No, the LA Daily News published this, not LA Times. They used to have about the same bias, though now it looks like the Daily News is even more biased. It has a smaller audience, perhaps because it is often written poorly.
Thanks for pointing out the mistake.
Note that the article devotes only two sentences to the facts of the scandal. Then it compares the scandal to gambling in a nightclub. Finally, it devotes half the column to week-old news about the April Field poll, the Davis website (but not note about the Simon website), and fundraising.
The title is also flawed:
"California: Simon capitalizing on Davis' lucrative software deal"
There's nothing wrong with a lucrative deal, and, in fact, it sounds really good. It also seems to imply that Simon gets to benefit from a deal for which Davis had to work to make lucrative. The title doesn't mention anything to do with scandal, and the column only mentions the software.