Kris Sanchez is in her 20th year of telling our community’s stories on NBC Bay Area and Telemundo 48. As a member of the “Today in the Bay” morning team, her specialty is thinking fast, often in English and Spanish! Kris covers our local issues, breaking news from the safety of our communities to natural disasters like wildfires and the many quakes large and small that rock our region. Kris also contributed to coverage that earned prestigious Murrow and Peabody Awards and was honored by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists for her feature, “Cesar Chavez, A Legacy of Hope.”
Before calling San Jose home, Kris anchored and reported in Grand Junction, Colorado, El Paso, Texas and Fresno. She also worked for Channel One news, a current events network for middle and high school students across the nation. As a correspondent, she covered the 2000 presidential campaign, covered the hand-over of the Panama Canal and humanitarian work in Guatemala.
Kris graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with degrees in Journalism and Spanish Language. As a journalist, Kris takes pleasure in being a life-long learner who can find the human element in every story. Her reporting philosophy is listen more, talk less. Kris is a governor with the Northern California Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and as an Emmy Awards vice-chair is helping to grow the Spanish competition. Off camera, Kris is married to a fellow journalist and together they are the proud parents of two teenaged daughters who are bilingual students in our public schools.
Many weekends you can find Kris reading or knitting under a pop-up tent at a swim meet somewhere around in the Bay Area.
The Latest
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Examining changes to Santa Clara County fire protection
The future of fire protection in the South Bay is in the balance as Santa Clara County supervisors aim to transition from Cal Fire to county fire.
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Watch: One on one with San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan addressed the city’s response to sideshows, providing services for unhoused people and rounding up abandoned shopping carts.
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San Jose looks to round up stolen, abandoned shopping carts
Finding and retrieving stolen or abandoned shopping carts costs money, and the city of San Jose wants to cash in on the bounty for rounding them up.
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May Day rallies: Activists march for workers' rights and justice for immigrants
From worker rights rallies to marches for social justice, activists around the globe kicked off May Day demonstrations on Thursday. In some countries, it’s a public holiday honoring labor, but activists planning marches in the United States say much of their message is about fighting back against President Donald Trump’s policies targeting immigrants, federal workers and diversity programs. Thousands...
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Lone adult suspect in deadly Santana Row stabbing denied bail
The sole adult charged in the stabbing death of a 15-year-old boy on Valentine’s Day at Santana Row in San Jose was denied bail Friday.
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VTA files legal complaint as workers strike continues
For a second day in a row, many people in the South Bay will be forced to look for alternative transportation as VTA workers continue a strike that has no clear end in sight.
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California AG will fight Trump's vow to end birthright citizenship
President Donald Trump on Monday vowed to end birthright citizenship, and California Attorney General Rob Bonta says he and the state are prepared to fight back.
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Status of respiratory viruses as holiday season kicks into high gear
The three big respiratory viruses that surge during this time of the year are mostly low in California and nationwide.
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Paul Pelosi attack: David DePape sentenced to life without parole on state conviction
David DePape, the man who attacked Nancy Pelosi’s husband in their San Francisco home two years ago, was sentenced to life without parole Tuesday on his state conviction.
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Golden Gate Bridge protesters return to court
The Golden Gate 26, the group of protesters that shut down the Golden Gate Bridge in April, were back in court Monday.
