Brooke Martell is excited to be a meteorologist and journalist for NBC7!
Born and raised on the central coast, Brooke grew up playing sports, dancing, and performing in musical theatre in San Luis Obispo County. A lover of the arts and storytelling, she knew from a young age she wanted to work in television.
She’s a graduate of San Diego State University where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. For the second half of her college years, she spent time working at KPBS and interning at none other than NBC7! After a five-year stint in her hometown covering news and weather in San Luis Obispo for KSBY-TV, in 2021 she had the opportunity to come to NBC7 as a freelance forecaster and reporter. In 2023, she was offered a fulltime staff position.
Through her career, Brooke has covered multiple wildfires across San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties, including the Thomas Fire in 2017 that burned more than 280,000 acres across Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. Not even a month after that fire tore through both counties, killing two people and destroying several neighborhoods, the 01/09/2018 Debris Flow swept through the hills and neighborhoods of Montecito, California, killing 23 people. Seeing the aftermath firsthand of how weather events can impact communities led Brooke on a journey to become a meteorologist. In 2023, Brooke earned her Broadcast and Operational Meteorology Program certificate through Mississippi State University. She’s honored to continue her work at NBC7 to share local science and climate-based stories alongside being a part of the First Alert Weather Team.
In her free time, Brooke loves to stay active, working out at home with Peloton, or heading to a HIIT cardio class. A new member of Junior League of San Diego, she’s looking forward to giving back to the community she lives in and covers. Brooke loves to travel and enjoys spending time in the mountains, back home on the central coast or on Kauai with her close friends and family.
The Latest
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Warm ocean water draws beach crowds as scientists track rising sea-surface temperatures
The ocean water off La Jolla Shores is feeling warmer than usual this summer, with sea-surface temperatures near Scripps Pier reaching about 74 degrees, according to measurements taken Thursday morning. Scientists say while the reading isn’t the highest they’ve seen, the average is typically around the upper 60s.
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FireSat satellites launch to improve wildfire detection from space
New satellites launched into orbit will provide detailed wildfire data to help fire agencies monitor and respond to fires.
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Tesla plows into Clairemont home and injures 6, including minor
Video from SkyRanger 7 shows the red Tesla halfway through the side of the house.
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Investigadores descubren que la costa de San Diego experimenta una ola de calor marina
Investigadores de Scripps están registrando temperaturas oceánicas inusualmente cálidas.
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San Diego's coast experiencing a marine heat wave, Scripps researchers find
Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego say a marine heat wave has pushed ocean temperatures well above seasonal averages off the Southern California coast for months, raising concerns about impacts on marine ecosystems and wildlife.
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446 cats, about 165 horses, 30 dogs, other animals removed from Julian property
Some animals at Villa Chardonnay With Wings were “in such critical condition that humane euthanasia was necessary to prevent further suffering,” officials said, including four horses, a pony, a bull and one kitten.
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Nueva valla publicitaria en San Diego rechaza la propuesta de perforaciones marinas
“Pensar que vamos a estar viendo plataformas petrolíferas desde aquí es una locura”, dijo el propietario de una empresa local de avistamiento de ballenas.
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New billboard in San Diego pushes back on proposed offshore drilling
“To think that we’re going to be looking out over oil rigs, it’s just nuts,” said a local whale-watch company owner.
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San Diego may hear sonic boom before Artemis II splashdown
The four-person crew is expected to return with a splashdown about 50 miles off the coast of San Diego on Friday.
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Artemis II astronauts near mission's end, prepare for splashdown near San Diego
In less than five days, the Artemis II mission is scheduled to launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. As of Friday afternoon, the targeted launch was set for Wednesday, April 1 for no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT (that’s 3:24 p.m. PST, our time).
