The L.A. Times catches a lot of flak for being too conservative, but it still has a lot of good news reporting. Their "column one" news feature stories have a well-deserved rep for great writing, though I see them less often since I cut back to Sunday Only delivery.

that I thought were hyperbole (if that's the right word) to me and I started to wonder about them.
But all told, I think they are a reliable news source.

Our Sunday paper down here is almost two dollars..

I'm dealing with the same problem—so he/she is stealing from the wrong person.