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, Newsday, The New York Times, The Daily News, the New York Post, The New Yorker, The Onion, ABC News, CBS News Sunday Morning, NPR, XM Satellite Radio, and in international papers around the globe.

Tyler Cowen

The Los Angeles Times has described Cowen as "a man who can talk about Haitian voodoo flags, Iranian cinema, Hong Kong cuisine, Abstract Expressionism, Zairian music and Mexican folk art with seemingly equal facility".

What Liberal Media?

The Los Angeles Times called the book, "A well-documented, even-tempered and witty answer, I might say antidote, to such toxic recent bestsellers as Bernard Goldberg's 'Bias.'"