News anchor Carlos Amezcua returns to his roots

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<p>Since he was growing up in Barrio Logan, Carlos Amezcua’s mother used to tell him he was a mitotero and a metiche – a natural-born gossip.</p>
<p>“I’ve always been very curious,” he said, laughing. “I was that annoying child who always wanted to know about everything around him.”</p>
<p>After almost 25 years as one of Los Angeles’ top television news anchors, Amezcua is back to his native San Diego, ready to continue being a mitotero in the good sense of the word as co-anchor of KUSI NEWS’ Good Morning San Diego. His first day at the five-hour morning newscast was on Tuesday, July 7th.</p>
<p>“I’m thrilled to be back home. It’s been a long time,” Amezcua said. “San Diego is home, but it is so strange to come back and see everything so familiar. It makes me feel like a kid again.”</p>
<p>But when it comes to television news, in a career that spans 35 years, Amezcua has become one of the most respected anchors and reporters in Los Angeles, where he co-anchored KTLA’s Morning News from 1991 to 2007. Most recently he was at Fox Television, also in Los Angeles.</p>
<p>“He is a San Diego native and is finally returning home, after his storied career in Los Angeles,” said KUSI News Director Steve Cohen.</p>
<p>On his first day at KUSI, fans of Amezcua’s reporting and anchoring style quickly began making welcoming comments on Good Morning San Diego’s Facebook page.</p>
<p>“Welcome! Watched you for years on KTLA,” wrote Flora Christine Ferris. “L.A. will miss you, but San Diego will love you!”<br>
Amezcua was born in San Diego, to a father from Jalisco, and a mother from Tijuana. He lived his early years in Barrio Logan, on Newton Avenue, attended Logan Elementary, then the family moved to east San Diego.</p>
<p>His father, Don Oscar Amezcua, is a mariachi legend in San Diego. Don Oscar founded Mariachi Guadalajara after many years as a member of the world-renowned Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán. (Carlos Amezcua received a live mariachi music welcome during his first day at KUSI.)</p>
<p>Amezcua began his career with two local television stations in San Diego before moving north to make a name for himself in Los Angeles.</p>
<p>But during his time in L.A., Amezcua visited his parents and other relatives in San Diego regularly.</p>
<p>“I never lost touch with what was going on here,” he said. “As a newsman, I’ve always been interested in keeping up with what was happening in my hometown. I was subscribed to San Diego Magazine, and now with the new technology, it was really easy to keep up with the Padres, the Chargers. I’m a news junky. That’s how I kept the pulse of San Diego.”</p>
<p>That KUSI NEWS hired Amezcua, a well-known Latino television personality in Los Angeles, “it’s a recognition that Latinos are a big part of America now. But I have to say they didn’t hire me because I’m Latino. They hired me because they felt I was the best guy for this job.”</p>
<p>As a side note, Doug Friedman, director of creative services for KUSI NEWS, said that David Davis, who was co-anchoring Good Morning San Diego with Lisa Remillard, will now be reteamed weekend evenings with Kristen Cusato as co-anchor of the KUSI News at 5, 6 &amp; 10 p.m., and will still report on Good Morning San Diego three mornings a week.</p>
<p>Amezcua said he’s here to make a difference in San Diego morning television news.</p>
<p>“Television news is very competitive. You have very few solid journalists in television. I think you’ll see our show is very serious. People in San Diego trust us. That makes us different from other stations.”</p>
<p>To learn more about Carlos Amezcua’s work at KUSI NEWS and Good Morning San Diego, watch him every morning, Monday to Friday, from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m.</p>