Truth and Bullshit: Darya Last Legs at KRON; Bastida Too at PIX; Veronica De La Cruz has a New BF; Kate Larsen Maintains Diva Status at Circle7; 'TKB' at KNBR Hate Tolbert; Wednesday Wash

The end is near: Daya Folsom

TRUTH AND BULLSHIT

Darya Folsom is on her last merry go round at KRON. I doubt she makes the year. She's putting on the good soldier routine around the studio, but that's all bullshit. Darya is for one person and that's Darya. Fine, not a big deal, we're all out for each other, it's called human nature but Darya makes it all about herself. When she finally has her Black Swan --when the donuts begin to sag in earnest, bye bye baby. She knows it and so does her boyfriend enabler, the newsroom refers to him as the office supreme "screamer."

SEE WHAT YOU'VE BEEN MISSING IN TWO DAYS? Of course you have...

Ken Bastida

*WE"RE supposed to believe that Ken Bastida over at PIX is just humming along and that he'll end his run at Battery and Broadway when he's ready. Not really. My industry spies tell me that Bastida, who's been at KPIX long enough to know where the bodies are buried, in fact we'll be offered a modest buyout and leave, not with a thud but with a whimper. Bastida is one of the few anchors that makes considerable money but no more. He doesn't move the needle, any needle for that matter. In fact, it's all utter BS that Bastida has managed to stay put. His only attribute of late is that he's more noticeable than the new weather guy. Swell.

Veronica De La Cruz

*SPEAKING OF 'PIX...she's supposedly as "together" as ever and just enjoying some vacation time. One of my spies says there's noting more to talk about. TOTAL BULLSHIT! No, not that a contact is spewing bullshit just that the natives are quite tight-lipped about Countess diva, Veronica De La Cruz, who seems to be MIA every other week. She has problems; we all do, that's hardly an issue. What is an issue? In a highly publicized field, when you're gone numerous days, out of the ordinary, people in the office tend to speculate and gossip. Or both. VDLC is in love again. That's great. But men wanting very badly to be her chain has proved costly to her. She either better level with the new admirer or take him for a drink at her pad --it's Ok, another day off, what else is new?

*You would think a worldwide pandemic would make someone humble. You would be wrong. Across the street at KGO (ABC7) her holier-than-thou DIVA!, Kate Larsen, continues to prance up and down the newsroom. My question? Why? Is Larsen, who looks like she's been inside the naval locker room with a bunch of guys named "Blair", that desperate for attention? YES. Katester has quite an ego--bigger than the nearby ferry terminal. She's also got more baggage than the United gate at SFO.

Teeth be told: Kate Larsen

She's been hellbent on upping her profile. BULL! TRUTH is Larsen has pissed off the old guard at Circle7 from day1 --she's a total farce. And the staff knows and resents. One prominent rank and filer: "If she had any whiter teeth, she'd be selling cosmetics at the Walnut Creek Target!" Rim Shot!

*They'd have you believe it's all lovey-dovey at the KNBR Afternoon Sow, AKA: "TKB" (Tom Tolbert, Larry. Krueger, Rodney Brooks BULLSHIT!

Tom Tolbert (left), Larry Krueger, and Rodney Brooks (Ha, ha ha)

Here's the deal: all the sports midgets DESPISE each other. Tolbert, who gets ass-kissed on an everyday basis by Brooks, is suddenly getting the wrath of others. Seems Tolbert, an ex-jock, is consumed with beer, boobs, and betting. That would be OK except the ratings have suddenly tanked and the "3 B's" are no longer warm and fuzzy. Maybe Tolbert needs a reset. And less foam.

QUICK HITS...

*A prominent KCBS staffer tells me this: "They're (management) tone-deaf." That's the consensus from newsroom staff, at least some, that KCBS' policy of running promos saying how wonderful their anchors and reporters are for broadcasting from their home studio. Yeah, I'd agree.

*When you're 57 is it still cool to call yourself, "Kevin the Rat?"

Where's Uzette? Sarah and Vinnie and staff 

*Sarah and Vinnie on Alice are still making people laugh and rule FM AOR but the virtual IGNORE on comrade Uzette, who mysteriously left the show at the end of the year

Very interesting