Los Angeles
Owner: Tribune Co.
Effective: Jan. 13, 2012

Eight distribution and pressroom employees were laid off. Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com.
Source: Los Angeles Times Pressmens 20-Year Club

Los Angeles
Owner: Tribune Co.
Effective: March 20, 2012

“As many as 20″ employees were laid off, LA Observed reported. The Wrap confirmed that 12 to 20 employees were laid off, but The Times would not confirm a specific number. LA Observed also reported that the layoffs “included is half of the newsroom’s African American copy editors.” Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Source: LA Observed via Paper Cuts tips; The Wrap via Paper Cuts tip

Los Angeles
Owner: Tribune Co.
Effective: November 2011

LA Observed reports design, news operation and web operation staffs will be combined into one department, along with some copy editors. This merger is expected to result in 10 to 20 layoffs. Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Sources: LA Observed

Update: Eighteen full-time pressroom employees will be laid off, in addition to the 10 to 20 newsroom employees who will be laid off. Five circulation managers were laid off Nov. 3. (11.20.11)
Source: Los Angeles Times Pressmen’s 20-Year Club

Los Angeles
Owner: Tribune Co.
Effective: Sept. 16, 2011

Seventeen newsroom employees, 14 circulation employees, nine advertising and two marketing employees, and one LAT Magazine employee were laid off leading up to the end of the paper’s third quarter. Pressroom and distribution employees also have been laid off. Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Sources: Los Angeles Times Pressmens 20-Year Club

Los Angeles
Owner: Tribune Co.
Effective: Sept. 9, 2011

Five newsprint handlers and 16 mailroom employees will be laid off. There also are rumors of newsroom layoffs. Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Sources: Los Angeles Times Pressmens 20-Year Club

Los Angeles
Owner: Tribune Co.
Effective: Aug. 28, 2011

Ten union pressroom employees will be laid off “in response to the decline in revenue and page counts,” according to a memo from Senior Vice President Russ Newton. Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Sources: Save Our Trade via Fishbowl LA

Los Angeles
Owner: Tribune Co.
Effective: July 27, 2011

Spokeswoman Nancy Sullivan said a “small number” of employees were laid off, but declined to give an exact number. LA Observed speculated “perhaps a dozen or so on the news side.” Fishbowl LA reports some employees also accepted buyout offers. Do you know more? Leave a comment or send me an email: newspaperlayoffs@gmail.com. Emailed tips are anonymous.
Sources: The Associated Press; LA Observed; Fishbowl LA

Los Angeles
Owner: Tribune Co.
Effective: June 29, 2011

The alt-weekly published by the Los Angeles Times has closed. Six employees are listed in the paper’s masthead; a company memo said employees would “transition into similiar roles elsewhere in the company.”
Source: LA Observed

Los Angeles
Owner: Tribune Co.
Effective: Feb. 2, 2010

The paper’s Orange County printing plant will close; 80 pressmen will be laid off. To accommodate earlier deadlines, the paper will add LATExtra, a late-breaking news section, Monday through Saturday. The Times also will shrink to a 44-inch web width (from the current 48-inch width).
Source: Los Angeles Times via Paper Cuts tip

Update: In the comments, Ed Padgett clarified where those layoffs will be made: 39 press operators and 41 employees from related departments (mailers, machinists, plate makers, etc.) will be laid off when the plant closes. (01.09.10)

Los Angeles
Owner: Tribune Co.
Effective: Dec. 15, 2009

An unknown number of employees have been laid off. LA Observed has confirmed 7 employees so far.
Source: LA Observed