‘Heartbroken’: staff laid off as California TV station abruptly closes newsroom

KION-TV announces partnership with San Francisco CBS affiliate as workers condemn disservice to the community'

This week KION-TV, a broadcast news outlet on California's central coast that's been on the air for more than 50 years, announced it was entering a new chapter" with a San Francisco CBS affiliate to bring expanded coverage to its viewers.

But staff say the development has been devastating for the operation - the newsroom, which covers Salinas, Santa Cruz and Monterey, suddenly shuttered and more than a dozen people were laid off.