The LA Weekly is announcing that Editor in Chief Laurie Ochoa and the paper are parting ways after eight years.
A former intern, contributor, and special sections editor at the LA Weekly from 1984-1988, Ochoa returned to take over the editor in chief role in 2001.
LA Weekly wishes her luck in all future endeavors.
LA Weekly is actively searching for Editor in Chief candidates who will continue LA Weekly's legacy of journalistic excellence while expanding its online presence.
Since 1978, LA
OC Weekly's big sister paper, LA Weekly, has announced that long-time Los Angeles journalist Drex Heikes will become its next editor on Aug. 17. LA's announcement has the full scoop, but the quick rundown is Heikes previously spent 18 years at the Los Angeles Times before taking the number-two position at the Las Vegas Sun
in 2005, helping to recast a traditional afternoon daily newspaper into a
magazine devoted to enterprise and analysis. He takes over for Laurie Ochoa, who it was announced Jun
