Wendy Tokuda is an American television journalist.

Biography

Tokuda was a reporter and anchor for

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in Seattle, Washington from 1974 to 1977, then went on to

KPIX KPIX-TV (channel 5) is a television station licensed to San Francisco, California, United States, serving as the San Francisco Bay Area's CBS network outlet. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division alongside ...

in San Francisco as reporter and co-anchor for the station's evening newscasts with

Dave McElhatton David William McElhatton (December 8, 1928 – August 23, 2010) was an evening news anchor for several decades in San Francisco, California, in the United States. He was in the first class of inductees to the Bay Area Hall of Fame. He retired ...

for 14 years. In 1991, Tokuda joined KNBC in Los Angeles as reporter and weekend anchor alongside Bill Lagattuta, then with Rick Chambers. The following year, she moved to weekdays at 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. alongside

Paul Moyer Paul Moyer (born June 13, 1941) is an American journalist. He co-anchored the 5 PM and 11 PM weekday editions of KNBC-TV's ''Channel 4 News'' with Colleen Williams for a decade after earlier co-anchoring with Kelly Lange.Nieto, Rebecca (2009-05- ...

, who had rejoined KNBC after 13 years at

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. However, after a few months. Tokuda left both newscasts and was reassigned to the 6 p.m. news with

Jess Marlow Myron Jess Marlow (November 29, 1929 – August 3, 2014) was an American journalist. He was best known for his work on television in Los Angeles, California, where he spent the bulk of his career. Early career Marlow began his television caree ...

. In 1997, Tokuda returned to San Francisco and became co-anchor for the 4 p.m. newscast on

KRON-TV KRON-TV (channel 4) is a television station licensed to San Francisco, California, United States, serving the San Francisco Bay Area as an affiliate of MyNetworkTV. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, KRON-TV maintains studios on Front Street in the c ...

with Pam Moore. Tokuda left KRON-TV and returned to KPIX in 2007. She then took on special projects, such as "Students Rising Above", a program profiling low-income high school students who want to go to college. She retired on August 19, 2016.

References

External links

Former KPIX Anchor Wendy Tokuda Recalls Covering Loma Prieta Quake
- KPIX CBS SF Bay Area, October 17, 2019
Wendy Tokuda interview — memories of KPIX, Dave McElhatton and more
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