Local Newspaper

I might have mentioned before how I subscribe to the Long Beach Press-Telegram, the local newspaper. I like reading and supporting dying media, and this paper is the prototype of a small-town gasping-for-breath paper, even if the small town is a half-million people deep surrounded by LA, the OC, and the ocean.

Most days there will be two sections, the front-page and the sports-page. Occasionally there's a third, highlighting health, food, or happenings. The comics, which arrive everyday with the paper, are either nestled in the back of the sports, or the back of the third section whenever it's there.

The charm of this somehow small-town paper never ceases to amaze me. Look at yesterday's two sections:



The main front-page article with the large color photo is about a pawnshop. Also, I really like how they cover soccer here, as can be seen with the new acquisition of Robby Keane, an Irish striker coming to play with Beckham and Donovan here on the Galaxy.