Yet Another Capitol Reporter Cut

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

John Lobertini of KPIX-TV, who's covered state government and politics for years, is among 14 news reporters, producers, and others in the San Francisco station's newsroom who got the hook from the station yesterday.
 
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the layoffs at the CBS affiliate were done for economic reasons.
 
Lobertini is a solid reporter, one of the best of putting the inner workings of state government into laymen's terms. He also isn't shy about putting state leaders on the spot with tough questions, as Gov. Schwarzenegger (and Gov. Davis) found out the hard way on several occasions. I'm sure he'll land a spot somewhere, but it's sad to be reporting nearly weekly on the further decline of veteran Sacramento reporters.