A previous LA Times building was blown up in 1910 by the McNamara brothers, two radical labor activists, in protest of the paper's notoriously anti-union views and policies. 20 people were killed in this tragedy, something the McNamaras claimed they did not intend to happen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times_bombing
What a shame that the times we live in are so different. The description of the environs at the LA Times bespeaks of a settled existence and confidence in the future, all gone from American life now. Replaced with never ending disruptive changes and an environment of chaos, especially in our government. I can recall when the organizations I worked for took you out to lunch at Christmas - to a fairly nice restaurant. Where I work now they serve you a cold deli sandwich in a conference room. If you want a can of soda, buy it yourself......
Thank you for this informative piece. Kudos to Richard Schave for spearheading an effort to protect this historic building. As a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, I fondly remember working at Times Mirror Square and am sad that the newspaper has been forced to move. (It's worth noting that the Canadian developer is the Onni Group, not Omni, as reported here.)
The true milestone California has reached in reporting its climate progress one of deceiving the public.
California now imports 1/3 of its electricity from out-of-state - from coal and gas plants in Utah and Arizona. More emissions will be “reduced” when Assembly Bill 813 is approved, and California begins accepting coal-fired electricity from PacifiCorp in Wyoming. 6% of our CO2 reductions in the last decade can be chalked up to sending manufacturing overseas.
The purveyors of fossil-fuel gas would like us to somehow believe outsourcing carbon lowers our global footprint, as they feverishly build new gas plants to replace carbon-free nuclear generation. In fact, making California dependent on gas for decades to come depends on it.
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Bob,
"California now imports 1/3 of its electricity from out-of-state - from coal and gas plants in Utah and Arizona."
Can you post a link to support your assertion? I can't find any data on that. Thanks :)
The old Herald Examiner used to have a nice building too, but I'm sure that's gone now.
The beautiful Julia Morgan designed Herald Examiner building is a LA Historic Cultural Monument and is being restored as a mixed use project. Julia Morgan also designed San Simeon and many other buildings for Hearst.
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