The last L.A. Times print run at the Olympic Plant in downtown Los Angeles

[@phillipleavenworth]

I was laid off on March 9. I worked as a press order room coordinator. It was the best job with some of the best people I've ever met. I'll miss them more than the job but the job gave me more than I could've imagined. My Dad and I worked there and my grandfather worked there first. For the first time in almost 70 years, there will be no Leavenworths at the Times. 😭

[@LR-mh8hs]

Thank you for your service. May you find another rewarding employment.

[@BLAZ-je1oo]

My husband gave many years of his life to this plant. I felt like I knew everyone through the great stories. To all of you that have to punch your ticket, I want you to know that you are one of a kind, you gave your lives to the Times.The paper had to get out everyday! You’ve missed holidays, dinners, family, weekends and sleep. My hat goes off to each and every one. I will always remember! Thank You! This needs to be a working museum honoring those that gave it ALL to the printing plant.

[@user-gd5uv9ku5j]

I was at the 1989 Open House...we also toured downtown Times Mirror Square presses in the 60's in high school. It was a fantastic thing to see...those giant, unreel, massive presses. RIP

[@jackoo99]

L.A changing Life is changing

[@greatpix]

I remember back in the '60s my class took a tour of the Times' competitor, the Register. Back then they were still using lead type where the operator would assemble stacks of individual letters and move them into a tray of sorts, ready to be printed as a page. As a kid I read the Times every day, actually perused the comic strips, and then one day changed the ink, to a soy based oil if I remember right. I'm allergic to soy and trying to read the paper caused stinging eyes and labored breath. This was with all papers that switched to that oil based ink.

[@suegeew9727]

So sad, especially the loss of long-term dedicated employees. I hope they receive compensation.

[@phillipleavenworth]

Most of us have a severance package that will get us down the road a little bit.

[@san6788]

how much ? @@phillipleavenworth

[@highlymedicated2438]

@@phillipleavenworth Cant you work at the new location? Too far?

[@phillipleavenworth]

@@highlymedicated2438 As far as I know, my role is not applicable anywhere else. At one point, Olympic had an insane volume of products. I could apply for my role at another facility if the role was vacated. But I don't see that happening anytime soon.

[@phillipleavenworth]

@@highlymedicated2438 I live in East LA and I don't own a vehicle. Riverside is much too far for me.

[@EASoCal]

Can’t believe I got a copy of the last printed edition printed in the Olympic plant. I’m hoping the SCNG will print it right because the OC Register comes out very dim and with pages wrinkled.

[@EASoCal]

Update: Since the closure, the Times font size shrunk, print paper materials aren’t the same as it was, and A1 is delivered wrinkled 3 of the 7 days I get it.

[@legendarydragoon3224]

This video is sad, but god damn the part about the robots doing donuts, followed by the pause.... "That's a joke" with deadpan delivery made me bust out laughing.

[@ramos0710]

Such a iconic building everytime you drive into dtla sad to see it go

[@abelinaportillo1783]

Thanks to all.

[@lrs7777]

Let’s hope that the Riverside facility has been purchased.

[@fty-ys4ni]

Seriously.

[@mynintendogamingfeed5208]

And this building, stop the leaseouts and buy 'em outright.

[@Chazlaird]

Sam Zell, a real estate magnate, raided the company and sold off Times Mirror properties and also raided the Pension. Reduced manning by 200 company wide immediately and then gave 250 million in bonuses to 50 executives. Otis was so enraged at what the board of directors did he made it publicly known.

[@fty-ys4ni]

@@Chazlaird wtf. Where can I read about this?

[@nokizzie4784]

sad to see all these great men lose the plant u can clearly see they have a passion and joy for their job wish them the best

[@stedye]

All the best to each of the dedicated employees who gave their best to one of the Great newspapers in the USA.

[@TyphlosionGirl]

This was such an iconic part of DTLA, I'm sad to see it go. I've only lived here for about a decade but now I'm sad I've never gotten to tour the plant. The things we take for granted.

[@sandraponce9895]

I remember when i worked the nite shift downtown in the 80s we would go to the careteria at the Times Bldg for dinner. We would walk thru the printing room and to see all the newspapers flying by on the conveyor belt was amazing.

