Dave Summers

Dave Summers is a tenured news and investigative reporter with NBC 7 for more than a decade.

Dave has won multiple Investigative journalism awards in southwest region Emmy competitions, San Diego Press Club and Society of Professional Journalism contests.

If you are looking for him you’ll likely find him wherever there is an emergency, the latest information or a breaking story.

Dave has belonged to multiple news organizations including Investigative Reporters and Editors, Society for Professional Journalists, San Diego and Cleveland Ohio Press Clubs and National Academy of television Arts and Sciences.

Dave began his career as a teenager, writing for The Times Recorder, the local newspaper in his hometown of Zanesville, Ohio as well as the Catholic Times.

He is a graduate of The Ohio State University.

Dave worked as an investigative reporter in 1991 at WCMH in Columbus, OH. His following stints at WLWT in Cincinnati and WJW in Cleveland, honed his craft in enterprising unique story angles and being the ‘go to’ reporter when it came to live reporting on major stories.

At NBC affiliate WKYC in Cleveland, Dave was the Executive Producer and Investigative Reporter for the Target-3 I-team. The long list of accolades there include twenty-two journalistic awards. Six Emmy’s, ‘Best Reporter in Ohio’ four times from the Society of Professional Journalists, another ‘Best Reporter in Ohio’ from the Ohio Associated Press, and eleven 'Best Reporting' Awards from the Cleveland Press Club.

No doubt San Diego was a big change for this Ohio transplant, but Dave is known for being outgoing and energetic on top of having the curiosity and tenacity of an investigative journalist.

Look for Dave Summers walking his westie 'Carter', on a local golf course and on the NBC 7 News at 4, 5, 6 and 11PM.

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San Diego Jun 29, 2021

Teen Survives Drive-By Shooting in Rolando, SDPD Investigating

San Diego Police Department investigators say the incident doesn’t appear to be gang related and are looking into whether road rage played a part.

Coronado Jun 25, 2021

Orange Glen HS Forgets CIF Championship Drama to Celebrate Basketball Program at End-of-Year Banquet

While the Escondido Union High School District met in closed session Thursday night to discuss the tortilla-throwing incident that capped Orange Glen High School’s loss to Coronado High School in the CIF Championship game last weekend, the basketball program was happy to forget about the drama for a couple of hours.

Cal Fire Jun 25, 2021

Mesa Fire Along SR-76 Near Pala Casino: 350 Acres, 70% Contained, Evac Warnings Lifted

Here’s everything we know about the Mesa Fire that sparked along SR-76 near Pala Casino in San Diego County on June 23, 2021.

Escondido Jun 23, 2021

School Board Votes to Fire Coronado Basketball Coach Following Postgame Tortilla-Throwing Incident

News briefings. School board meetings. Communities hurt and outraged. Here’s what’s next in the incident involving the throwing of tortillas at a high school basketball game in Coronado.

CIF Jun 23, 2021

Focus Turns to Consequences Following Tortilla Throwing Incident at CIF Basketball Game

A CIF championship high school basketball game between Coronado and Escondido ended with the winning team throwing tortillas at its opponents in an act that is being called racist.