Marla Tellez

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|birth_name = Marla Christine Tellez

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|04|16}}

|birth_place = San Francisco, California, U.S.

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|education = Sonoma State University (BA)

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|employer = KTTV, KCOP-TV

|occupation = News Anchor

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Marla Christine Tellez is an American news anchor for KTTV-TV in Los Angeles, California.

Early life and education

She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Sonoma State University in 1998.{{Cite web |title=Sonoma Insights Fall 2008 |url=https://news.sonoma.edu/sites/www/files/insights_2008fall-w.pdf |website=news.sonoma.edu}}

Career

She studied political science at Sonoma State University.

{{cite web

|accessdate = 2014-01-17

|url = http://www.myfoxla.com/story/24376462/marla-tellez

|title = Marla Tellez Profile

|publisher = My Fox Los Angeles

|url-status = dead

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140116131242/http://www.myfoxla.com/story/24376462/marla-tellez

|archivedate = 2014-01-16

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Prior to being an anchor in Los Angeles, Tellez was an anchor for KNTV news, the local NBC news in San Jose, California. Prior to that, she was a producer and correspondent for CBS in San Francisco, and had also previously been an anchor at KOB in Albuquerque, New Mexico. During her tenure in New Mexico, she appeared in an episode of the hit show Breaking Bad as a news anchor.

Tellez joined the cast of Good Day L.A. in January 2014 as a news anchor. She was reassigned to KTTV's early morning news program as co-anchor with Tony McEwing in late-May of that same year. Tellez has since anchored the 12:00 PM newscast for KTTV.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

Personal life

On April 16, 2014, Tellez was involved in a car accident when a texting driver hit her car. She was not injured.{{cite web|last1=Tellez|first1=Marla|title=My Banged Up Birthday|url=http://www.myfoxla.com/story/25284225/my-banged-up-birthday|website=myfoxla.com|accessdate=14 May 2015}}{{cite web |last1=Tellez |first1=Marla |title=I Froze My Eggs! |url=http://www.myfoxla.com/story/25977352/i-froze-my-eggs |website=myfoxla.com |accessdate=14 May 2015}}