News Team

Feb 2, 2009

On the wall above his desk, Marty Levin has a framed display of countless press credentials collected over the years. They were assembled as a gift and represent his experience of over 30 years and his...

Feb 2, 2009

"When all is said and done... when you take away the special effects and all the bells and whistles, we are storytellers, plain and simple. Telling stories that have substance, that are powerful and...

Feb 2, 2009

Jason Austell joined the crew of NBC 7/39 News in the Morning in October 2007. This, after 15 years of reporting traffic and breaking news from the skies above San Diego County. Jason is able to use...

Feb 2, 2009 | 1 comment

After graduating with honors from the School of Journalism at the University of Colorado in 2001, Greg Bledsoe headed for warmer weather and a writing job at NBC 7/39. After honing his skills writing and...

Feb 2, 2009

It's hard to imagine any other reporter who spends more time talking and writing about dollars and cents issues than George Chamberlin. Of course, his duties as Money Advisor for NBC 7/39 allow people...

Jul 2, 2009 | 2 comments

Fritz Coleman provides his own unique weather forecasts on NBC 7/39 News at 4,5,6 and 11 p.m. each weekday. A Southern California broadcasting icon, Coleman is well known for his sense of humor and extensive...

Jul 9, 2009

Award winning Meteorologist Pablo Pereira has been forecasting weather here in Southern California for more than a decade. His currently provides the weather forecasts weekends on NBC 7/39 at 11 p.m.

Feb 2, 2009

"There's been some deaths already," the disheveled crack head babbled into my outstretched microphone. "A coupla cats just got killed up the street!"   I couldn't make out...

Feb 2, 2009

Catherine Garcia joined NBC 7/39 as the station's weekend 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. co-anchor on Sept. 1, 2003. Currently she is anchor for the First News at 4 and the News at 4:30 p.m Catherine comes to San...

Feb 2, 2009

Greg Dawson became Vice President of News of NBC 7/39 in July of 2002 after 13 years at the station. Greg came to San Diego as a producer in September of 1989. Over the years, he produced nearly every...

Feb 2, 2009

Monica Dean is an Emmy award winning anchor/reporter for NBC 7/39. She co-anchors NBC 7/39 News This Weekend at 11PM with Artie Ojeda and reports weekdays for NBC 7/39 News at 11PM. Monica joined the...

Feb 2, 2009 | 2 comments

"San Diego is my home, and I feel privileged to be able to report on the issues that affect my family and my neighbors." That's what Rory Devine says about her job as a reporter at NBC 7/39...

Feb 2, 2009

Being a consumer reporter isn't much different than standing around an old time cracker barrel shooting the bull." That's what Bob Hansen, better known as Consumer Bob, has to say about his style...

Feb 2, 2009 | 1 comment

Lorrie Jordan joined NBC 7/39 as the station's Weekend AM Weathercaster in January 2004. Lorrie comes to San Diego from Charleston, S.C., where she worked as the weekend weather anchor and general assignment...

Dec 23, 2008 | 25 comments

Jodi’s love of nature has taken her around the world – through the ancient monkey temples of Bali, Indonesia, up the side of a smoking volcano, and even snorkeling in what is known as the most...

Jun 10, 2009

"Go with the flow." That's what it takes to cover the news. One minute you could be covering a house fire, the next minute you could be sent on a jet plane to the other coast to report on illegal...

Feb 2, 2009 | 7 comments

How many San Diegans do you know are here because of a trade? In May 1978, the Chargers sent two draft picks to the Detroit Lions for Linebacker Jim Laslavic. He's been here ever since. After a 10-year...

Oct 5, 2008 | 5 comments

You might say Steven’s television career got an early start. He was 3 ½ years old when he first appeared in a “Mervyns” commercial. “The TV Bug just stuck around I guess”....

Feb 2, 2009

Always looking for the next big story, anchor, reporter and producer Tania Luviano, is in a lot of places at the same time. From delivering the top stories every weekday afternoon to reporting breaking...

Feb 2, 2009 | 3 comments

Born, raised and educated in San Diego, Artie Ojeda returned to his hometown in 1996 to be a reporter at NBC 7/39.

Feb 2, 2009

Mari Payton is thrilled to return to her home in Southern California. She loves the outdoors and the sunny San Diego weather, especially after covering tornados and flooding and Hurricane Katrina for WLBT....

Feb 2, 2009 | 3 comments

"A weatherman in San Diego? That has to be the easiest job in the world!" Whitney Southwick hears this all the time. After years of trying to convince people that doing the weather here or...

Feb 2, 2009

Tony Shin is an Emmy award-winning reporter (investigative reporting in 2004, on camera talent and breaking news in 2006 ). Tony graduated from University Of Nevada, Reno, in 1997 with a degree in broadcast...

Feb 2, 2009

Sports has always been a part of my life, and being a sportscaster was my dream growing up in suburban Chicago," says NBC 7/39's Jim Stone. Jim Stone has been living that dream for more than 30...