Hmm.. What happened to them?

Here's a look at familar faces that have left Sacramento TV News.
I wonder if it will bring back memories?!


Jane McCarthy left News10 April 2004. She now reports at KING 5 and NBC affilate in Seattle, Wa


Tim Robinson who used to be the weekend anchor at FOX40 with Terri Cox left in 2003.
And is a reporter for KING 5 in Seattle, Wa...He is also married to Jane McCarthy.


Grace Lee was the morning reporter for KCRA 3 and left in May 2007 to Hawaii at KGMB Channel 9
to be the new Morning Anchor. The show debuts Monday September 17th.


Dana Jacobson was the weekend sports anchor at News10. She left in November 2002. She currently now
anchors an ESPN sports segment in the east coast.


Will Selva was the weekday Sports anchor at News10. He left in early 2005
and moved to Los Angeles to anchor the morning sports on CNN. As of July 13th
he no longer works for the show Robin & Company and is now in Atlanta, GA at ESPN


Jennifer Parker used to be the morning news anchor at FOX40 when it first debuted June 2005.
She currently run's a family owned business in Sacramento. She left while on maternaity leave
December 2006.


Elissa Lynn was one of the well known Meteorologist in Sacramento. She left News10 in
March 2006, and now is a senior Meteorologist for the California Department Water Resources in Sacramento.


Miguel Almaguer left KCRA in May 2006 and now works as a reporter in Washington D.C at
NBC 4.


John Alston left KCRA in October 2006 due to a contract dispute. Its unknown what he's doing now.... He had done some work for KOVR 13, and now is Freelancing for ABC News in San Francisco KGO-TV.


Tana Castro was a reporter for KCRA 3. She left in 2006 and has decided another career path.


Ron Hyde was the sports director at KCRA till 2006. Since then he has decided another career path.


Jeff Ranieri was the weekend morning meteorologist and fill-weather anchor at KCRA. He left in 2005.
And now weather's the NBC weather plus channel on MSNBC.


Bianca Solorzano was the weekend morning anchor and weekday reporter for KCRA till 2003.
She now is an CBS correspondent in New York City


Marcy Valenzuela worked as the weekday 5, 6pm anchor at KOVR 13. She left in late 2006
and now works for CBS 5 in Pheonix, Arizonia.


Patti Lee was once the morning anchor at KOVR, and later in 2006 was the weekend anchor and reporter.
She now works for KTVU in Oakland, Ca

Stephanie Nishikawa left CBS13-KOVR in early 2007 as a reporter. She once was the weekend weather anchor
a few years back. She switched careers and now owns a store at the Country Club mall off of Watt Ave and El Camino.


Tom Loffman was the morning meteorologist at Good Day Sacramento's UPN 31 now CW31.
He switched careers and runs his own Realty company.


Jennifer Krier was the weekend sports anchor at KOVR13. She left in 2006 and decided to become
a full-time mommy!


Paul Joncich left KOVR in late 2005. He now is an anchor at WOIO 19-TV in Columbus, Ohio.


Kiran Chetry left News10 in 2001 and since then has worked for FOX news, and now most recent CNN in New York city. She was the morning anchor with Ken Wayne who know is at KTVU in Oakland.


Justin Allen came to News10 from the Bay and anchored the sports for a limited time in mid-late 2005
He now works for channel 10 in Tampa, FL

Rob Marshall was the co-pilot on Air 10. He left in November 2003 and how works at KDVR in Denver,
Colorado a FOX station.



Julie Durda was the morning Air10 and evening traffic anchor. She left in late July 2006. And moved to SF
at KRON4, Then to KPHO CBS 5 in Phoenix, AZ, and now is a weather anchor in Miami Florida with Channel 7.


J.D Maher was the weekend meteorologist at News10, and now freelances at FOX40. He left in June 2005
when his contract ended. He also is an elementary school teacher at Florin elementary.

Now Hiring/ FOX40

KTXL FOX40 in Sacramento is hiring for a Meteorologist to anchor the forecast from 6-8am .
So looks like soon we will be seeing a new fresh face in Sacramento TV. Also hopefully soon FOX40 will get a studio make-over because it's time for one.

