Lisa Fernandez
Lisa Fernandez is an old-fashioned newspaper reporter who works online in a TV station.
Lisa came to KTVU in 2017 and has worked in the Bay Area as a journalist for more than 30 years.
At KTVU, Lisa covers the sexual abuse scandal at the all-women's FCI Dublin prison, where she was chosen by the Society of Professional Journalists of Northern California in 2024 as the "Journalist of the Year," the in-custody deaths at Santa Rita Jail, and the federal oversight over the Oakland Police Department. She also covers breaking news, civil rights cases, immigration and education issues and actually loves doing a light feature.
Lisa truly believes that journalism can effect change, by letting the public know more about the world that they live in.
Lisa spent most of her career as a print reporter for the San Jose Mercury News, covering cops, city hall and religion. She's also worked at the LA Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, Reuters, NBC Bay Area, and the Democrat & Chronicle in Rochester, New York, where she is from.
She met her husband in 1995 when they were both young reporters at her first real journalism job: Bay City News in San Francisco.
Lisa loves to teach journalism and she has been an adjunct professor at San Jose State University. She has her master's degree in journalism from Medill at Northwestern University.
In her free time, Lisa volunteers with the Society of Professional Journalists at San Quentin Prison helping incarcerated men hone their writing and reporting skills, and she coaches high school seniors write their college essays.
She is also an exercise instructor, teaching spin, yoga, aqua and body sculpting classes.
Lisa lives in Oakland, Calif., with her husband. She has two adult children.
Have a story tip or idea for Lisa? Contact Lisa at lisa.fernandez@fox.com or (510) 874-0139.
The latest from Lisa Fernandez
Sierra snow: It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
While snow starts late Christmas Eve, the worst conditions should arrive on Wednesday night and continue through Christmas Day, with heavy snow and dangerous travel, especially above 6,500 feet.
San Francisco immigration court decimated
San Francisco's immigration court is now decimated, down to just four judges left to decide asylum cases starting Jan. 1, from a high of 21 at the start of the year.
SF professor questions DHS $3,000 'holiday stipend' to send immigrants back
A San Francisco professor of immigration is wondering whether the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's “holiday stipend” to offer to pay undocumented immigrants $3,000 and a free plane ticket to leave the country will be successful.
Power fully restored in San Francisco after massive weekend outage: PG&E
PG&E on Tuesday said all power has been fully restored to San Francisco customers following a massive outage that drew international attention over the weekend.
Power restored to much of San Francisco
Power remained out for roughly 3,800 homes and businesses in San Francisco on Monday morning following a massive outage that darkened the city, caused food to rot and Waymo cars to stall without traffic lights over the weekend.
'We need PG&E to do better:' mayor on massive San Francisco power outage
A massive power outage overshadowed San Francisco this weekend, with nearly one-third of the city left in the dark. Here's what it looked like in photos:
Antioch, civil rights attorney John Burris reach constitutional policing settlement
The city of Antioch and civil rights attorney John Burris on Friday announced the settlement of a long-standing police abuse case involving 23 people, 45 police officers and three former police chiefs that is expected to last five years and reform the department so that officers practice constitutional policing.
Jewish group calls for Richmond mayor to resign over posts
A Bay Area advocacy group is calling on the mayor of Richmond to resign, citing a series of controversial social media posts about a recent mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia.
27-year-old man dies in custody at Oakland courthouse: sheriff
A 27-year-old man died Wednesday while in custody at an Oakland courthouse, according to sheriff’s officials.
Delayed deaths: 2 men in San Jose, Oakland die years after injuries
Two people died years after they were injured, authorities announced this week, including a man in San Jose who was hit by a car in 2019 and a person in Oakland who was shot in 2016 – back when Brexit was occurring and Barack Obama was president.