Tales from the Front: Toilet Paper Travails is a lighthearted news segment produced by David Waxman for Local Now on March 19, 2020, offering a humorous take on one of the pandemic’s most unexpected shortages. Focused on the Los Angeles market, the piece shares the story of how Governor Gavin Newsom’s family ran out of toilet paper, highlights a website designed to help people avoid the same fate, and showcases a creative tribute from Santa Monica residents to the scarcity of bathroom essentials. Waxman wrote the segment and sourced the media, balancing levity with the surreal realities of the early pandemic era.
