Claudine Wong

Claudine grew up watching KTVU and interned at the station in college before her professional path brought her back to the Bay Area and she joined KTVU in 2003 as a general assignment reporter.  

She’s covered a wide range of breaking and impactful stories in the Bay Area.   

From highly watched court cases including the Scott Peterson trial and the Oscar Grant case, to the San Bruno explosion, the Napa earthquake, and many wildfires.

She's also covered championship parades in the Bay Area and even a couple of Super Bowls. She's spent much of her career focused on long-form reports telling the in-depth stories of the people of the Bay Area.  She helped launch the Weekend Mornings on 2 newscast and also hosted Bay Area People.  Claudine now anchors the 5 p.m. news and co-anchors the Ten O’clock News with Mike Mibach.

Claudine began her career in Klamath Falls, Oregon as the Bureau Chief for KDKF and KDRV, the ABC affiliate. She moved to Medford, Oregon before heading to Indiana. She spent five years in South Bend, Indiana at the NBC affiliate, WNDU, as an anchor and reporter. She is the recipient of a Peabody Award, four Emmys and a national award from the Society of Professional Journalists.

Claudine was born in Oakland and was raised in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood. She went to middle school and high school in Benicia. She attended UCLA and graduated with honors with a degree in mass communications. 

Claudine says the Bay Area is the one place in the world that feels like home. She loves so many things about the Bay Area, from the diversity, to the passion of its residents, and the amazing food.  She says it is the ongoing conversation and the people that are unique to this amazing place.  

Claudine loves running and hiking, and exploring new spots for food and fun, and spending as much time as possible with family and friends and, of course, her dog Leo.