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Editor: Russ Stanton
Managing Editors: Davan Maharaj, Jon Thurber, Meredith Artley
Associate Editor: Randy Harvey
Deputy Managing Editors: Colin Crawford (Visuals), Marc Duvoisin (Projects, Enterprise),
Assistant Managing Editors: Henry Fuhrmann (Copy Desks and Standards), Sallie Hofmeister (Arts and Entertainment), David Lauter (Local and California), Alice Short (Features), Michael Whitley (Design and Graphics)
Editor, Editorial Pages: Jim Newton
Deputy Editor of the Editorial Pages: Nicholas Goldberg
Op-Ed and Sunday Opinion Editor: Sue Horton

LATIMES.COM / MULTIMEDIA
Executive Editor, Interactive: Meredith Artley
Managing Editor, Section Development: Sean Gallagher
Managing Editor, Operations: Daniel Gaines
Blog Editor: Tony Pierce
Associate Producer, UGC/Blogs: Lindsay Barnett
Senior Producer, Autos: Joni Gray
Senior Producer, Special Projects: Michael McGehee
Senior Producer, Social Media: Andrew Nystrom
Web Deputies: Patrice Roe, Diana Swartz
Broadcast Editor: Michelle Maltais
Deputy Innovation Editor: Tracy Boucher

News
Lead Homepage Editor: Tim Garrison
Senior News Producers: Michael Owen, Tenny Tatusian
News Producers: Claire Abreu, Christine Kang, Paul Olund, Susanna Timmons, David Undercoffler Overnight Editors: David Johnson, Marc Olson
Staff Writer: Michael Muskal

Features
Producers: Lori Kozlowski, Jason La, Deborah Netburn, Whitney Friedlander
The Guide
Editor: Dean Kuipers
Deputy Editor: Chris Barton
The Guide Content Producers: August Brown, Jessica Gelt, Elina Shatkin, Margaret Wappler

Entertainment / The Envelope
Entertainment Editor: Richard Rushfield
Executive Producer, Entertainment / Zap2It Editorial Director: Joseph Anthony Kapsch
Associate Entertainment Editor: Patrick Kevin Day
Entertainment Content Producers/Writers: Todd Martens, Denise Martin, Jevon Phillips, Lora Victorio

Database
Producers: Ben Welsh, Sean Connelley

FOREIGN
Editor: Bruce Wallace
Deputy Editor: Mark Porubcansky
Assistant Editors: Roger Ainsley, Paul Feldman, Efrain Hernandez Jr., Kari Howard
    Operations Chief: Mike Faneuff


Foreign Bureaus
Baghdad: Ned Parker (Bureau Chief), Liz Sly
Beijing: Barbara Demick, David Pierson (Business)
Beirut: Borzou Daragahi
Cairo: Jeffrey Fleishman
Islamabad: Alex Rodriguez
Istanbul: Laura King
Jerusalem: Richard Boudreaux
Johannesburg: Robyn Dixon
London: Henry Chu
Mexico City: Ken Ellingwood, Tracy Wilkinson (Bureau Chief)
Moscow: Megan Stack
Nairobi: Edmund Sanders
New Delhi: Mark Magnier
Seoul: John Glionna
Shanghai: Don Lee


Copy Desk
Senior Copy Chief, News: Mark McGonigle
Copy Chief: Deborah McKown
Assistant Copy Chief: Lee Rogers
Senior Copy Editors: Laura Dominick, Kevin Leung, Arnold Paradise
Copy Editors: Rachel Dunn, Aisha Khan, John Penner

NATIONAL
Editor: Roger Smith
Deputy Editor: Ashley Dunn
Assistant National Editors: Mary Ann Meek, Steve Padilla, Connie Stewart (PM)
"Top of the Ticket" blogger: Andrew Malcolm
Correspondents: Robin Abcarian, Mark Barabak, Bob Drogin, Faye Fiore, PJ Huffstutter, Richard Simon, Ralph Vartabedian, David Zucchino


