`` Inventing L.A. : The Chandlers and Their Times '' premieres Monday on PBS . Historian : Chandlers not only dominated Los Angeles , they invented it . Los Angeles grew from small desert town to nation 's second-largest city . The Chandler family dynasty ended when the general 's great-grandson Otis Chandler was ousted as chairman of the Times board of directors in 1985 . Comment:
`` Inventing L.A. : The Chandlers and Their Times '' premieres Monday on PBS . Historian : Chandlers not only dominated Los Angeles , they invented it . Los Angeles grew from small desert town to nation 's second-largest city . Comment: