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 3-year-old 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)
Stan Chambers is congratulated by colleague Jessica Holmes after he made his last broadcast in 2010 in a career that spanned more than six decades at KTLA-TV Channel 5. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
Stan Chambers kisses his wife, Gege, in 2010 as they walk past a giant banner commemorating his career. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
KTLA newsman Stan Chambers retired in 2010 after 63 years. Here, he is shown in front of an archive image of him covering the Long Beach Union Oil refinery fire in 1949. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
