 But in 2000 the "Times" announced it would discontinue publication of its 14 "Our Times" community news sections.Finally, in September 2001 the "Times" ended publication of its zoned San Gabriel Valley, South Bay and Westside sections.The cuts "signaled another blow to an ambitious effort by the Times to take on what Publisher John Puerner and Editor John Carroll described as block-by-block community news coverage," according to the trade source NewsInc.