LAist: Fatal Plane Crash Kills Five, Rains Bodies and Debris on Corona Car Dealership

RobzGr8

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:15:48 -0800

One of the victims was my tax guy. Just found out the other day when I called for my appointment. Tragic.

Will Campbell

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:46:26 -0800

Like snax, I had not heard of this tragedy until finding it here on LAist.

snax5

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:35:58 -0800

I appreciate LAist reporting... It's the first I've heard about the story, as well. I don't watch the news all day so wouldn't hear about something like this until the newspaper told me.

Jedi of Hollywood

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:29:31 -0800

Its raining men. Too soon?

jc796202

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:00:29 -0800

I personally don't own a TV and so I rely on LAist for important local news. I know that I'm not going to find up-to-the-minute reports on these types of things, but I don't really need that anyway. This is the first I've heard of this story.

Lindsay William-Ross

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:03:39 -0800

This story has been making international headlines all morning--why shouldn't we cover it? LAist can be where local readers go to get news AND all the other cool and interesting information we bring to our readers, like killer concert reviews and photos, food write ups, political insight, interviews, tips on events, the local lit scene, and, yes, the Neighborhood Project. It would be nice to be many people's one-stop-shop. Many people, including myself, avoid television and radio news for the very same "endless loop" reason you mentioned. You're welcome to "filter out" the news by isolating what you read by one of the other three categories listed on top, or skip over it and read an article you find more personally relevant. But if it happens in the greater Los Angeles area, it's darn well going to happen on LAist, too. I think that seems pretty reasonable, don't you?

kifbox

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:14:16 -0800

Another example of LAist news outlet re-hash. This is a prime example of what I am referring to from my post on the previous blog entry. Anyone with either a radio or a TV living in SoCal already knows about this as it has been on endless loop on the local news here since it happened...