News Team

nis Albright first found his passion in local news as a production assistant in San Diego after getting his Bachelor’s degree at San Diego State…

Scott Gross joins the KYMA team as the CBS 13 sports director and weather forecaster. Scott comes to the Desert Southwest all the way from Alaska…

April was born and raised in San Diego where she loved the beach town and her two dogs, Lexi and…

Marcos Icahuate is a passionate creative from the Imperial Valley. With a desire for online content creation, Marcos does his best to get what’s…

Wiley Jawhary is from Orange County California. He joined News 11 in April of 2021. He found his passion for journalism as early as sixth grade. He…

Cole grew up in a small town of just over 3,000 people called Moravia, NY—home of President Millard Fillmore and Fillmore Glen State Park. He found…

Adam Klepp is excited to start his first job in the broadcast news industry as the FOX9 at 9 anchor and as a reporter at 5 and 6 on News…

Luis Lopez is a MMJ covering both news and sports for both CBS 13 and NBC…

Mercedes Martinez joined the KSWT team as anchor/producer in October 2020. You can catch her on 13 On Your Side at 4 and 6…

Born in Downey, California and raised in Mexicali, Baja California Mexico, Laura Meza has a degree in Communication Sciences from the University of…

Nassieli Pizano comenzo como reportera del Valle Imperial para Telemundo 3 en agosto del 2018. Nassieli es de Mexicali, Baja California. Ella…

Oswaldo Rivas nació en Mexicali, Baja California México. Oswaldo es Licenciado en Ciencias de la Comunicación de la Universidad Autónoma de Baja…

Ernesto Romero joined the KYMA news team as a producer in June of 2009. He became the Managing Editor of KYMA in 2011 and was promoted to News…

Vince Ybarra joined KYMA in June 2021 as our Imperial Valley reporter.…

Arlette Yousif joined KYMA in November 2020 as a Multi Media Journalist. She holds a BA in Journalism with a minor in Film. In 2019, she…

Melissa Zaremba joined KYMA in November 2021. Melissa is a weekday morning weathercaster and reporter.…

Louis Aranda was born in Yuma, Arizona and raised in El Paso, Texas. He graduated from the University of Arizona with a bachelor of fine arts in film…

Samantha Byrd joined KYMA in February 2021 as a multimedia journalist. She was born and raised in Yuma, Arizona. She graduated Summa Cum…

Vanessa Gongora is from Colton, California. She joined News 11 | 13 in…

Jacqueline Aguilar was born and raised in Yuma, Arizona and joined KYMA in January…