Several Chances to Meet Local TV Legend Stan Chambers

KTLA's Stan Chambers is a living legend, a TV reporter who dates all the way back to the dawn of the medium. He'd be in the history books even if his career ended with the live coverage of the 1949 Kathy Fiscus well tragedy... but his career has continued for nearly 60 years beyond that.

Now, Stan has released the book "KTLA's News At Ten: Sixty Years With Stan Chambers," which focuses on his role in covering much of Los Angeles' coming of age:

Interweaving television history with a legendary reporter¹s back story and perspective, "KTLA's News At Ten: Sixty Years With Stan Chambers" focuses on events familiar to viewers in Southern California and sure to fascinate readers nationwide. With an engaging, up-close and personal style, Chambers recreates the everyday challenges of a television news reporter¹s job back in the days before mini-cams and cell phones. He also recaptures the excitement of being among the first to experience technical breakthroughs -- like KTLA's top-secret engineering feat: the first-ever news "Telecopter" -- and the being the first to break many stories. Among the memorable events in the spotlight:

--The monumental story of the Rodney King beating, which Chambers¹ broke when amateur photographer George Holiday entrusted his videotape to the trusted reporter

--Chilling and heartbreaking high-profile stories, including the case of the Hillside Strangler, the Manson family murder of Sharon Tate, and the kidnapping of Frank Sinatra, Jr.

--Harrowing live coverage of the A-Bomb test in the Nevada prove-up grounds, the Baldwin Hills Dam disaster, the Northridge earthquake, and the Malibu fires

--Haunting reports on two destructive riots with disturbing similarities:
the Watts Riots of 1965 and the Los Angeles Riots of 1992

Stan will be signing the book this winter throughout the Southland:

January 19 - Dutton's, LA
February 2 - Vroman's, Pasadena
February 7 - Barnes & Noble, Long Beach
February 11 - Burbank Public Library, "Coffee & Conversations"
February 23 - Chevalier's Books, LA
February 26 - Newport Beach Public Library Foundation
February 28 - Barnes & Noble, LA (The Grove)
March 15 - Cal State Fullerton's Assistance League, "A Day of Authors"
April 2 - UCI Inside Edge
April 10 - Brendeis University Luncheon, Beverly Hills April 18 - Huntington Beach Library