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
Meet the Velvet Bandit: Sonoma Co.'s mystery mom turned street art superhero
By day, she's a single mom and school lunch lady. By night, she's the Velvet Bandit -- a mysterious street artist whose punny, powerful artwork has caught the attention of celebrities like Simone Biles, Demi Lovato and John Cusack.
Michelin star chef Brandon Jew pays tribute to Martin Yan, evolution of Chinese American food
Michelin star chef Brandon Jew creates a version of Mongolian beef at his casual restaurant Mamahuhu to honor Martin Yan's influence on Chinese cuisine.
San Jose high school students bring history of Vietnamese refugee experience to life
The East Side Union High School District has been teaching ethnic studies courses for more than a decade, but starting in the 2025-2026 school year, ethnic studies will become a statewide graduation requirement for incoming ninth graders.
Trump's Central Valley dam water release could signal fight ahead
Critics say splitting California's dams and aqueducts into dueling government agencies could be dangerous, and potentially deadly.
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.