Kevin Roderick at LAObserved says he’s a casualty of the impending shutdown of the L.A. Times book division:

Aside from the threat of editorial staff reductions at the L.A. Times, there has already been a cutback on the business side that has a personal effect. After more than two decades, Los Angeles Times Books has been told to cancel all books it has in the works, except one (on the UCLA–USC sports rivalry) that is too far along to halt. This includes my book on Wilshire Boulevard and its significant role in the history and present–day image of Los Angeles. The book is written, edited, fact–checked and photo edited, but didn’t quite get on the presses before the axe fell. Where the manuscript and the LATB backlist — including my first book, the San Fernando Valley: America’s Suburb, still selling well in a second edition — will land is more than a tad unclear at this point.