Starting to fill in nicely
Steve Harvey's latest column of quirky bits
In 1987, a man with mental health issues walked onto the set during KNBC's 4 p.m. news, stuck in the gun in the back of consumer reporter David Horowitz and told him to read a statement. Here's a YouTube clip found by Michael Schneider at Franklin Avenue. Then-KNBC anchor John Beard is looking very tan in the clip, and then-reporter Kirstie Wilde had big hair.
More by Kevin Roderick:
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LA Times writers revisit their '92 riots observations
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