Emmy Awards, Los Angeles area
2012 Outstanding Hard News Reporting
2012 Best Investigative Reporting: Illegal Animal Traffickers
2011 Best Light News Story: Wi-Fi Hacking
2010 Best Sports Series: Winter Olympic Games
2010 Best Medical News Story: Mercury in Seafood
2009 Outstanding Hard News Reporting
2006 Best Live Special Events: May Day Boycott (anchor)
2003 Outstanding Hard News Reporter
Los Angeles Press Club
2023 Best Podcast Host
2022 Best Podcast Host
2020 Best Investigative Podcast: Justice for Amish Girl
2011 TV Journalist of the Year
2010 TV Journalist of the Year
2009 TV Journalist of the Year
2009 Best Investigative Series: Fighting for a Claim
2009 Joseph M. Quinn Memorial Award: Journalist Achievement and Distinction
2008 Best Feature: Traffic Test
2007 TV Journalist of the Year
2005 TV Journalist of the Year
2005 Best Investigative Series: Parking at LAX
2004 Best Investigative Series: Fields of Shame
Golden Mikes
2012 Best Business and Consumer Reporting: Unscrupulous Landscaper
2011 Best Feature Reporting: Anti-Kidnapping School
2010 Best Newscast: 6p (Anchor)
2010 Best Hard News: No Place to Park
2009 Best Feature: Valet Vigilante
2007 Best Light News Series: Traffic Test
2004 Best Light News: Parking at LAX
2004 Best Hard News Reporting: Tow Truck Pirates (merit award)
2004 Best Feature: Church vs. Tow Trucks
2003 Best News Reporting: Fields of Shame
RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Awards, regional
2006 Best Feature Reporting: The Spy Next Door
2005 Best Feature Reporting: Church vs. the Tow Truck Pirates
2004 Best Investigative Reporting: Fields of Shame
2004 Best Feature Reporting: Airfares
The Humane Society of the United States
2013 Genesis Award: Bunny Trafficking
American Women in Radio and Television,
Southern California Chapter
2010 Genii Award: Inspiration Award
Hispanic Media Coalition
2008 Impact Award: Excellence in Broadcast Journalism
Associated Press Mark Twain Award
2006 Best Special Program: State Divided
APTRA California and Nevada
2004 Best Investigative Reporting: Tow Truck Pirates