Arthur, Hilliard to Oversee Expanded Times Valley Edition

The Los Angeles Times appointed two editors to oversee its expanded Valley edition.

John Arthur was named editor, and Ardith Hilliard was appointed the edition’s managing editor.

Both appointments were announced by Carol Stogsdill, senior editor.

Arthur, 46, was recently an assistant editor on The Times’ National desk. Previously, he worked at The Times’ Orange County edition and was managing editor for news when that edition underwent major expansion. Arthur came to the Times in 1986 from the San Francisco Examiner.

Arthur succeeds Robert Rawitch, who last month was named editorial operations director for The Times’ Valley and Ventura editions.

Hilliard, 45, has been Valley edition city editor for the last year. Previously she was an assistant Metropolitan editor in Los Angeles. She joined The Times in 1989 after holding a variety of reporting and editing jobs at several newspapers, including the San Jose Mercury and the St. Petersburg Times in Florida.

The Times recently expanded staff and coverage in a redesigned Valley edition, which is circulated in the San Fernando, Antelope and Santa Clarita valleys and in Glendale.