Working at KCBS and KNBC for 31 years and then coming out of retirement to co-host a public affairs show on KCET, the Emmy-winning Jess Marlow was a no-nonsense, respected newscaster. He died on Aug. 3, 2014, at 84. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Some classic, some current, all Los Angeles local news staples on television.
Pat Harvey became a co-anchor on KCBS in April 2010, after 20 years at sister station KCAL as one of the anchors of the nation’s first nightly three-hour newscast. She has won 21 Emmy Awards, and the city of Los Angeles declared Oct. 30 (in 2009) “Pat Harvey Day.” (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
Stan Chambers is a name synonymous with Los Angeles TV news. The reporter began working for KTLA in 1947, and his coverage of the 1949 attempt to rescue Kathy Fiscus from a well was the first live breaking-news story. Several Emmys later, he retired on his 87th birthday in 2010. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
