Photos: The day the presses stopped running | A farewell to the Los Angeles Times Olympic plant

Genaro Molina
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LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 15, 2024 - - Press operator Marc Strong walks past a conveyor belt that transports LA Times newspapers from the press room, pictured, to downstairs where the newspapers are packaged and distributed at the Los Angeles Times Olympic Printing Plant in Los Angeles on February 15, 2024. The last edition of the LA Times will roll off the presses on March 10. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)
Press operator Marc Strong walks past a conveyor belt that transports Los Angeles Times newspapers from the press room to where the newspapers are packaged and distributed at the Los Angeles Times Olympic printing plant in Los Angeles. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

The March 11 edition of the Los Angeles Times print edition will be its last at the Los Angeles Times Olympic printing plant in Los Angeles.

The presses have gone silent.

Starting with the March 12 print edition, the paper will be printed in Riverside by the Southern California Newspaper Group, with its circulation numbers remaining the same.

Staff photographer Genaro Molina documented the closure of the storied plant Sunday and the pressmen who made it all happen.

Pressmen check the pages of the Los Angeles Times for corrections.
Pressmen check the pages of the Los Angeles Times for corrections on Sunday, the final printing of the paper at the Los Angeles Times Olympic printing plant in Los Angeles. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)
Ink setter Enrique Romero carries a plate of the Calendar section.
Ink setter Enrique Romero carries a plate of the Calendar section front on Sunday night, the last night of printing for the Los Angeles Times at the Olympic printing plant in Los Angeles. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)
The last printing of the Los Angeles Times takes on a ghostly presence.
The last printing of the Los Angeles Times takes on a ghostly presence as operator John Martin prepares to pull a paper to check for register and color corrections. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)
A pressman looks over a paper while a conveyor belt runs on either side and above him at the Olympic printing plant.
Pressman Alex Borjon hugs pressroom shift supervisor Kal Hamalainen goodbye.
Pressman Alex Borjon, center, hugs pressroom shift supervisor Kal Hamalainen goodbye on Sunday, the last day of printing of The Times at the Olympic printing plant. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)
First color pressman Daniel Koval stands near a conveyor belt that transports Times newspapers.
First color pressman Daniel Koval stands near a conveyor belt that transports Los Angeles Times newspapers. Koval plans to move to Nevada to work on a printing plant in Las Vegas. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)
Three rows of five photos across of pressmen at the Olympic printing plant.
A pressman walks past presses where newspapers roll off in the final days of the Olympic printing plant.
A pressman, seen from a catwalk, walks past presses where newspapers roll off in the final days before the closure of the Los Angeles Times Olympic printing plant. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)
First color pressman Daniel Koval throws out early editions of the Los Angeles Times after reviewing them for imperfections.
First color pressman Daniel Koval throws out early editions of the Los Angeles Times after reviewing them for imperfections. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)
Press operator Raul Aceves waves goodbye to his fellow workers.
Press operator Raul Aceves waves goodbye to his fellow workers on the last day of his job at the Olympic printing plant in Los Angeles. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

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