National Bureaus
Atlanta: Richard Fausset
Denver: Nick Riccardi
Las Vegas: Ashley Powers
New York: Geraldine Baum (Bureau Chief), Tina Susman
Seattle: Kim Murphy
Washington:
   Bureau Chief: Kerry Luft
   Deputy Bureau Chief: Aaron Zitner
   Assistant Bureau Chiefs: Richard Cooper, Robert Ourlian, Tim Phelps
   Staff Writers: Julian Barnes, Tom Hamburger, Janet Hook, Noam Levey, Josh Meyer, Greg Miller,
    Peter Nicholas, Jim Oliphant, Christi Parsons, Jim Puzzanghera, Paul Richter, David Savage,
    Mark Silva, Rich Simon, Jim Tankersley, Peter Wallsten, Andy Zajac

Copy Desk
Senior Copy Chief, News: Mark McGonigle
Copy Chief: Deirdre Edgar
Copy Editors: Steve Devol, Anne Elisabeth Dillon, Jennifer Karmon, Richard Nelson, Eldes Tran, Susan Worrell

CALIFORNIA
Assistant Managing Editor: David Lauter
Deputy Editor: Steve Clow
Columnist: Steve Lopez
Staff Writers: Jia-Rui Chong, Maura Dolan, Jessica Garrison, Jean Merl, Louis Sahagun,
Carol J. Williams
Web Deputy: Martin Beck

Sacramento, State Politics and Enterprise
Editor: Linda Rogers
Staff Writers: Eric Bailey, Cathy Decker, Michael Finnegan, Evan Halper (Sacramento Bureau Chief), Patrick McGreevy, Paul Pringle, Michael Rothfeld, George Skelton (Columnist)

City Desk
City Editor: Shelby Grad
Staff Writers: Hector Becerra, Ari Bloomekatz, Cara DiMassa, Jeff Gottlieb, Martha Groves, Bob Pool
Assignment Editor: Nita Lelyveld
Staff Writers: David Kelly, Hector Tobar (Columnist), Alexandra Zavis
Assistant City Editor: Carlos Lozano
Staff Writers: Anna Gorman, Ann Simmons, Teresa Watanabe
Morning Web Editor: Amanda Covarrubias
Staff Writers: Andrew Blankstein, Ruben Vives
Night Editor: Monte Morin
Weekend Editor: Stephanie Chavez
Staff Writers: Sandy Banks (Columnist), Esmeralda Bermudez


City Government
Editor: Bill Nottingham
Staff Writers: Richard Connell, Robert J. Lopez, Maeve Reston, Dan Weikel, Phil Willon, David Zahniser

County Government/Data Projects
Editor: Megan Garvey
Staff Writers: Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Rong-Gong Lin II, Garrett Therolf, Kimi Yoshino

Courts/Law Enforcement
Editor: Matt Lait
Staff Writers: Scott Glover, Scott Gold, Victoria Kim, Jack Leonard, Joel Rubin, Richard Winton

Data Analysis
Editor: Doug Smith
Staff Writers: Maloy Moore, Sandra Poindexter

Education
Editors: Beth Shuster, Rebecca Trounson
Staff Writers: Howard Blume, Larry Gordon, Duke Helfand, Gale Holland, Mitchell Landsberg, Seema Mehta, Carla Rivera, Jason Song

Mexico Project and Environment
Editor: Geoff Mohan
Staff Writers: Bettina Boxall, Julie Cart, Rich Marosi, Sam Quinones, Margot Roosevelt

Narrative
Editor: Vacant
Staff Writers: Tom Curwen, Carla Hall, Joe Mozingo

Orange County
Editor: Steve Marble
City Editor: Jill Jones
Staff Writers: Tami Abdollah, Mike Anton, Tony Barboza, Paloma Esquivel, Christopher Goffard, Dana Parsons, My-Thuan Tran

Projects
Editor: Julie Marquis
Staff Writers: Kim Christensen, Jason Felch, Ken Weiss, Alan Zarembo

