Wendy Tokuda

Wendy Tokuda is an American television journalist.

Biography

Tokuda was a reporter and anchor for KING-TV in Seattle, Washington from 1974 to 1977, then went on to KPIX in San Francisco as reporter and co-anchor for the station's evening newscasts with Dave McElhatton for 14 years.^[1] She wrote two children's books with her husband, TV producer Richard Hall.^[2]

In 1991, Tokuda joined KNBC in Los Angeles as reporter and weekend anchor alongside Bill Lagattuta, then with Rick Chambers. The following year, she moved to weekdays at 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. alongside Paul Moyer, who had rejoined KNBC after 13 years at KABC-TV. However, after a few months. Tokuda left both newscasts and was reassigned to the 6 p.m. news with Jess Marlow.^[3] In 1997, Tokuda returned to San Francisco and became co-anchor for the 4 p.m. newscast on KRON-TV with Pam Moore.^[4]

Tokuda left KRON-TV and returned to KPIX in 2007.^[5] She then took on special projects, such as "Students Rising Above", a program profiling low-income high school students who want to go to college.^[6][7][8]

She retired on August 19, 2016.^[9]

Tokuda's daughter is American novelist and children's book writer Maggie Tokuda-Hall.^[10] Tokuda's brother was Washington State Representative Kip Tokuda.^[11]

Books

• (with Richard Hall) Humphrey the Lost Whale: A True Story. Heian Intl Pub Co, 1986. Illustrated by Hanako Wakiyama. ISBN 978-0893462703
• (with Richard Hall) Shiro in Love: A True Story. 1989. Illustrated by Karen Okasaki Sasaki. ISBN 978-0893463069
• Sampson the Hot Tub Bear: A True Story. Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 1998. Illustrated by Lokken Millis. ISBN 978-1570980909