Karina Nova
Karina emigrated to the United States at 8 years old from Azerbaijan. She and her family ended up settling in Northeast Ohio, in a town on the shores of Lake Erie. That's when she learned to speak English (Russian being her first language) and found her love for the language, thus, leading her to a career in journalism.
Karina studied journalism and political science at Kent State University and spent summers interning for C-SPAN, a U.S. Senator and the Voice of America in Washington D.C.
She began her professional career hosting a civic-focused news program on PBS. Karina spent most of her career at 10TV WBNS News in Columbus, Ohio, as a reporter and morning anchor. Karina had the incredible position as the Columbus Metro Parks spokesperson, helping people discover nature and all the free activities at the public parks. She has won an Emmy award for breaking news coverage of a massive train derailment, is Emmy nominated at KGO for a streaming special newscast and won Ohio's SJP Award for best continuing coverage, among other notable honors.
Karina enjoys being engrained in the community, volunteering and emceeing events for many nonprofit organizations. She is a proud big sister for Big Brothers Big Sisters, was on the board of Columbus Fashion Council and Fairy Goodmothers.
Outside of work, Karina loves to travel the world, discover new Bay Area restaurants and wineries and spend time with her husband and son. She loves calling San Francisco home and cheering on the Giants!
Karina's Stories
East Bay landfill produces fresh source of renewable energy for customers
A unique facility here in the Bay Area is helping fight climate change as well as create renewable energy.
Stanford Health Care study links some asthma inhalers to greenhouse gas
Some inhalers can emit as much greenhouse gas as the average gasoline-powered car driven for 60 miles, researchers say.
Irving Penn Retrospective exhibit at SF's de Young Museum captures Summer of Love
In some ways, walking through the Irving Penn exhibit at San Francisco's de Young Museum is like taking a magazine cover tour of 20th-century America.
Bay Area mom finds out scammer already claimed her tax refund. Here's what saved her
Imagine filing your tax return and finding out someone else already claimed your refund. It happened to a Rohnert Park mother of two -- who was told somebody used her identity to claim almost $9,000 in her name.
Bay Area man finds out state canceled his $7,500 EV rebate because he filed 1 day too soon
A North Bay man finds out he won't get $7,500 rebate for his new Tesla because he applied one day too soon. Canceled application is among thousands pouring in as California rebate program runs out of money.
Wells Fargo customer loses thousands in Zelle scam despite new refund policy
"When all my money was gone, all of a sudden the phone went dead. And I went, 'Oh my God,'" said the San Francisco woman after being taken in by a scammer pretending to be her bank.
Bay Area man lost his wife, then got scammed. Now Facebook won't stop the hacker
A grieving Northern California husband found a hacker locked his Facebook account and began taking GoFundMe donations in his late wife's memory. "And I mean, my poor wife. She would be horrified if she were here, witnessing what's going on. She would be so furious," the widower said.
'MJ: The Musical' now on tour in SF. Here's a look with lead star Roman Banks
The Tony Award-winning "MJ: The Musical" has just started its run in San Francisco. We spoke with its leading man, Roman Banks, who plays Michael Jackson.
'Fashioning San Francisco' de Young exhibit transports visitors to galas of past century
The "Fashioning San Francisco: A Century of Style" exhibit at the de Young Museum follows the evolution of high fashion in the city, from classic to chaotic.
From pizza to art: The generous act behind a San Francisco North Beach billboard
The owner of San Francisco North Beach neighborhood's famed Tony's Pizza Napoletana is helping local artists in a big way with the hope of encouraging people to enjoy and appreciate the city.