State
Editor: John Hoeffel
Staff Writers: Steve Chawkins, Maria La Ganga, Tony Perry, Lee Romney, Kay Saillant

Support:
Department Administrator: Shirley Bermudez
Metro Assistants: Joe Jauregui, Carlos Santana

Copy Desk
Senior Copy Chief, News: Mark McGonigle
Copy Chief: Elizabeth Troy
Assistant Copy Chiefs: Rubaina Azhar, James La Vally, Paul Ybarrondo
Copy Editors: David Bowman, Bob Browning, Vivien Chamichian, Christine DeLaCruz, Kathy Gosnell
   Larry Harnisch, Steve Hensch, Timothy Lemm, Saji Mathai, Jessica Parks

OBITUARIES
Editor: Jon Thurber
Deputy Editor: Claire Noland
Staff Writers: Dennis McLellan, Valerie J. Nelson, Elaine Woo

EDITORIAL PAGES / OPINION
Editor of the Editorial Pages: Jim Newton
Deputy Editor of the Editorial Pages: Nicholas Goldberg
Assistant Editorial Page Editor: Janet Duckworth
Executive Assistant: Linda Hall
Op-Ed and Sunday Opinion Editor: Sue Horton
Deputy Op-Ed Editor: Susan Brenneman
Senior Editorial Writer: Michael McGough (DC)
Editorial Writers: Robert Greene, Jon Healey, Karin Klein, Marjorie Miller, Lisa Richardson, Daniel Turner
Letters Editor: Eryn Brown
Columnists: Doyle McManus, Patt Morrison, Tim Rutten
Articles Editor: Cherry Gee
Assistant Articles Editor: Paul Thornton

Copy Desk
Copy Chief: Paul Whitefield
Copy Editors: Bruce McLeod, Warren Wolfswinkel

BUSINESS
Editor: John Corrigan
Staff Writers:
    William Heisel (Housing, Mortgages, Regional Economy)
    Tiffany Hsu (General Assignment)

Deputy Editors: Marla Dickerson, Jim Granelli
Staff Writers:
    Ken Bensinger (Auto Industry)
    Martin Zimmerman (General Assignment/Autos)
    Nate Olivares-Giles
    Stuart Pfeifer
Columnists:
    Michael Hiltzik
    David Lazarus
Assistant Editor, Wires: Pat Benson

Consumer News
Senior Editor: Patrick McMahon
Staff Writers:
    Andrea Chang (Retail)
    Lisa Girion (Healthcare)
    Jerry Hirsch (Agriculture, Food, Wine)
    Marc Lifsher (State Govt. Issues -- Sacramento)
    Hugo Martin (Tourism)
    Peter Pae (Aerospace, Airlines)

Technology
Senior Assistant Editor: Vacant
Staff Writers:
    Jessica Guynn (Internet Industry, Silicon Valley -- SF)
    Alex Pham (Consumer Electronics, Video Games)
    Jim Puzzanghera (Tech and Media Policy -- DC)
    David Sarno (Technology)
    Alana Semuels (Wireless, Advertising)

Markets
Assistant Editor: Art Buckler
Staff Writers:
    Walter Hamilton, (Wall Street, Hedge Funds, Private Equity -- NY)
    Tom Petruno (Financial Markets, "Money & Co." columnist)
    E. Scott Reckard (Banking, Mortgage Lenders, Financial Misconduct -- O.C.)

Ports, Transportation, Small Business, Consumer News, Energy
Assistant Editor: Nancy Rivera Brooks
Staff Writers:
    David Colker (Consumer News)
    Ron White (Ports/Transportation)


Real Estate, Sunday Section Editor
Assistant Editor: Sharon Bernstein
Columnist, Hot Property: Lauren Beale
Staff Writers:
    Peter Hong (Residential)
    David Pierson (Regional Economics)
    Roger Vincent (Commercial)

