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Laura Diaz (TV anchor)
Laura Diaz is a Southern California newscaster on KTTV Fox 11 in Los Angeles. In September 2011, Diaz established that she might be leaving KCBS-TV after 9 many years to pursue producing projects below her own banner. A Southern California native and first-generation Mexican-American, Diaz had served because solo anchor of the weekday editions of CBS2 Information at 6 p.m. because April 2010, until she left the station. In addition, she released and also hosted a show of Eye on Our Community specials for CBS2. Before that, Ms. Diaz had been the lead anchor at CBS2 and additionally ABC7 in Los Angeles. She was the first individual of her history to hold which prestigious position at a Southern California English-language television station.
Early life and career Diaz is a native of Southern California, along with a 1st age bracket Mexican American. She was born in Santa Paula, California a small community in Ventura County California. Her family relocated to the Santa Clarita Valley when she ended up being 4 years of age. Diaz graduated from Hart High School before mobile to San Luis Obispo, California to attend California Polytechnic State University Cal Poly SLO where she won a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Her very first job in tvs ended up being at KSBY in San Luis Obispo followed by one at KFSN in Fresno, California. Laura Diaz anchor returned to Southern California in 1983 as a reporter for KABC-TV at the station's bureau in Orange County. She covered many significant stories as a reporter at KABC-TV including the 1986 Los Angeles Central Library Fire, the 1992 Los Angeles Riots plus the Northridge earthquake in 1994.
In 1985, she began doing work because a weekend anchor as well as 3 years later on, she began anchoring KABC-TV'S 6 p.m. weekday night newscast. In 1997, she became part of Los Angeles television history whenever she was known as lead anchor for the stations centerpiece 5 p.m. as well as 11 p.m. newscasts. This promotion made her the first feminine Hispanic weekday news anchor at a great English language tvs station in Los Angeles.
Diaz joined up with KCBS-TV in September 2002 because co-anchor of the CBS 2 News at 5 and 11 p.m.[1] with Harold Greene as well as in 2004 Paul Magers joined her since co-anchor. Diaz was also one of several original hosts of the groundbreaking Vista L.A. on KABC-TV, one among the very first public matters system in Southern California to serve the English communicating Latino audience within the region. That program obtained the coveted Imagen Award twice while she was co-host. Her work on Vista L.A. additionally won three prestigious Emmy Honours. In August 2011 Laura Diaz claimed a 3rd Imagen prize whenever Eye upon The Community was chosen because Best Town Informational Program. Laura Diaz (anchor, journalist, and additionally producer) is regarded as the leading Hispanic television personalities in the nation as well as a fourteen-time Emmy Award winner. In addition, Diaz has obtained many some other honors from business, community and civic organizations, such as several which have known her as a pioneer along with a role model for young women. Laura Diaz joined the FOX L.A. weekend information broadcasts alongside FOX news anchor Susan Hirasuna beginning Might 2012
