Note to Sam Zell: one way to make money would be to actually have the guts to deliver your paper to willing subscribers who live in Boyle Heights. Apparently the L.A. Times delivery man is too scared to go there because of the gangs. But the Wall Street Journal manages to get its paper delivered there just fine . . .

You know, this might make a good column for Steve Lopez. I understand he can’t find any gang members in Los Angeles. Maybe if he delivered the paper to Boyle Heights, he could increase the paper’s revenue and find a gang member or two. Two birds, one stone, all that.