FOX40 lost two Reporters as well. Reporter Jonathan Carlson and Tim Sakaharia's contracts have ended this month with the station. Tim and his wife who was the morning executive producer at KXTV 10 have left the area, and Jonathan has decided to move back to the east coast where he grew up. We'll definitely keep you posted on what Jonathan and Tim do next.

San Francisco news anchor dies

Veteran KGO-TV, ABC7 News Anchor Pete Wilson died last night at Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto from a massive heart attack suffered during hip replacement surgery. He was 62.

He is survived by his wife, Sandra and son Brendan.

ABC7 President and General Manager Valari Staab said, "Pete was one of the most valued and respected news professionals in the Bay Area and the country. For more than 30 years, he was welcomed into the homes of thousands of local viewers reporting on every major news event that touched their lives. This is a deep loss both, personally and professionally for all of his friends and colleagues at Channel 7 and for me. Our thoughts and prayers are with Sandy and Brendan."

V.P. of News Kevin Keeshan said, "Pete Wilson had a passionate commitment to ethical, responsible journalism. He never hesitated to question the status quo and take on the conventional wisdom of the day. His endless enthusiasm and love for political debate and discussion will be missed by everyone in our newsroom."

Born and raised in central Wisconsin, Wilson was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin in journalism and creative writing. A Vietnam veteran, Wilson began his news broadcasting career on a small country-western station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin while attending graduate school.

Pete Wilson was the co-anchor of the top-rated ABC7 News at 6 P.M. for the past five and a half years. He re-joined the ABC7 family in January of 2002 after a 12-year stint anchoring the news at KRON-TV in San Francisco. He first came to ABC7 News in 1983 from KTXL-TV FOX40 in Sacramento.

He earned numerous honors, including Associated Press awards and a half-dozen Emmy's. Wilson also shared two coveted Peabody awards, including one for his coverage of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake while at ABC7.

During virtually his entire career, in addition to anchoring and reporting, Wilson has hosted talk and interview shows including the top-rated afternoon radio program in the Bay Area on KGO-AM 810 NewsTalk Radio.

Wilson's family is asking people not to send flowers. Instead, they request you make a donation to the charity of your choice.

Source: www.ABC7News.com

Colors Fading?

It seems to me that the colors on the News10 weather tower are fading away or maybe it's just me. When the tower was completed in October 2000 and debuted in August 2001, it was a landmark in the Sacramento Downtown area, Its a forecast you can see traveling down the highway. But now it seems like the sun has faded the top red part of the tower where the light indicates the weather forecast. Hopefully soon they might do something about it. Although it might be too expensive to re-do it.

Off Sunday's?

Recently I've notice Alicia Malaby who has been the weekend anchor at News10 since April 2002, has hasent been anchoring the sunday nights of the newscast along with Dana Howard. I've contacted Michael Langley Assistant News Director about the reason and told me it was something that was between him and Alicia.



Well since Alicia doesn't work on Sunday's it would be awesome if they had Marcey Brightwell who is the political reporter to co-anchor with Dana. Last sunday July the 15th she had co-anchored with him...Maybe its a work in progress and personally they would make a great team together!

Diana's back!

Diana Penna returned back to work July 2007 after having a baby boy in March. Now shes back from maternaity leave and doing Health reports for the morning and noon shows. Great to have you back Diana!

2 Loses for CBS 13

It's always sad to see a familar face go from TV News. But this one has definitely hit hard to long time faithful viewers at KOVR 13. Charlotte Fadipe (Who is commonly known for her british accent) Has been with the station since 1998 as a General Assignment Reporter and Sunday July 29th will be her last day on-air with KOVR. She will be freelancing in the San Francisco market for KNTV NBC 11 News.



Yet again another lost for CBS 13. The weekend Meteorologist and reporter Angelique Frame will be leaving the station Wednesday August 1st, 2007. She will be moving San Diego with her husband who recently got hired in that city. She has decided to work with her husband on story telling video website (www.webstorytellers.com). It seems like CBS 13 will be hiring more people in the months to come. Mean while anchor Anny Hong will be doing the weather reports who also anchors the weekend shows with Ron Jones.

Finally at last....

Well finally I'm starting my own blog on local news in Sacramento...I want this blog to be mainly about the on-air personalities...and station updates...So if your a news junkie like me then you'll enjoy this blog site like i will!