Elita Loresca

Elita Loresca has covered two of the most devastating hurricane seasons in recent history, starting with Hurricane Frances on her first day at WSVN in 2004 and continuing with Hurricane Katrina, Rita, and Wilma in 2005. A Filipino-American journalist, she currently works at KNBC in Los Angeles, after previous stints at KGET-TV in Bakersfield and WSVN 7 in Miami. At 49, she has been active in the industry since 2000, when she began as a news associate at KCBS-TV in Los Angeles, assembling scripts and operating the teleprompter.

Loresca's career path includes weather anchoring at KGPE-TV in Fresno from 2002 to 2004, and earlier at KGET-TV, where she also served as assignment editor. She earned a Broadcast Journalism certificate from Cal State Fullerton and a Broadcast Meteorology certificate from Mississippi State University. Born in Manila, Philippines, she moved to Southern California when she was 10 months old, growing up in downtown Los Angeles and Chino.

While at WSVN, Loresca won the title "America's Sexiest Newscaster" in an online vote by FHM readers, and she was featured in the October 2006 issue. She is also a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity and NANAY, a non-profit Filipino organization. In 2011, she announced she was expecting her first child.