PressTelegram.com did an eloquently written dual-bylined piece, which makes its omission of the following noteworthy in our opinion. THe story's lead sentence reports that "Bobby San Jose, the Wilson High School standout athlete...went on to quarterback at UCLA and Cal State Long Beach but [his] career and life faltered after a drug arrest..." and in a subheaded paragraph titled "That Haunted Him" the piece states [bracketed text and bold font by us]:

During his senior year at Wilson in the spring of 1986, San Jose at age 18 was arrested for the suspected sale of cocaine and alleged petty theft.

The Long Beach Police Department had conducted a sting operation at the high school, and San Jose was arrested for allegedly intending to supply cocaine to an undercover officer, a 21-year-old graduate of the Long Beach Police Academy named Lisa Lopez, who allegedly gave him money to buy the drug.

Six others, all juveniles, were arrested in the wake of the sting.

Jon San Jose [not involved in the arrest] repeated what his brother said at the time, and held to for decades after the arrest, that Lopez had continued to ask him to buy drugs until he broke, and took $50 from her during a class. But instead of buying cocaine, he bought pizza and other food for himself and friends, Jon San Jose said.

San Jose never faced charges for the alleged crimes. But he was not allowed to finish the year on the Wilson campus, instead graduating after doing schoolwork at home and then moving on to UCLA.

But he never got over the media attention from being associated with a drug bust.

"He felt used for publicity, and that haunted him," Jon San Jose said... [emphasis added]

In July 1986, the Los Angeles Times reported what the PT chose not to report now:

[Los Angeles Times, July 17, 1986] ...San Jose and his supporters claim that he was singled out. They say his visibility in the city, and the fact that he was 18 years old -- which permitted authorities to legally release his name to the press -- made him a prize catch in a police "sting" operation that began in February without the knowledge of school officials.

The May 1 bust at Wilson received ample attention. When San Jose was summoned to the school nurses' office the Thursday of his arrest, he was greeted by a handful of police officers holding six other students -- all juveniles -- and a reporter and photographer from the Long Beach Press-Telegram.

Hill [LBPD Sgt. who headed the operation] said he tipped a Press-Telegram reporter a day or so before the arrest that "an investigation" would culminate at Wilson High. He said the reporter and a photographer rode in his squad car to the school to witness the arrests. [emphasis added]

Hill says he "doesn't remember specifically" if he mentioned San Jose by name, or his legal age, when he contacted the reporter. But, he said, in the course of their conversation that information "probably was" mentioned.

On the morning after San Jose's arrest, both the Press-Telegram and The Times carried stories of the arrest.

"I feel Bobby has been tried in the media and he won't get a retraction," Bobby's mother, Jeanie, said after his arrest...

We find it noteworthy that the PressTelegram didn't mention this portion of what it now indicates haunted young Mr. San Jose for the rest of his life.