Recycler Newspaper

Los Angeles Times Media Group said Wednesday that it had sold Recycler Classifieds, publisher of four advertising circulars, to Target Media Partners. Recycler Classifieds also publishes 11 weekly and biweekly photo ad and employment guides in Southern California and runs the Recycler.com website, said the company, which is owned by Tribune Co. Terms weren't disclosed. The sale comes as investors led by real estate billionaire Sam Zell work to complete the $8.

Los Angeles Times Media Group said Wednesday that it had sold Recycler Classifieds, publisher of four advertising circulars, to Target Media Partners. Recycler Classifieds also publishes 11 weekly and biweekly photo ad and employment guides in Southern California and runs the Recycler.com website, said the company, which is owned by Tribune Co. Terms weren't disclosed. The sale comes as investors led by real estate billionaire Sam Zell work to complete the $8.

Police Sunday were still looking for armed intruders who have been shopping for victims through ads in the Recycler, a weekly advertiser. Two men shot Saturday were the latest victims--but the first in the San Fernando Valley--of robbers who pretend to be interested in buying Macintosh computers from Recycler classified ads, but instead steal them by force. The thieves have struck in the Westside eight times since December.

Times Mirror Co. on Friday said it agreed to buy the Southern California editions of the Recycler Classifieds, an independent publisher of classified advertising, and become part of a team that would own and operate the remaining Recycler publications.

Times Mirror Co. on Friday said it agreed to buy the Southern California editions of the Recycler Classifieds, an independent publisher of classified advertising, and become part of a team that would own and operate the remaining Recycler publications.

Recycler Classifieds has grown beyond its founders' expectations by giving away mostadvertising and asking readers to pay for the newspaper. Though the paper wants to maintain itsimage as a struggling alternative publication, success is hard to ignore when devoted buyersline up each week. They gather early every Thursday morning at an unassuming brick building in the Silver Lake business district, forming a line that by 7 a.m. often stretches across the parking lot to the street.

When New York's Suffolk County this week adopted the nation's toughest newsprint recycling law, it joined a groundswell among community activists to induce the birth of a market that they believe has so far failed to develop on its own. While several states have passed laws requiring newspapers to use recycled paper, and similar federal bills are pending, Suffolk County is apparently the first local government to enact legislation.

Suddenly, environmental issues--ranging from water quality and air pollution to trash disposal and recycling--are coming to the forefront of public consciousness. But how do environmental activists demonstrate their concern in their daily lives? The Times talked with three San Fernando Valley residents. As an attorney in Seattle 31-year-old Kim Abel had learned over time that not everything one hears is true.

The price paid for recycled newspapers has plunged in recent years and may drop further before rebounding, according to the author of a state report on newspaper recycling due out Thursday. As a result, many community groups that recycled newspapers as fund raisers have quit. Even the Boy Scouts have dropped out. The last of the troops in the Western Los Angeles County Council of the Boy Scouts, which includes the San Fernando and Santa Clarita valleys, quit recycling papers earlier this year.

A crime wave involving thieves who masquerade as buyers of pricey home computers prompted police and the Recycler newspaper Monday to warn sellers against allowing strangers responding to classified ads into their homes. It is the latest twist to the home invasion robbery. This time, the armed thieves responding to Recycler Classified ads have struck at least nine homes throughout Southern California, stealing high-end Macintosh computers and related equipment.

Police Sunday were still looking for armed intruders who have been shopping for victims through ads in the Recycler, a weekly advertiser. Two men shot Saturday were the latest victims--but the first in the San Fernando Valley--of robbers who pretend to be interested in buying Macintosh computers from Recycler classified ads, but instead steal them by force. The thieves have struck in the Westside eight times since December.

The price paid for recycled newspapers has plunged in recent years and may drop further before rebounding, according to the author of a state report on newspaper recycling due out Thursday. As a result, many community groups that recycled newspapers as fund raisers have quit. Even the Boy Scouts have dropped out. The last of the troops in the Western Los Angeles County Council of the Boy Scouts, which includes the San Fernando and Santa Clarita valleys, quit recycling papers earlier this year.

When New York's Suffolk County this week adopted the nation's toughest newsprint recycling law, it joined a groundswell among community activists to induce the birth of a market that they believe has so far failed to develop on its own. While several states have passed laws requiring newspapers to use recycled paper, and similar federal bills are pending, Suffolk County is apparently the first local government to enact legislation.

Suddenly, environmental issues--ranging from water quality and air pollution to trash disposal and recycling--are coming to the forefront of public consciousness. But how do environmental activists demonstrate their concern in their daily lives? The Times talked with three San Fernando Valley residents. As an attorney in Seattle 31-year-old Kim Abel had learned over time that not everything one hears is true.

Recycler Classifieds has grown beyond its founders' expectations by giving away mostadvertising and asking readers to pay for the newspaper. Though the paper wants to maintain itsimage as a struggling alternative publication, success is hard to ignore when devoted buyersline up each week. They gather early every Thursday morning at an unassuming brick building in the Silver Lake business district, forming a line that by 7 a.m. often stretches across the parking lot to the street.

Two Simi Valley men have been charged in a sting operation of 10 San Fernando Valley auto service shops accused of swindling customers. Dean Nyland, 36, and Henry Martini, 35, co-owners of Regency Transmission in North Hills, face charges filed Wednesday by the Los Angeles city attorney following an investigation by the State Bureau of Automotive Repair.

A Sylmar man was ordered to serve a year in jail for failing to pay restitution on time to victims of a prepaid rental listing swindle in which customers paid for primarily fake rental listings, the city attorney said. In August, Michael Rodriguez, 30, pleaded no contest to one count of grand theft, failure to grant funds as required by law, false advertising and unlawfully operating a prepaid rental listing service at an unapproved location.