Copy Desk
Senior Copy Chief, News: Mark McGonigle
Copy Chief: Brad Hanson
Assistant Copy Chiefs: Brad Bonhall, Minh Dang
Copy Editors: Carol Covey, Steve Eames, Wanda Lau, Jennifer Martin, Lauren Raab, Don Ragland, Dwayne Rogers

SPORTS
Editor: Randy Harvey
Deputy Editors: Mike Hiserman, Mike James
Senior Assistant Sports Editor: Debbie Goffa
Assistant Sports Editors: Athan Atsales, Dan Loumena, Barry Stavro
Action Sports: Pete Thomas
Baseball: Kevin Baxter (Angels), Mike DiGiovanna (Angels), Dylan Hernandez (Angels, Dodgers), Jim Peltz (Dodgers), Bill Shaikin (National)
Basketball: Mike Bresnahan (Lakers), Lisa Dillman (Clippers), Mark Heisler (National), Mark Medina (Sparks), Brad Turner (Lakers)
College Basketball: Chris Dufresne (National), Chris Foster (USC), David Wharton (UCLA)
Boxing: Lance Pugmire
Columnists: Jerry Crowe, Bill Dwyre, Helene Elliott, Bill Plaschke, T.J. Simers,
   Eric Sondheimer (Preps), Kurt Streeter
Football: Chris Dufresne (National College), Sam Farmer (NFL), Gary Klein (USC), Chris Foster (UCLA)
Golf: Vacant
High School Sports: Ben Bolch
Hockey: Vacant
Investigations: Lance Pugmire
Motor Sports: Jim Peltz
Olympics: Lisa Dillman, Diane Pucin
Outdoors: Pete Thomas
Soccer: Grahame L. Jones (Chivas USA, National/Galaxy, Sol/Women's)
Tennis: Vacant
Totally Random: Mike Penner
TV/Radio News: Diane Pucin
Department Administrator: Kelly Burgess


Copy Desk
Senior Copy Chief: Loree Matsui
Copy Chief: Dave Bennett
Assistant Copy Chiefs: Jim Barrero, Rebecca Hudson
Copy Editors: Kathie Bozanich
    Mike Davis, Fernando Dominguez, Steve Horn, Houston Mitchell
   Hans Tesselaar, Evita Timmons


ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Assistant Managing Editor: Sallie Hofmeister
Editor: Craig Turner
Daily Calendar Editor: Richard Nordwind
Sunday Calendar Editor: Bret Israel
Deputy Editors: Elena Howe, John Lippman, Lee Margulies, Scott Sandell, Kelly Scott
Arts Editor: Lisa Fung
Assistant Entertainment Editor: Martin Miller
Film Editor: Tim Swanson
Pop Music Editor: Gina McIntyre
Television Editor: Kate Aurthur
Critics
   Architecture: Christopher Hawthorne
   Art: Christopher Knight
   Classical Music: Mark Swed
   Movies: Betsy Sharkey, Kenneth Turan
   Pop Music: Ann Powers
   Television: Robert Lloyd, Mary McNamara
   Theater: Charles McNulty
Staff Writers
   Art: Suzanne Muchnic
   Arts: Mike Boehm, Diane Haithman
   Arts & Entertainment: Reed Johnson
   Celebrity Justice: Harriet Ryan
   Columnist, Cause Celebre: Tina Daunt
   Company Town blogger: Joe Flint
   General Assignment: Yvonne Villarreal
   Kids' Reading Room Assistant: Jennifer James
   Literary Trends: Susan Salter Reynolds
   Media: James Rainey
   Movies: Rachel Abramowitz, Dawn Chmielewski, Claudia Eller, Patrick Goldstein, John Horn,
   Susan King, Richard Verrier
   Pop Music: Geoff Boucher, Chris Lee, Randy Lewis
   Television: Greg Braxton, Scott Collins, Maria Elena Fernandez, Matea Gold (NY), Meg James
Television Listings Assistant Editor: Ed Stockly

