Carolina Garcia Rumored to Be New Daily News Editor

Carolina Garcia, executive editor at the Monterey County Herald, is rumored to be a leading candidate to succeed Ron Kaye as editor of the Los Angeles Daily News.

Garcia, a Texas native, came to the Herald in 2003 after five years as managing editor at the San Antonio Express-News. [Click for MORE] Sphere: Related Content

Daily News Calls Kaye Exit a 'Resignation'

As always, LA Observed is on top of the news...

A story posted on the Daily News website quotes longtime City Hall reporter Rick Orlov and attorney David Fleming, who joined with the Daily News to help bankroll the Valley secession drive and who was the subject of flattering coverage in the paper. [Click for MORE]

> Ron Kaye's farewell email
> Daily News: Ron Kaye resigns post as editor of Daily News
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Ron Kaye May Be Out as Editor of L.A. Daily News

Sources at the Daily News and outsiders close to Ron Kaye say he will be replaced by an editor from Northern California. Nothing official yet, but the announcement could be made as soon as Thursday. Kaye reportedly got the word Monday from Dave Butler, his predecessor as editor of the Daily News, now the overall editor for Dean Singleton's papers in California. The terms of Kaye's departure have apparently been in negotiation since. He declined today to confirm the change to LA Observed. [Click for MORE]

> Last competent LANG editor hits bricks
> Singleton's small-town L.A. papers nosedive
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