The Fromson File

It’s difficult to realize how good Southern California had it back in the days when Channel Two — then KNXT — introduced television viewers every weekday night “from the mountain to the sea” to the Big News. It was the hour-long creation of Sam Zelman, then its news director. It was a tribute to the [...]

The obituary page is the one I’d just as soon not read. It usually announces bad news. The latest obit certainly was one of them to me. The headline said, “Frederick C. Weyand, 93, Vietnam Commander Dies,” Having reported on more than a dozen wars, I’ve come in contact with a countless number of generals. [...]