AUTUMN OF A DICTATOR

L.A. Times Archives

July 8, 1990 12 AM PT

“The Autumn of a Dictator,” by Ariel Dorfman (May 13), is possibly the most outstanding piece of journalism I’ve seen this or in any other year. Factual, yet emotionally wrenching, it was extremely moving and informative.

SUSAN RODRIGUEZ

Los Angeles

AUTUMN OF A DICTATOR

Walking all 28 miles of L.A.’s longest street in a day tested our limits

These are the California cities where $150,000 still buys you a home. Could you live here?

More than 100 arrested at UCLA, UC San Diego as campuses step up security

Joshua Tree’s celebrity rattlesnake wrangler wants to change how you see reptiles

Anger builds over sweeping change in the way most Californians will pay for electricity