Newsman Lu Haas dies

Lucian Haas worked for the old Daily News and was a leader of the Los Angeles Newspaper Guild in the 1940s and 50s. He later worked as a press secretary for Gov. Edmund G. (Pat) Brown and a longtime field deputy for U.S. Senator Alan Cranston. Former Daily News and L.A. Times reporter Paul Weeks emails that Haas died in his sleep and was probably 86 or 87.

Elsewhere: A conversation between Haas and Rip Rense about the old DN