Catherine Garcia anchors NBC 7 News weeknights at 4 p.m., 6 p.m., and 11 p.m. An award-winning journalist, she has received multiple Emmy Awards and a Golden Mike Award for her reporting in San Diego.
Garcia joined NBC 7 in 2003 after working as a reporter and anchor at WFAA in Dallas. She also spent several years anchoring and reporting in Austin and El Paso. She began her journalism career behind the scenes at CNN Headquarters in Atlanta and the CNN Los Angeles Bureau.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism with a minor in Spanish from the University of Southern California and also studied abroad through the Semester at Sea program.
Garcia is especially proud of her in-depth reporting projects, including “Breakdown: Investigating San Diego’s Health Care Crisis,” which examined the region’s mental health care system, and “Poison Pill,” a documentary focused on the fentanyl crisis.
Outside the newsroom, Garcia enjoys spending time with her family, including her two cats and two dogs. She is also a fan of tennis, traveling, great food, and USC Trojans athletics.
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Pizzeria in Downtown San Diego Serving Up New Start for Homeless Youth
A unique coalition of organizations is teaming up to address San Diego’s homeless crisis, one slice of pizza at a time.
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Poison Pill: San Diego County's Battle Against Fentanyl
NBC 7 presents a special documentary, hosted by anchor Catherine Garcia, that reveals the hidden dangers and frightening consequences of illicit fentanyl.
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Barrio Logan's Monarch School Hosts Fundraiser to Expand Mental Health Services for Unhoused Students
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‘Bring the Doctor to Them': Telehealth for Homeless Youth Becomes Focus of San Diego Non-Profit
The pandemic forced Doors of Change, a non-profit serving homeless youth in San Diego, to close its doors. So they began to prioritize outreach efforts and have now pivoted into telehealth.
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BREAKDOWN: Kaiser Permanente Criticized for Mental Health Care
A San Diego woman says Kaiser Permanente denied her the mental health care she needed.
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County Adjusting Vaccination Strategy to Reach Those Who Are Unvaccinated but Willing
County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher explained to NBC 7 how the county is shifting its vaccine strategy now that demand has dropped off.
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BREAKDOWN – Part III: Reversing the Stigma
The stigma surrounding mental health is a giant, but San Diegans from all different walks are teaming up to break it down. In Part III of NBC 7’s BREAKDOWN, survivors, advocates and elected officials share their strategies for winning the fight. Read more here.
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BREAKDOWN – Part II: Law Enforcement And Mental Illness Collide
The San Diego Sheriff’s Department says it has become the county’s largest mental health provider, running a $90 million budget for medical and mental health care. The department is part of a countywide effort to implement new training and there are new screening programs in its jails. But critics say it isn’t enough, and without proper resources in place, people...
