Now That's Good Journalism

By Eric Richardson
Published: Wednesday, December 14, 2005, at 12:55PM

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — I hereby present my nomination for the year's most pointless AP article:

LOS ANGELES A fire erupted today in an elevator car in an old downtown building of Los Angeles.

Fire Department spokesman Ron Myers says firefighters found heavy smoke rising from the top floor and located the blaze in the elevator between the 11th and 12th floors.

Myers says the 5th Street building blaze was reported at 10:37 a-m and is being quickly brought under control.

Aside from the very tortured "old downtown building of Los Angeles" verbage, it would in fact be nice to know something like what building on 5th Street. Anyone?

Update (3:30pm): Commenter Bill M says the fire was in the Rowan Building, on the NE corner of 5th and Spring. That building is currently undergoing interior demolition work for an upcoming conversion.

Comments

Dana gabbard writes:

Another example of journalism that consternates: the Daily News giving no details about a consent decree ruling because none of the lines are in the Valley. Talk about parochial!

http://www.dailynews.com/search/ci_3303611

# on Dec.14.2005 AT 01:23 PM

Bill M writes:

It was the Rowan building, NE corner of 5th and Spring.

# on Dec.14.2005 AT 03:10 PM

Brian Humphrey writes:

If it's any cosolation, my colleague filed a report the day of the fire on the LAFD News & Information Blog:

lafd.blogspot.com/2005/12/elevator-car-fire-in-high-rise-caused.html

If you have a concern related to a fire, please don't hesitate to call us via 3-1-1.

# on Dec.15.2005 AT 05:27 PM

Eric Richardson writes:

I should have looked to you guys first, Brian. I don't know how that slipped my mind yesterday. -e;