Allie Rasmus
Allie came to KTVU in 2009. Some of the most significant stories she’s covered in that time include the San Bruno gas pipeline explosion, the Ghost Ship warehouse fire, The Tubbs, Atlas and Kincaid wildfires in the North Bay and most recently, the Covid-19 pandemic.
Born and raised in the Bay Area, after graduating from California High School in San Ramon, Allie opted for a change of scenery (and climate) and went to college at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. She earned her bachelor's and master’s degrees from the Medill School of Journalism.
Before graduate school, she worked as a production assistant at the Noticias Univision bureau in Mexico City, and later in Washington, D.C. as a researcher with CNN Productions. Allie started her on-air career doing reports based out of Washington, D.C., for WDTV in Bridgeport, West Virginia. Later, she covered the state legislature for News 8 Austin in Texas (now Spectrum News) and moved to Phoenix, Arizona to work at KSAZ for three years before making the move to KTVU.
Allie and her family enjoy getting outside to enjoy all sites in the Bay Area: from hiking the trails at Tilden and the Redwood Regional park, to taking a trip to the Oakland Zoo or catching a movie at the Grand Lake Theater. They love skiing Tahoe in the winter and making their yearly family trip to Santa Cruz in the summer.
The latest from Allie Rasmus
Controversial billboard outside UC Berkeley law school graduation
A pro-Israel group put up a controversial billboard on Friday morning outside UC Berkeley's law school graduation.
Gunshots fired near Oakland Strokes teen rowers during Sacramento regatta
An East Bay parent is sharing the details and video of a frightening experience.
San Francisco school district faces dire budget crisis
School board members in San Francisco called a special meeting Tuesday night to hear the results of a state audit on its budget crisis.
San Francisco touts fewer tent encampments
San Francisco city leaders have released new data on the number of tents and structures on city streets, showing a drop in tents and homeless encampments in the city. But are there really less people on the streets?
The real reason behind the tourism spending spike in California
A closer look at the California tourist spending numbers shows the short answer for the spending spike is inflation.
2 San Jose police officers injured in shootout at hotel
Two San Jose police officers were wounded by gunfire while responding to a disturbance at a hotel on Thursday night.
Piedmont police arrest 33, recover 37 cars using license plate readers in 2023
There's a new focus on the use of license plate readers, as more Bay Area cities and police departments discuss plans to adopt the technology.
Gunfire erupts near Oakland's Bishop O'Dowd High School
Police swarmed to a neighborhood about a block away from Oakland's Bishop O'Dowd High School on Thursday morning after gunfire was heard piercing the air.
Planned Concord apartment building goes up in flames
Several roads near the downtown Concord BART station were closed early Tuesday morning after a two-alarm fire ripped through what could have been an apartment complex one day.