The forecast: A new chief meteorologist at KCAL, KCBS
KCAL-TV Channel 9 weatherman Josh Rubenstein has been named chief meteorologist for KCAL and sister station KCBS-TV Channel 2, station officials announced Monday.
His appointment is part of a restructuring prompted by the retirement in April of veteran weathercaster Johnny Mountain.
Rubenstein, who had appeared on KCAL’s prime-time newscasts since Jackie Johnson shifted from KCAL to KCBS to replace Mountain on the 5, 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts, will handle weather forecasts on KCBS’ weekday 5-to-7 and 11 a.m. newscasts.
The stations also announced that Evelyn Taft, who had most recently served as the weekday morning weathercaster at KRON-TV in San Francisco, will be KCAL’s weeknight prime-time meteorologist.
In addition, meteorologist Henry DiCarlo will shift from weekday mornings on KCBS to weekday afternoons on KCAL; Kaj Goldberg will continue as KCBS’ and KCAL’s weekend weathercaster, and Whitney Drolen will become KCBS’ morning traffic reporter.
