“Contemplate the miracle of local newspapers like the Park Labrea News and Beverly Press. They start out as giant blank rolls of newsprint, and soon they will be filled with the doings of the day: calendars of what’s ahead, who plowed into whom, lawsuits, police reports, ads, restaurant reviews, zoning disputes and photos. I love the beautiful rustle of the newspaper, refuge of the thinking person, one of life’s most soulful retreats.”

Chris Erskine

An excerpt from “Thank heavens for the miracle of newspapers”

Beverly Press/Park Labrea News, Feb. 6, 2020

The Los Angeles Press Club announced the 2021 SoCal Journalism Award Finalists on Wednesday, Aug. 11. The Beverly Press and Park Labrea News are proud to be a finalist for “BEST ISSUE: A publication, supplement or special issue from a single day, demonstrating outstanding art direction, layout and/or graphics,” for our 30th Anniversary issue, which published Feb. 6, 2020. We are equally as proud to have had Chris Erskine, a long-time Los Angeles Times columnist and author of “Man of the House,” “Daditude: The Joys and Absurdities of Modern Fatherhood,” and “Lavender in Your Lemonade,” write a column for this issue.

*Source Beverly Press/Park Labrea News