On Tuesday night, Zócalo sponsored another in its series of panel discussions, this one titled “Can the LA Times Be Saved?” The discussion was moderated by Kit Rachlis, editor of Los Angeles Magazine. Panelists were Times Editor Jim O’Shea, Managing Editor Leo Wolinsky, General Manager Dave Murphy and Executive Editor of LATimes.com Meredith Artley. There were two related but very different issues at hand: one being the widespread problem of the declining circulation and......

Someone needs to tell Wendy McCaw that they canceled the soap opera Santa Barbara years ago. In what could only make sense in a network soap, the embattled Santa Barbara News-Press publisher has allowed a story without a byline to appear on the front page of her paper, accusing her former Executive Editor, Jerry Roberts, of having thousands of images of pornography on his company computer while he worked there. McCaw reportedly delivered Roberts'......

Visitors cruise by or bed-and-breakfast and see the paradise that Santa Barbara is to the eyes. But that doesn't mean that there's no drama. Today we have two stories from the (805) that could be nominees for Keith Olbermann's Worst Persons in the World. The first comes from the embattled Santa Barbara News-Press who has seen over 20 empoyees resign out of protest to the alleged meddling and reportedly unprofessional behavior of its publisher......

It's not strictly L.A., but it does involve navigating through traffic on the 101: Taking a day trip to the San Diego Zoo. [Editor's Note: We hope you enjoy this guest post from Gothamist's Executive Editor, Jen Chung, who kindly put together this photo post for LAist readers while she was in town. Jen:I was dopey enough not to include my captions (bad Jen!) but they are up now!]......