{"id":618975,"date":"2026-02-27T03:16:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T03:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/618975\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T03:16:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T03:16:29","slug":"we-will-get-through-it-together-daily-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/618975\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We will get through it together.\u2019 \u2013 Daily News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One day after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressenterprise.com\/2026\/02\/25\/ktla-layoffs-hit-local-tv-news-hosts-mark-kriski-lu-parker-and-glen-walker\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KTLA laid off five well-known on-air journalists<\/a>, morning news anchor Frank Buckley addressed the loss on-air Thursday, Feb. 26, that the newsroom and viewers at home are feeling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore we move on this morning, we wanted to acknowledge some news that broke yesterday that affects all of us here at KTLA,\u201d Buckley said directly to the camera during the \u201cKTLA Morning News\u201d program. \u201cYou may have heard that a number of our beloved colleagues have been laid off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you probably know, we are extremely limited in what we can say,\u201d he added. \u201cBut if you are a regular viewer of this program and of this TV station, you also know that we are a family here.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"mng-gallery-initialized mng-gallery-slider\">\n<li data-index=\"1\" class=\"mng-ge mng-gallery-active\" id=\"mng-ge-0\" aria-hidden=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KTLA news anchor Lu Parker is seen here during the...\" class=\"size-article_inline\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LDN-L-KTLACUTS-0226-01-1.jpg\"\/>\n<p>KTLA news anchor Lu Parker is seen here during the 73rd Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards at the Television Academy Plaza in North Hollywood on Saturday, July 24, 2021. She was laid off by the station on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (Photo by Danny Moloshok\/Invision for The Television Academy\/AP Images)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"2\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KTLA meteorologist Mark Kriski is seen backstage at the Television...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LDN-L-KTLACUTS-0226-03-2.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LDN-L-KTLACUTS-0226-03-2.jpg\"\/>\n<p>KTLA meteorologist Mark Kriski is seen backstage at the Television Academy\u2019s 66th Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards on Saturday, July 26, 2014 at The Leonard H. Goldenson Theater in the NoHo Arts District in Los Angeles. Kriski was laid off by the station on Feb. 25, 2026. (Photo by Danny Moloshok\/Invision for the Television Academy\/AP Images)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"3\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KTLA news Glen Walker is seen here at the 65th...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LDN-L-KTLACUTS-0226-02-1.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LDN-L-KTLACUTS-0226-02-1.jpg\"\/>\n<p>KTLA news Glen Walker is seen here at the 65th Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards at the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013, in Los Angeles. Walker was laid off by KTLA on Wednesday, Feb. 25. (Photo by Scott Kirkland\/Invision for Academy of Television Arts &amp; Sciences\/AP Images)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"4\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-3\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KTLA morning news anchor Frank Buckley, second from right, addressed...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LDN-L-KTLAFOLO-0226-01-1.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LDN-L-KTLAFOLO-0226-01-1.jpg\"\/>\n<p>KTLA morning news anchor Frank Buckley, second from right, addressed the layoffs of five longtime KTLA journalists during the news on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. Meteorologists  Mark Kriski and Kacey Montoya, anchors Lu Parker and Glen Walker, and reporter Ellina Abovian were let go by station owner Nexstar on Wednesday, Feb. 25. Buckley is seen here in June 2024 with, from left, the morning news show\u2019s Jessica Holmes and Eric Spillman, Television Academy Chair Cris Abrego, center, Buckley and Dayna Devon. Abrego was on the show to announce that the late KTLA entertainment reporter Sam Rubin would be posthumously honored with the academy\u2019s Governors Award. (Photo by Dan Steinberg\/Invision for the Television Academy)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 4<\/p>\n<p>KTLA news anchor Lu Parker is seen here during the 73rd Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards at the Television Academy Plaza in North Hollywood on Saturday, July 24, 2021. She was laid off by the station on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (Photo by Danny Moloshok\/Invision for The Television Academy\/AP Images)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe consider you to be part of that family. And when family members experience tough times, we all feel it. So this is a difficult time for us. And we will go through it together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we also have a job to do, and that is to bring you the news that you need every morning before you head out the door,\u201d Buckley said, wrapping up his statement in just under one minute. \u201cAnd we\u2019re going to keep doing that. And we hope we will continue to put a smile on your face every day as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The cuts made Wednesday by station owner Nexstar included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2024\/05\/29\/ktla-veteran-weatherman-mark-kriski-suffers-mild-stroke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">meteorologist Mark Kriski<\/a>, who delivered the weather alongside Buckley from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. weekdays. Midday news anchors Lu Parker and Glen Walker also learned their KTLA careers had ended.<\/p>\n<p>By Thursday morning, two more names from the KTLA layoff list were confirmed. Meteorologist Kacey Montoya, who worked the same shift as Parker and Walker, and reporter Ellina Abovian had also been let go.<\/p>\n<p>About 1 p.m. Thursday, Abovian posted a video about her abrupt departure from KTLA on her Threads social media account.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was not expecting this. I was blindsided,\u201d she said at one point in the video, her voice thick with emotion. \u201cAnd it hurts. It cuts deep, because I cared about what I did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abovian thanked her former KTLA colleagues, citing the photographers, producers and editors she worked with.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to miss everyone, and especially I\u2019m going to miss our viewers,\u201d she said. \u201cBecause meeting all of you in the field or at the grocery store or just anywhere was a part of my life \u2026 and I\u2019m going to miss it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She noted that layoffs in 2026 are not unique to her or her industry. But finding out she\u2019d been laid off on the same day she turned 40 still hit hard, Abovian said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy situation certainly isn\u2019t unique,\u201d Abovian said. \u201cBut it\u2019s hard to process, considering how it happened. I was getting ready to celebrate a milestone birthday, and instead now I\u2019m processing what I\u2019m going to do as a single mom to two kids.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, life gets real when it gets real.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kriski had been one of two \u201cKTLA Morning News\u201d team members to work on that program since its inception in 1991. The last remaining original member of the show, reporter Eric Spillman, reposted a clip of Buckley\u2019s statement on the social media platform X with the words, \u201cFor those that have been asking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Parker came to KTLA in 2005, with Walker arriving five years later. 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