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Tribune Board Meets as Mutiny at the Los Angeles Times Continues
Los Angeles Times Publisher Jeff Johnson and Editor Dean Baquet have made news by publicly challenging their bosses at Tribune Publishing in Chicago. Almost half the Times’ staff has lined up to support the executives.
By Warren Olney • • 30m ListenLos Angeles Times Publisher Jeff Johnson and Editor Dean Baquet have made news by publicly challenging their bosses at Tribune Publishing in Chicago. Almost half the Times’ staff has lined up to support the executives. When will the mutiny come to an end? Plus, California farmers cope with the spinach crisis, and the State sues six auto-makers over global warming.
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3 storiesGrowers Fear Long-Term Impact of E. Coli Outbreak
One person has died and 146 have been taken ill from E.coli bacteria in 23 states. Now health investigators claim they have a "smoking gun." It's a contaminated bag of spinach found in the refrigerator of a sick patient in New Mexico and traced to the Salinas Valley. What does this mean for vegetable farmers?
Read the story7 minTribune Board Meets as Mutiny at the LA Times Continues
Publisher Jeff Johnson and Editor Dean Baquet still have their jobs, at least for the moment, after a public challenge to LA Times owners at Tribune Publishing in Chicago. Twenty high-profile Los Angeles civic leaders have asked Tribune to improve local coverage or sell the paper.
Read the story12 minAttorney General Sues Six Auto Makers
Attorney General Bill Lockyer claims that greenhouse-gas emissions from automobiles harm California by contributing to global warming. In the first suit of its kind, he's gone to court against the six biggest US and Japanese makers of cars : Chrysler, General Motors, Ford, Toyota North America, Honda North America, and Nissan North America.
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