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Nancy Chen

Nancy received invaluable real-world experience when she interned at some of the top news outlets across the country, including Good Morning America, NBC News and NBC Olympics in Beijing.  Click here to learn more.

Carina Corral

Carina Corral joined the KSBY News team in July 2004 as the Santa Maria Bureau Chief covering big stories such as the Michael Jackson Child Molestation trial and the James Noriega Capital Murder trial. Click here to learn more.

Richard Gearhart

Richard Gearhart is a native of the Central Coast. He begins his busy day early at KSBY where he co-anchors KSBY News Daybreak from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. Richard also teaches journalism (in the Agriculture Department) at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. Click here to learn more.

Bill Halter

Bill joined the KSBY News team in 2010 as Weekend Sports Anchor and Multi-Media Journalist from KFYR-TV in Bismarck, North Dakota where he was a sports anchor and reporter. Standing at a height of 6 feet, 7 inches tall, Bill Halter could be mistaken as a professional basketball player. After playing basketball in college... Click here to learn more.

Dave Hovde

Dave is proud to have received three Golden Mike awards from the Radio and Television News Association of Southern California, for Best Weather Television Segment. He received the honor for weather presentations in 2003, 2006 and 2007. Click here to learn more.

Nikki Ibarra

Nikki Ibarra joined the KSBY News team in November 2011 as a Multimedia Journalist covering the Santa Maria, Lompoc and Santa Ynez valleys. Originally from Southern California, Nikki first fell in love with the Central Coast when she attended school at UCSB. Click here to learn more.

Kathy Kuretich

Kathy Kuretich serves as a multimedia journalist for KSBY News. "I have a deep appreciation for the news industry and for the community which we serve. Bringing people together, and telling their stories is an honor and a responsibility I don't take lightly," she said. Click here to learn more.

Caroline Lowe

Long-time, award-winning reporter Caroline Lowe joined the KSBY News team as Santa Barbara County News Manager in May 2011. In this role she manages the Santa Maria newsroom and also reports on stories throughout Santa Barbara County. Click here to learn more.

Andrew Masuda

Andrew Masuda joined the KSBY News team in June of 2004. Previously, the Bay Area native was an Anchor & Reporter in Hastings, Nebraska for nearly two years. While in the Cornhusker State, he covered everything from Husker football to deadly tornadoes to a visit from President Bush. Click here to learn more.

John Reger

Reger comes to KSBY from KION-TV, the CBS affiliate in Monterey, where he served as a primary anchor and reporter. He has also worked at network-affiliated stations in Minneapolis, Utah, Idaho, and South Dakota. Click here to learn more.

Dan Shadwell

Dan Shadwell joined the KSBY News team in November 2011 and is thrilled at the chance to work here on the Central Coast again. He spent most of his career in California before a short stint in Indianapolis, where he was the evening news anchor and reporter at WXIN-TV. Click here to learn more.

Jeanette Trompeter

Award winning journalist Jeanette Trompeter joined the KSBY News team in January 2010 as co-anchor of the news at 5:00, 6:00, 6:30, 10:00 and 11:00 p.m. Jeanette was born in San Luis Obispo County and received her degree in Broadcast Journalism from Cal Poly. Click here to learn more.

Ariel Wesler

Ariel Wesler is happy to be back in his home state of California after working in Oregon for two years. He joined the KSBY News team in 2009 as a general assignment reporter. While in Oregon, Ariel was weekend anchor and a reporter for KOHD-TV. Click here to learn more.

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