Kathy Vara
Co-Anchor
Kathy Vara’s current assignment includes co-anchoring the weekday editions of NBC4's popular early-morning newscast, "Today in LA," airing weekdays from 4:30AM to 7:00AM. She rejoined the station for a second time in March 2010.
Vara rejoined the NBC4 family after anchoring the early morning newscast at KABC for nine years. Before that she co-anchored NBC4’s "Today in LA" from 1994 to 2001.
Vara began her career in 1987 at KVII-TV in Amarillo, Texas as a morning news anchor and consumer reporter. A year later, she returned to her hometown of San Antonio, Texas where she anchored the morning newscasts at KSAT-TV. In 1991, she moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota to work for the NBC Affiliate KARE-TV, and, soon after, joined NBC’s WRC-TV in Washington, D.C. to anchor the morning newscasts. Vara moved to Los Angeles in 1994, just one day after the Northridge earthquake, to co-anchor "Today in LA" on NBC4.
Her awards and honors include two Golden Mike Awards for Best Daytime Newscast, a number of Emmy nominations for Best Daytime Newscast, and a Women of Courage Award from the city of Los Angeles. She also received the Hispanic Heritage award from President Clinton.
