OC's new chief in Sacramento

The Orange County Register has picked a new bureau chief for Sacramento: Kimberly Kindy. In the following memo from Register "team leader" Mark Katches, the Frank mentioned is outgoing state editor Frank Mickadeit, who is becoming a local columnist. A new state editor is being sought.

KIMBERLY KINDY NAMED
SACRAMENTO BUREAU CHIEF

Please join me in congratulating Kimberly Kindy, who has been named bureau chief in Sacramento. For the past several months, Kimberly has been a leader in our expanded Sacramento bureau. As the bureau chief, she will work closely with Frank (until a new state editor is hired) to shape our coverage while spending the vast majority of her time doing what she has done so wonderfully for us the past few years - being our investigative reporter in the statehouse and writing stories that make a big difference. Kimberly has been with us for eight years and has excelled in every capacity. In Sacramento she has taken on the DMV, and was single-handedly responsible for shutting down an entire state agency after documenting widespread deception at the state's overseas trade offices. She was a lead reporter in our team effort that exposed the dangers of day care -- award-winning stories that forced the state to stop hiring convicted criminals at child-care facilities. Her new assignment begins immediately.

Mark Katches
Senior Team Leader,
County, State & Investigations
The Orange County Register

Meanwhile: The OC Weekly pokes fun at the Register's online tribute (including five-minute video) to the paper's publisher of almost five decades, R.C. Hoiles.