Longtime San Diego journalist Larry Himmel passes away at 68

SAN DIEGO - Friends, family and colleagues today mourned longtime San Diego journalist Larry Himmel.

The death of the 68-year-old Himmel from brain cancer was announced Wednesday night during KFMB Channel 8's 11 p.m. broadcast. Himmel had worked for the news station since 1979.

He had been ''quietly facing this disease for the last few years'' and wanted to keep working as long as he could, anchor Carlo Cecchetto said.

The Chicago-born Himmel worked in radio in Illinois before moving to San Diego and working in television.

Though he sometimes covered sports and weather for KFMB, Himmel was arg...