KTLA program gets new anchor

Michaela Pereira will join the “KTLA Morning News” as co-anchor on Feb. 5, the station, owned by Tribune Co., parent of The Times, announced Monday. Pereira replaces Giselle Fernandez, who left last August to pursue other interests and spend time with her new husband.

Pereira is from San Francisco-based TechTV, where she anchored the technology program “Tech Live” and hosted such other programs on the channel as “Big Thinkers,” “Internet Tonight” and “You Made It.”

Sharon Tay, who had been filling in since Fernandez’s departure, will return to anchoring the station’s early morning newscast.