Dennis McDougal

The Chandlers' Last Gasp

Dennis McDougal
On March 31, 1990, the Los Angeles Times stopped its presses for a few moments to savor a milestone. Then-publisher David Laventhol authorized free popcorn, T-shirts and coffee mugs for everyone on staff. I still have mine. It reads: “We’re #1 — the Largest Metro Daily in the USA!” Flash......
(Illustrations by John Bent)

Double-Cross at the WGA

Dennis McDougal
{mosimage} One day last June, Teri Mial warned Beth Paolozzi that she’d best keep her mouth shut about an ongoing federal Department of Labor investigation of the Writers Guild of America West — or she’d have to kill her.“Beth was like a daughter to me,” says the 68-year-old Mial, an......