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    LA Observed

    LATExtra No More, and Other Changes at the Times

    If you read the Los Angeles Times tomorrow, you might think you’re experiencing déjà vu. Replacing the confusing LATExtra section will be the California news section, which was shut down in 2009. It’s just one of the changes that the paper’s new publisher, Austin Beutner, has brought to the Times.

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    By Kevin Roderick • Oct 20, 2014 • 3m Listen

    If you read the Los Angeles Times tomorrow, you might think you’re experiencing déjà vu. Replacing the confusing LATExtra section will be the California news section, which was shut down in 2009. It’s just one of the changes that the paper’s new publisher, Austin Beutner, has brought to the Times. Kevin Roderick of LA Observed has been keeping any eye on those changes, and joined KCRW's Eric Roy with more.

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