I always wonder about the Sunday coupons. The advertisers pay to have the coupons included, and the LA Times sells the paper by hyping that subscribers will save hundreds of dollars per week.
If there were a more moderate alternative with the same coupons and ads, more people might switch papers. In San Diego, the local paper, the Union Tribune carries the same coupons, but it isn't much better than the LAT and costs about twice as much as the LAT.
Look for coupons on the internet and print them out.