[@theotheleo6830]

I'm surprised people still read newspapers. I haven't read a paper in over a decade, but I read the news every day.

[@Journ0666Chung]

Newspapers are where the heart and the soul are.

[@theotheleo6830]

​@@Journ0666Chung Heart and soul of what? Is the heart and soul removed when the content is displayed on digital media?

[@mynintendogamingfeed5208]

The Times can find a way to own the building, so these employees won't suffer.

[@ToGoMania19]

Wow! Great stuff! In the 1980s I regularly grabbed a burrito and the Times on Sundays- headed to the lifeguard station 26 zone - I loved ‘rasslin’ the paper in the wind to work on the crossword puzzle.

[@jonathanwoods9843]

Does this mean there will be no more L.A. Times in print, or just not from this particular plant?

[@lolacookie453]

They will now outsource their printing to the Southern California Newspaper Group in Riverside

[@Journ0666Chung]

It means you get the printed paper from a third-party contractor who doesn't care about the L.A. Times, only the money it gets from printing that job. Believe me, when it gets printed by that contractor, the soul has been cut out.

[@downinthewell]

incredible work - love seeing the inside of this machine. sad day to shut things down - but life goes on

[@koohanpaik-mander7567]

No newspaper, no democracy.

[@zlinmary7719]

The Times has done alot of good work... And they are going to have to do alot better work if they are going to survive...

[@SalviaBrothers]

What a sad and great story.

[@timwintersa5a]

Is it not against the law .To place unconsecutive marking of bills back in a fresh currency seal 😢 .Well Pennington Gap Va. 24277 is doing this regular .😢

[@tobaltour]

Time has changed i saw it coming i was a driver for a printing company. Internet and digital news in the computer and phones. No need to buy papers

[@m.e.345]

Sad that newspapers are in decline in America. Ignorance prevails.. even in a democratic country.

[@Nighthunt01]

reading news has moved to online, people have been able to read digital newspapers for a long while grandpa, you know the internet the thing you are using? lol boomers

[@Journ0666Chung]

@@Nighthunt01, There is no right way or wrong way -- this is like any other experience with a different medium. Lose the "grandpa" snark. There is a certain kind of serendipity that comes from reading a broadsheet. You see and get interested in reading something that happens to be on the opposite page, or something things that are not targeted for you. It's valuable and worth doing.

[@Nighthunt01]

@@Journ0666Chung OK Boomer.

[@ApprenticeDaily]

They've been printing the times at the Tijuana plant since 1993

[@အရှင်ဥပဂုတ]

good night

[@ronon3849]

Newspapers are close to the end.

[@FlowJunkie65]

Gosh, I used to work at the L.A. Times' 1st and Spring St. location part-time when I was a college student and when the Chandler Family owned it. Based on what I saw in this video, the Times did away with human paper handlers and went with robots. I guess that was a sign of the [T]imes. I suppose the Times' closing was inevitable. So many other newspapers and magazines have folded over the years.

[@jessethelopez]

Love the LA Times ❤

[@Parkerminami]

My family still gets the paper so it’s sad

[@jaimetorres9050]

The absolute worst newspaper. Nothing but respect for these workers, but your writers and editors ruined it.

[@patjones4201]

The Los Angeles Times, allowed me to take enrichment classes while at work. I was able to: Toast Master How to prepare a meeting Agenda Time Management and so many other topics. I was not fortunate to use those skills with the Times, however they were valuable in other areas of my life.

[@DeenaMilkers]

thats right bud, it was a good run. thats the best you can hope for

[@thehouseofcm]

Having 40+ yrs employees says something but I knew a black guy that was a part timer and told us at our job he got a white guy fired cause he had a 🧸 hanging from a fork lift 13 yrs ago so I dont know how well people got along.

[@john-paulnagel2732]

Sad Statement of Technology

[@LordG310]

I’ll see yall in 30 years from now in this vid 👋🏻

[@DikranIskenderian]

It’s sad what this great paper has become due to longstanding new woke policies and principles . It has moved way past its quality goals

[@avoiding-regret]

Darrell Kunitomi is a national treasure.

