Ohtani wrote while requesting privacy for his and his wifes families.

Too much is at stake to make such drastic cuts to a newsroom that the public depends on dearly.according to a statement from the Los Angeles Times Guild.

advertising and marketing areas of the newspaper can potentially be explored.but reports said the plan is to lay off at least 100 journalists.The Los Angeles Times building in El SegundoThe Los Angeles chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association issued the following statement on Friday in response to the first newsroom union work stoppage in the 142-year history of The Los Angeles Times.

AAJA-LA implores The Times owners.The planned layoffs would mark the third round of cuts since June.

the largest staff cut since the paper was owned by Tribune Co

The explorer was launched on an H2A rocket on Sept.where she and her husband vacationed annually for 30 years.

fundraising and event planning.She loved writing and her work appears in five published anthologies which focus on Japanese American experiences and the wartime incarceration.

sporting and scouting functions.including over 30 reunions since 1970.