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When Stan Chambers began covering news for KTLA, there were only 100 televisions in Southern California. Since then, Chambers estimates he has reported about 20,000 stories for Channel 5. At age 80, he still takes on some projects, and his grandson Jamie is a reporter at the station. In today's Downtown News, Jay Berman pens a feature on the newsman who has worked for a single employer longer than anyone else in television history.
Also in the Downtown News: Sam Hall Kaplan hopes that Sci-Arc remains in the Arts District east of Little Tokyo, rather than leaves in a pique over loss of a key parcel of land.