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Biography |
Elita Loresca, a Filipino newscaster, has worked for
KGET-TV, the NBC affiliate in Bakersfield, CA and WSVN 7 in
Miami, FL. Loresca currently works at KNBC in Los Angeles.
Loresca began her career as a news associate at KCBS-TV in
Los Angeles, where she was responsible for the assembly of
scripts and teleprompter operation during the newscasts.
From 2002 to 2004, Loresca was the morning and noon weather
anchor on KGPE-TV in Fresno, California. Before that, she
was the Noon weather anchor and assignment editor for
KGET-TV in Bakersfield, California from January 2001 to
August 2002.
Loresca has covered two of the most devastating hurricane
seasons in recent history. Starting on her first day at WSVN
in 2004, Loresca began forecasting the 2004 hurricane season
with Hurricane Frances. In 2005, Loresca contributed reports
for her station from the National Hurricane Center during
Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita and Hurricane Wilma.
Loresca is a graduate of the Broadcast Journalism Program at
Cal State Fullerton and earned the Certificate of Broadcast
Meteorology at Mississippi State University. Born in the
Philippines, Loresca moved to Southern California when she
was 10 months old and grew up in both downtown Los Angeles
and Chino.
Loresca is actively involved as a volunteer for Habitat for
Humanity and The National Alliance to Nurture the Aged and
the Youth (NANAY), a non-profit Filipino organization.
While working at WSVN, Loresca won the title "America's
Sexiest Newscaster" in an online vote by readers of FHM
magazine. She was featured in the October 2006 issue. |
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since November 23, 2008