Veronica de la Cruz Biography
Veronica de la Cruz is a philanthropist and television news anchor from the United States. De la Cruz has been a news anchor for KPIX-TV/KBCW in the San Francisco Bay Area since May 5, 2014.
How old is Veronica de la Cruz? – Age
She is 42 years old as of 13 August 2022. She was born in 1980 in Northern California, California, United States.
Veronica de la Cruz Family
Eric, her brother, died of heart complications in July 2009. She is a first-generation American of mixed ethnicity who describes herself as half-Asian and half-Hispanic. Her father is a Jew whose family emigrated to South America after fleeing Nazi Germany, and her mother is of Chinese and Filipino descent.
Veronica de la Cruz Husband – Son
She has a son named Hartley Eric De La Cruz, with whom she frequently shares photos on social media. She kept most of her personal life private and did not reveal anything about her son’s father.
Veronica de la Cruz Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $1 Million.
Veronica De La Cruz Accident
In 2018, she was snorkeling and floating above a swarm of tropical fish in Koh Kradan, Thailand on an epic trip to meet her son’s grandfather when things took a bitter turn. The fish appeared agitated and sunk its teeth into her leg.
Veronica immediately jumped out of the water and began screaming. She was rescued, and after consulting with the dive shop, the divers assured her that the fish was not poisonous. Workers helped her clean the leg wound with water. Locals believed the particular fish bite was caused by a female defending her eggs against humans.
Veronica De La Cruz Plastic Surgery
Her son was mauled by a family member’s dog and required surgery. Fortunately, his CT scan revealed no brain damage.
Veronica de la Cruz Career
Her began her career at an NBC affiliate in Yuma, Arizona, where she worked as an anchor and reporter. She did live shots and produced packages for the 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. newscasts, as well as morning and midday anchors. De la Cruz reported on a wide range of topics while working at KYMA-DT, including issues involving the border between Mexico and the United States, the nursing shortage in the country, and the plight of migrant farm workers. She conducted an interview with Sasha Cohen, a figure skating hopeful, during the 2002 Winter Olympics. Before leaving the station, De la Cruz also produced a series about the homeless, with whom she continues to volunteer on occasion.
De la Cruz was the host of a SonicNet/Digital Planet music show where she conducted interviews with numerous artists, including: Eagle-Eye Cherry, Hoobastank, Vertical Horizon, and The Roots. She also covers the international music scene as a host and reporter for Eruptor Entertainment’s Living Giant. She reported from places like Spain’s Ibiza. De la Cruz also hosted and produced the Digital Entertainment Network show Direct Drive.
De la Cruz joined CNN in 2003 and moved to the New York City offices in 2007 from the network’s Atlanta headquarters. She was the live anchor for major breaking stories like the death and state funeral of former President Ronald Reagan, the earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean in 2004, the Hezbollah-Israeli conflict, and Hurricane Katrina. De la Cruz previously provided Dotcom Desk information to CNN’s early morning viewers on the Emmy-nominated morning show American Morning, which aired from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. Eastern time zone. With the debut of the segment “Dotcom Desk” during the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, she became a contributor to their domestic network. She also worked as a substitute anchor for CNN U.S. and HLN, which was formerly known as CNN Headline News. De la Cruz was one of the four original anchors of CNN’s broadband news service, CNN Pipeline, which is now CNN.com Live. Reporting on Hurricane Katrina, working with the victims and the relief desk, and numerous online reports for CNN broadband news are among her contributions to the news coverage provided by the network.
De la Cruz conducted an interview with Microsoft founder and keynote speaker Bill Gates shortly before his retirement at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. She flew to Northern California in June 2008 to assist the police vice squad in Sacramento, California, in their efforts to crack down on minors selling themselves on Craigslist. She asked Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster at the time why the website continued to advertise erotic services. Craigslist made the announcement in November that they would attempt to address the issue by charging for ads. Numerous reports on Asian Americans have been written by De la Cruz, whose mother is of Asian descent. Growing up Asian in the United States, human trafficking, and the significance of the Asian American vote in the United States presidential election of 2008 were among them.
In 2008, De la Cruz joined NBC/MSNBC after leaving CNN. She worked as a correspondent for NBC News and was an alternating anchor on NBC’s Early Today and MSNBC’s First Look from 2010 to 2014. She also substituted as Today’s news anchor.
Additionally, De la Cruz has been a pioneer in cutting-edge technology. She is one of the first and only news journalists for cable networks to use a Flip Mino video camera to shoot segments, which she edits on her own Mac. She also frequently engages in conversation with her followers via Twitter microblogs and Facebook.
De La Cruz was the evening anchor at CBS San Francisco. He currently hosts Bay Area Nightbeat at 10 p.m. on their sister station, KBCW, and anchors the 6 p.m. news on KPIX-TV. From April 15-17, 2022, De La Cruz hosted the live YouTube stream of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival’s first weekend.