Jimenez will join KCBS team

Former KABC-TV Channel 7 morning traffic reporter Vera Jimenez on Monday will join KCBS-TV Channel 2’s 5-7 a.m. weekday newscast, launching the station’s “time saver traffic” segments that will use technology locating gridlocked locations on major freeways and highways.

Meanwhile, KCBS anchor Gretchen Carr, who has been off the air since December, is recuperating from foot surgery, and the station has not yet determined when she will return to work.

-- Greg Braxton