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
TSA officials tip off ICE before arrest of Guatemalan mother at SFO: NYT
New details are emerging about the arrest of a Guatemalan national and her daughter at San Francisco International Airport last Sunday – an event that was documented on video and has been widely shared on social media.
Pain at the pump: One gas station in South San Francisco nears $7 per gallon
You're not dreaming. Gas prices really are that high.
ICE agents arrest woman at SFO, bystanders capture on video
An airport spokesperson said the ICE action was unrelated to President Trump's directive to deploy agents to airports nationwide to assist the TSA.
César Chávez murals, statues already removed from campuses, parks
Organizations across the country and California – the birthplace of the United Farm Workers movement – have already begun removing depictions of the late Latino labor leader César Chávez from public spaces after the explosive allegations in the New York Times revealed this week that he allegedly raped and sexually assaulted women and girls decades ago.
Popular burger joint closes at Santana Row because of cockroaches
A popular Bay Area burger joint is closed because of cockroaches.
Video released in Oakland police ghost chase that led to death of bystander
A compilation video showing a tragic scene along International Boulevard is now public nearly four years after two former Oakland police officers initiated an unauthorized "ghost chase" of a teenage sideshow driver, which led to the death of an innocent bystander eating tacos with his mother.
Woman dies at Santa Rita Jail after being sent back from hospital
A 37-year-old Oakland woman died Friday at Santa Rita Jail after a trip to the hospital the day before, according to the Alameda County Sheriff's Office.
Here's how to pronounce Alysa Liu's name: It might not be how you think
There has been a lot of mispronunciation of Oakland Olympian Alysa Liu's name.