Will anyone listen to new controller?
What won what whereToday's printed Los Angeles Times (at least mine on the Westside) carries no report on last night's Kings' playoff game, which started early about 7 p.m. and, though it went into overtime, ended with a Kings win at 10 p.m. — well within the Saturday night deadlines of previous years. Earlier in the week, when the Times missed the Dodgers extra-inning final score, the Sports section at least had a partial story — it even led the section. (That game went late enough — after midnight — it might have been trouble even before the LAT's new deadline philosophy.) In this morning's paper, the only mention of the local team's big playoff match was a set-up column on page 7 and a small note on the front advising readers to find the score online. A former Times editor posts on Facebook from Ventura County: "Shame on the LA Times for not getting a story about the Kings' first playoff victory in eight years in my newspaper this morning."
* Spotty delivery: Readers in Santa Monica, Redondo Beach, Glendale and Capistrano Beach emailed that they got the story. In Aliso Viejo, Oxnard and of course here in Mar Vista, no story.