[@dosantosbojan]

Hasta la vista!

[@thedrunkweddingphotographer]

No one to blame but the woke journalists who destroyed the brand from within since 2013.

[@anthonycarrillo4731]

❤

[@encinobalboa]

L.A. Times used to be great in the 1970's and 1980's. It has been a long and slow decline ever since for a variety of reasons including their hard turn left.

[@xXAscendingPhoenixXx]

Can you cite your evidence for that “hard turn left” claim? 🤔

[@phillipleavenworth]

The LA Times is pretty middle of the road. It's the right-wing media that went too far to the right that everything now seems "far left."

[@encinobalboa]

@@xXAscendingPhoenixXx They endorse democrats only in their editorial pages.

[@thedrunkweddingphotographer]

@@xXAscendingPhoenixXx oh I don't know, maybe that one time they called Larry Elder the black face of white supremacy.

[@letsgo9901]

Go WOKE GO BROKE right LA Times 😂😂😂

[@Bruce_LeRoyy]

This is sad😥

[@mcherryr]

aww really sad to see it go!

[@jessiehz402]

😢

[@Meintheboxx]

:(

[@NaProbablyNot]

I toured this in High School. Cool building. Honestly, I feel sorry for the LA Times. It seemed to turn into a college paper where everything is about identity and the ultra liberal bias is clear.

[@xXAscendingPhoenixXx]

Can you cite your evidence for that “ultra liberal bias” claim? 🧐

[@phillipleavenworth]

I find it hilarious when this claim is made. The paper is owned by a billionaire capitalist.

[@LFC2025CDLT]

Keep voting Democrat. Everything we've ever loved will be entirely gone. Wake up.

[@peachmango5347]

Why should the old way survive when better is here?

[@Journ0666Chung]

Huh? Name what is better.

[@josephohanlon205]

It's SAD! We stopped subscribing, there was nothing to read. It kept thinner & thinner.Mismanagement Is the simple 'sin' that brought to t h e demised of the print industry.

[@josephgee2515]

😂😂😂 Adios Biased Fake News

[@thehouseofcm]

It's become that, sad.

[@santacloud91]

Bye.

[@aprilfalls2405]

go woke go broke.

[@mikos1986]

This is what happen when you write liberal BS!

[@xXAscendingPhoenixXx]

Like what exactly?

[@phillipleavenworth]

A "liberal" news outlet owned by a billionaire capitalist. 🙄

[@Journ0666Chung]

LOL. Nope. This is what happens when digital ads pay pennies on the dollar.

[@socallowbrow8851]

Good riddance. I stopped my subscription after the terrible articles full of fluff. Hopefully the whole paper goes bankrupt soon. They did it to themselves.

[@DJDEREKHOC]

GO WOKE, GOODBYE😂😂😂

[@DJDEREKHOC]

Goodbye propaganda 😂😂😂😂

[@RandomDude19868]

The LA Daily News is a much better news org.

[@xXAscendingPhoenixXx]

How so?

[@RandomDude19868]

@@xXAscendingPhoenixXx The LA Times editorial staff supported the "defund the police" campaign and endorsed Gascon. They ignored the homelessness problem under Garcetti and pretty much supports every disastrous establishment politician. By contrast, the Daily News does actual investigative reporting on local corruption and abuses of power and resources.

[@Journ0666Chung]

Excuse me while I slowly get off the floor from rolling around laughing hilariously about that statement about the L.A. Daily News' vulture capital overlords making it a "much better news organization." That group is all about buy and strip for the parts, then squeeze workers until they bleed.

[@DJDEREKHOC]

The tour sucks😂😂😂

[@m.w.njoroge7438]

This is heartbreaking! My mom, little brother and I used to read the LA Sunday Times together with bagels and orange juice or after getting breakfast at Denny's or some place like that. I also noticed that the paper was missing from my supermarket recently. Now I know why...😐😑😥 Also, this is going to cost 🇺🇸 a lot. Mainly, an informed citizenry.📰🗞📚🗳☮🌎🌻💕