1 , ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁CBS ▁Television ▁St ations ▁ordered ▁w ides p read ▁budget ▁cut s ▁and ▁staff ▁lay offs ▁from ▁its ▁stations . ▁As ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁the ▁budget ▁cut s , ▁roughly ▁ 1 0 ▁to ▁ 1 5 ▁staff ers ▁were ▁released ▁from ▁K C BS - TV ▁and ▁K C AL - TV , ▁including ▁rep or ters ▁Jenn ifer ▁Sab ih , ▁Greg ▁Phill ips ▁and ▁Jenn ifer ▁Davis . ▁ 4 ▁p . m . ▁co - anch ors ▁Gre ene ▁and ▁Martin , ▁who ▁were ▁then ▁also ▁the ▁ 6 ▁p . m . ▁anch ors ▁on ▁K C BS - TV , ▁were ▁also ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁on ▁the ▁lay off ▁list , ▁but ▁both ▁decided ▁to ▁ret ire ▁from ▁television ▁upon ▁the ▁June ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁exp iration ▁of ▁their ▁contract s . ▁On ▁April ▁ 2 3 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁former ▁K T TV ▁anchor ▁Rick ▁Gar cia ▁joined ▁K C AL , ▁and ▁was ▁pa ired ▁with ▁Pat ▁Har vey ▁as ▁co - anchor ▁of ▁the ▁station ' s ▁week night ▁ 8 ▁and ▁ 1 0 ▁p . m . ▁new sc asts ▁( G ar cia ▁is ▁now ▁pa ired ▁with ▁Sh aron ▁T ay , ▁as ▁Har vey ▁moved ▁to ▁sister ▁station ▁K C BS - TV ▁to ▁co - anchor ▁that ▁station ' s ▁ 5 ▁and ▁ 1 1 ▁p . m . ▁new sc asts