Stanley Allison, LAT journalist was 53 *

The reporter for the L.A. Times Orange County bureau was found dead today in his home in Cypress. Allison had previously worked as a Times copy editor and in the hiring and development department. His passing was announced to the staff this afternoon in an email from Assistant Managing Editor Janet Clayton.

* Wednesday: No obit in the paper, but Dana Parsons, the Times' OC columnist, sends him off with a column.