Television

Chatting with Stan Chambers

creditLA Observed contributor Jacob Soboroff caught up with local TV news legend Stan Chambers in Hollywood at KTLA's 60th anniversary bash. Click on the pic to watch the short video over at Native Intelligence. There's a lot of other good stuff around LA Observed today:

  • Some mix of voyeurism, sympathy, and sadness drew Jenny Price to the scene of the Malibu fires, which created the wrong kind of beach access. Native Intelligence
  • Charlie Collins has logged 50 years behind the counter of The Apple Pan on West Pico. TJ Sullivan says that makes him "a living memorial to a time when there was truth in the promise of the American dream for most anyone." Native Intelligence
  • Eric Dregni's Zamboni: The Coolest Machines on Ice is David Davis's favorite new book. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar also has a new book out. SoCal Sports Observed
  • An unscheduled, and apparently unlicensed, demolition on Lucretia Street has Echo Park in an uproar. Chicken Corner

More by Kevin Roderick:
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LA Observed Notes: Harvey Weinstein stripped bare
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Tony Valdez retires from Fox 11 news, last of a generation
Gwen Ifill, Washington journalist, 61
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