Sources tell FTVLive that KTLA Reporter Elizabeth Espinosa ihas left the Tribune station and the TV news business altogether.

Espinosa leaves the station before Nexstar takes charge and she is becoming the the executive director of communications of the LA County Sheriff's Department.

Interestingly, Espinosa replaces Nicole Nishida at the cop shop, she also happen to work at KTLA before joining the Sheriff's Department.

Nishida had the job for about a dozen years.