The Times' coverage of the Chavez Ravine evictions isn't easy reading and clearly not the paper at its best.

The construction of Dodger Stadium was something the paper
campaigned for and those who opposed the plan were either ignored or
minimized in print. But the events of May 8 couldn't be ignored, in
part because the evictions of the Arcechiga family and some of
their neighbors were televised.

In the first-day story, the residents are barely quoted but we get
to learn the thoughts of the people moving their furniture? We hear
from only one opponent of the plan for Chavez Ravine, Councilman John
Holland, and he basically said the fight was over.

It took another day for The Times to quote Councilman Edward Roybal, who would become a key player in this saga.

"The eviction in itself is legal," Roybal told newsmen, "but the
manner in which it was carried out certainly was not. Someone stands to
answer for violating the individual rights of these people. This is the
type of action that occurred during the Spanish inquisition and
Hitler's Germany. But never have I heard of anything like this taking
place in this city."

The reference to "newsmen" makes me wonder if Roybal was being interviewed on television.

–Keith Thursby