Ken Reich done at LAT

After 39 years, the former political writer, Atlanta bureau chief and lead reporter on the 1984 Olympics has written his last story for the Los Angeles Times. Reich, 66, most recently has been writing about earthquakes and volcanoes. He told the L.A. Business Journal that after yelling at a newsroom aide (and apologizing, with flowers), he was given the choice of retiring or being fired. He'll be officially retiring at the end of June. [No such grace period for a Sports staffer who was recently dismissed for taking a swing at his editor. Accounts differ on whether he connected.]