| Elita Loresca | |
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| Born | Elita Loresca June 28, 1977 Philippines |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California |
| Education | Cal State Fullerton Mississippi State University |
| Occupation | Weather News Anchor |
| Employer | KNBC-TV 2007 - Present |
Elita A. Loresca (born June 28, 1977), is a Filipino-American newscaster, has worked for KGET-TV, the NBC affiliate in Bakersfield, CA and WSVN 7 in Miami, FL. Loresca currently works at KNBC[1] in Los Angeles.[2]
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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 January 2001 to August 2002, Loresca was the Noon weather anchor and assignment editor for KGET-TV in Bakersfield, California. In 2002 Loresca moved to KGPE-TV in Fresno, California where she served as the morning and noon weather anchor.
Loresca covered two of the most devastating hurricane seasons in recent history. Starting on her first day at WSVN Miami 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.[1][3] She graduated from Chino High School.
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.[1][4]
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.[5]
Elita graduated in 1995 from Chino High School, in Chino California. She was an avid basketball player throughout her highschool career. On September 4, 2010 Loresca married Ryan Nuveman, who is a brother of USA Softball Olympic gold medalist, Stacey Nuveman. She is currently pregnant with their first child.