Copy Desk
Senior Copy Chief: Loree Matsui
Copy Chiefs:
   Daily Calendar: Judy Cramer
   Food, Health, Home, Image, Travel: Christie D'Zurilla
   Sunday Calendar: Steve Elders
   Brand X, The Envelope: Roberta Olson
Assistant Copy Chiefs: Anne Colby, Frank Farrar, Ruthanne Salido
Copy Editors: Alison Dingeldein, Mark Geers, Blake Hennon, Marina Levario, Lynn Meersman,
    Daryl Miller, Lisa Reitzel, Mark Sachs, David Shear, Tim Trepany, Linda Whitmore

FEATURES
Assistant Managing Editor: Alice Short
Associate Editor: Susan Denley
Deputy Editor: Sherry Stern
Senior Feature Correspondents: Susan Carpenter, Mary MacVean
Columnist: Dan Neil
Department Administrators/Researchers:
    Lisa Boone (Home/Food/Health/Travel)
    Marilyn Ruiz (Features/Image)
    Elena Villanueva (Daily and Sunday Calendar/Books)


WEEKLY SECTIONS

BOOK REVIEW
Editor: David L. Ulin
Deputy Editor: Nick Owchar
Assistant Editor: Orli Low
Staff Writer: Susan Salter Reynolds

BRAND X
Editor: Deborah Vankin
Assistant Editors: Alexandra Le Tellier, Alie Ward


FOOD
Editor: Russ Parsons
Deputy Editor: Betty Hallock
Assistant Editor/Interactive: Rene Lynch
Restaurant Critic: S. Irene Virbila
Test Kitchen Manager: Noelle Carter

HEALTH AND SCIENCE
Editor: Tami Dennis
Deputy Editor: Rosie Mestel
Staff Writers: Melissa Healy, John Johnson Jr., Karen Kaplan, Thomas H. Maugh II, Shari Roan, Jeannine Stein

HOME
Home Editor: Craig Nakano
Columnist: Chris Erskine ("Man of the House")
Staff Writers: David Keeps, Barbara Thornburg

IMAGE
Executive Editor: Donna Frazier
Editor and Fashion Critic: Booth Moore
Staff Writers: Melissa Magsaysay, Adam Tschorn

TRAVEL
Editor: Catharine Hamm
Deputy Editor: Chris Erskine
Assistant Editor: Jane Engle
Staff Writers: Christopher Reynolds, Susan Spano

OTHER EDITORIAL DEPARTMENTS

DESIGN
Assistant Managing Editor: Michael Whitley
Deputy Directors: Wes Bausmith, Paul Gonzales, Steven Hawkins, Derek Simmons, Kelli Sullivan,
   Keith Thursby
Assistant Directors: Mark Sims, Leslie Wilkinson
Senior Design Editors: Richard Collins, Dan Santos, Vic Seper, Lorraine Wang, Mark Yemma
Design Editors: Gerard Babb, James Brooks, Kirk Christ, Laila Derakhshanian,
    Bret Edgar, Gary Fong, Tim Hubbard, Larry Jones, Mike McKay, Jan Molen, An Moonen,
    Reuben Munoz, Judy Pryor, Joey Santos, Bill Sheehan, Pam Wilson

EDITORIAL DEVELOPMENT
Director: Susan Denley
Senior Editor, Metpro and Internships: Randy Hagihara


EDITORIAL FINANCE, BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATION
Director: Sean Reily
Senior Finance Manager: Kate Bernstein
Finance, Rights and Permissions Manager: Bill McElhaney
Department Administrator: Jennifer Preece

EDITORIAL LIBRARY
Director: Cary Schneider
News Researchers: Vicki Gallay, Robin Mayper, John Tyrrell, Scott Wilson
Obituary Researcher: Kent Coloma
Night Archiving Supervisor: Valerie Hood
Archivists: James Kim, Celia Magdaleno

GRAPHICS
Editor: Les Dunseith
Deputy Editors: Robert Burns
Assistant Editors/Coordinators: Ray Enslow, Tia Lai, Thomas Suh Lauder, Brady MacDonald, Wil Ramirez, Tom Reinken, Julie Sheer
Senior Artists: Lorena Iñiguez, Raoul Ra˜oa, Doug Stevens (DC)
Artists: Paul Duginski, Mark Hafer, Matt Moody

