In a statement announcing the changes on Monday, Justin C. Dearborn, the chief executive of Tronc, sought to reassure the staff, saying, “We are continuing to invest in high-quality journalism, which will always be the company’s top priority.”
For his part, Mr. Kirk, 52, conveyed a willingness to improve morale and calm tensions in an interview with the The New York Times media reporter Sydney Ember.
“My message to the newsroom will be that we will be working together as one team starting tomorrow to do the best work we can,” he said one day before assuming control.
Many members of the newsroom seemed to welcome Mr. Kirk’s conciliatory attempts to move forward. And media experts, who have watched the drama unfold at the Los Angeles Times, have noted the importance of its reporters continuing to produce watchdog journalism.
As a New York Times article published on Tuesday noted, some believe that Los Angeles has, at times, lacked strong institutions that can bind it together. For decades, the newspaper has been one such cohesive force. What do you think? Share your thoughts at CAtoday@nytimes.com.
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• President Trump called for unity in his State of the Union address as he seeks to overhaul immigration policies and rebuild the nation’s infrastructure. Mr. Trump spoke about granting Dreamers legal status, but also limiting the number of extended family members that immigrants can sponsor for citizenship. [The New York Times]
• In his own state of the university speech, Timothy P. White, the chancellor of the California State University system, called budget demands “unsustainable” as trustees debate a proposal to raise tuition — again. [The Los Angeles Times]
• A helicopter struck a house in Newport Beach, killing three people and injuring two, the authorities said. [The Orange County Register]
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• Mark Salling, who played Noah Puckerman on the television show “Glee,” was found dead in the Tujunga area of Los Angeles. The cause of death was an apparent suicide. [The New York Times]
• Dennis Peron, who openly dealt marijuana in San Francisco decades ago before leading a successful campaign to legalize it for medical use in California, died on Saturday. He was 71. [The New York Times]
• A homeless person inside a tent was scooped into the back of a trash truck when crews were clearing a street last month. City officials are investigating how it happened. [The San Diego Union-Tribune]
• Tesla will move 1,500 employees to new offices in Fremont, a major expansion that the electric-vehicle maker says demonstrates its commitment to the city. [The Mercury News]
• Waymo, a spinoff of Google, has filed a high-profile lawsuit accusing Uber of stealing driverless car technology. The trial is scheduled to start on Wednesday in San Francisco and is quite likely to prompt a philosophical discussion about Silicon Valley culture. [The New York Times]
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• A California woman has sued Walmart, accusing the chain of racial discrimination. She says her local store in Perris keeps African-American personal care products locked in a glass case. [The New York Times]
• After five decades, The Gangway, San Francisco’s oldest continuously operating gay bar, has served its last drink. [San Francisco Chronicle]
• The Blake Griffin trade signals that the Clippers want to try to sign Paul George — and possibly even LeBron James — this summer. [The New York Times]
And Finally ...
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The bears were in bad shape when they arrived in December at a wildlife research lab in Sacramento County. The Thomas fire had burned them, creating wounds that oozed with blood and, in some cases, scorching off their paw pads completely.
Dr. Jamie Peyton had worked mostly on domestic animals before she was asked to help with the bears. Still, she thought she had a solution: fish skin.
She created a homemade salve for the bears’ paws and also began sterilizing tilapia skin, which she cut into pieces. Then she sewed the fish skin over the wounds and wrapped her handiwork in rice paper and corn husks.
“We expected the outer wrapping to eventually come off, but we hoped the tilapia would keep steady pressure on the wounds and serve as an artificial skin long enough to speed healing of the wounds underneath,” she said in a news release last week.
The bears got treated for the last time on Jan. 17 before they were placed into separate trailers for the long journey home. They arrived later that night, and the next day, wildlife officials drove the bears deep into the Los Padres National Forest.
They placed the bears into the dens that officials had made for them; they say each bear has been fitted with a satellite collar so the caretakers can continue to watch them from afar.
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