Peter H. King

Peter H. King was a Los Angeles Times Staff Writer.

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Otis Chandler, Fourth Publisher of the Chandler Dynasty, with wife Missy and their five children. The family personified the California Dream. (Courtesy The Chandler Family Archives)

Otis Chandler, Fourth Publisher of the Chandler Dynasty, with wife Missy and their five children. The family personified the California Dream. (Courtesy The Chandler Family Archives)

As Chandler Dynasty Evolved, So Did Power In L.A.

The course of the Chandler dynasty defies easy telling, in part because it too has been embroidered with so much mythology.