LEGAL
Deputy General Counsel: Karlene Goller
Executive Secretary: Maria Villarreal

LOS ANGELES TIMES-WASHINGTON POST NEWS SERVICE
Managing Editor: Denise Bennett
News Editors: Carlos Seva (Features)
Sports Editor: Gary Rubin
Photography and Graphics Editor: Diana Mitchell
Copy Editors: Anne Albracht, Ellen Alperstein, Matt Ballinger, Robert Conot, Chris Fuhrman
   Phil Goldberg, Marilyn Kuehler, Stan Roberts, Tim Schnupp

MORNING COPY DESK
Senior Copy Chief: Loree Matsui
Copy Chiefs: Brian Hanrahan, Amy Hubbard
Copy Editor: LaKenya Finley

NEWS OPERATIONS
Senior Editor, News Operations and Technology: David Rickley
Executive News Editor: Barbara Thomas
Senior Staff Assistant: Rita Magsino
Technology Editors: James Angius, Diana Shantic, Steve Straehley, Katrina Ten
Newsroom Facilities Administrator: Susan Larriva
Switchboard Operator: Jerre Sanchez
Editorial Assistants: Stephanie Harnett, Heather Robertson, Lisa Van Lund, Leslie Wiggins, Lauren Williams

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Weekend Editor: Mary Braswell
Senior Editor/Nights: Joe Eckdahl
Deputy Night Editor: Marcy Springer

PHOTOGRAPHY
Deputy Managing Editor: Colin Crawford
Deputy Directors
  Los Angeles, Orange County: Mary Cooney
  Metro, State, Sports, Features: Calvin Hom
  National, Foreign, A1: Steve Stroud
Senior Editors:
  California: Robert St. John
  Online Photography, Multimedia: Alan Hagman
  Projects, Weekend, National: Mary Vignoles
Department Manager: Robbin Goddard
Photo Editors
  Assignments: Jose Barrera
  Metro, State, Business: Jeremiah Bogert Jr.
  Features:
    Travel, Food: Richard Derk
    Sunday Calendar, Envelope: Cindy Hively
    Image, Home, Health: Ken Kwok
    Daily Calendar: Hal Wells
  Online: Jerome Adamstein
    Online/News: Bryan Chan
    Multimedia: Albert Lee
    Online/Features: Kathy Pyon
  Regional Editor, Online: Marc Martin
  Sports: George Wilhelm
Technology/Multimedia Systems Specialist: Jason Neubert
Photo Systems: David Muronaka
National/Foreign Photo Correspondent: Carolyn Cole (NY)
Photographers: Don Bartletti, Liz O. Baylen, Mark Boster, Bob Chamberlin, Michael Robinson Chavez, Jay Clendenin, Christine Cotter, Anne Cusack, Barbara Davidson, Ricardo DeAratanha, Gina Ferazzi, Gary Friedman, Alexander Gallardo, Robert Gauthier, Ken Hively, Lawrence K. Ho, Irfan Khan, Glenn Koenig, Robert Lachman, Rick Loomis, Mel Melcon, Genaro Molina, Francine Orr, Michael Robinson Chavez, Allen J. Schaben, Al Seib, Luis Sinco, Wally Skalij, Brian Vander Brug, Spencer Weiner
Photo Specialists: Veronika Derugin, Scott Harrison

VIDEO
Director: Scott Anger
Videojournalists: Jeff Amlotte, Myung Chun, Sachi Cunningham, Don Kelsen, Katy Newton
Department Administrator: Elsa Luna

PROJECTS
Senior Editors: Roxane Arnold, Scott Kraft, Millie Quan

READERS' REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE
Readers' Representative: Jamie Gold
Assistant Readers' Representative: Vacant
Research Assistant: Maria Villarreal

SUPPORT STAFF
Meredith Goodman (Editor)