Pat Harvey Biography
Pat Harvey is an American Anchor/Reporter working for CBS -KCAL News in Los Angeles, California, in the United States as a news anchor at 5, 6, 9, and 11 pm. She joined the station in 1989, and in the year 2010, she started co-anchoring for KCAL sister station KCBS news at 5, 6 & 11 PM.
Pat Harvey Age / Birthday
Harvey was born on November 13, 1955, in Detroit, Michigan. She is 68 years old as of 2023 and celebrates her birthday on November 13 every year.
Pat Harvey Height / Measurements
Harvey is of average body stature and stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 6 inches.
Pat Harvey Partner / Husband
Harvey has been happily married to her loving husband Ken Lombard. However, she manages to keep information regarding her husband away from the public. However, we will update information about her spouse once it’s available.
Pat Harvey Kids / Children
Harvey and Ken have been blessed to be parents to a beautiful daughter by the name of Michelle Byrd. However, she manages to keep information regarding her daughter away from the limelight.
Pat Harvey Family / Relatives
Harvey was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. However, she manages to keep information regarding her parents away from the limelight. Additionally, she shares no information regarding whether she has any siblings or not. We will update this information once it’s available.
Pat Harvey Career
Harvey is a news anchor for CBS-KCAL News at 5, 6, 9, and 11 pm broadcasts. She joined the station after 20 years of working with sister station KCAL9 where she served as one of the original anchors of the nation’s first nightly three-hour newscast. The Los Angeles City Council and LA County Board of Supervisors declared October 30th, 2009, “Pat Harvey” by proclamation in recognition of her 20th anniversary with KCAL and contributions to the people of Southern California.
In 2015 the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences awarded Pat with the prestigious LA Area Governor’s Award for her body of work at CBS2/KCAL9 and philanthropic work in the community. She was then inducted into the National Black Journalists Hall of Fame in Washington, DC. in the year 2012. Harvey has appeared nationally as a guest co-host on the CBS Television Network daytime show, The Talk in addition to her anchoring duties.
Harvey has covered some of the presidential inaugurations, the biggest local news stories, and political conventions, and has traveled internationally. She reported on the Aids epidemic in Eastern Africa and Russia, the historic first all-race elections in South Africa, and the civil war in El, Salvador. Pat followed the works of a homeless painter in Los Angeles to the galleries of Paris and covered the installation of Pope Benedict XVI in Rome.
Pat interviewed the Grammy award-winning rap artist Nipsy Hussle, in 2019 a month before he was gunned down. She also covered the 1992 Los Angeles riots and the death of George Floyd in 2020. She started her career as a general assignment reporter and later produced and anchored the 6 and 11 pm newscasts at WNEM-TV in Saginaw, Michigan.
Career
Harvey helped launch CNN Headline News in 1981 and after a year she was named co-anchor of CNN’s Daybreak program. Prior to joining KCAL, she worked for Chicago’s superstation WGN-TV as an anchor and reporter. While there, Pat’s series of investigative reports on faulty pap smears lead to new health legislation in Illinois shut down a lab responsible for many of those defective smears in Tarzana, California. She was also named to the Governor’s Task Force on Education.
Throughout her broadcast career, Pat has won 25 Emmy Awards, including three for Best Newscast. She is the recipient of two other lifetime achievement awards, which include the Golden Mike from the Radio & Television News Association and the LA Press Club’s Joseph M. Quinn award. She has dedicated her career to community service, advocating for victims of domestic violence, children, breast cancer, education, and the special needs community.
Harvey is the recipient of two honorary doctorate degrees in the Humanities from American Intercontinental University and Mt. St. Mary’s University in Brentwood, California, and was awarded the NAACP’s Ida B. Wells Award and the Silver Star Award from the YMCA.
Harvey works with CBS News where she serves alongside her fellow anchors, reporters, and meteorologists such as;
- Juan Fernandez
- Marci Gonzalez
- Amber Lee
- Amy Johnson
- Suzie Suh
- Jeff Vaughn
- Jim Hill
- Jaime Maggio
- Alex Biston
- Markina Brown
Pat Harvey Salary
Harvey receives an annual income ranging between $30,000 and $90,000.
Pat Harvey Net Worth
Through Pat’s career as an anchor, she has been able to accumulate a net worth that ranges between $1 Million and $ 5 Million.
Pat Harvey Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
Harvey is active on her social media accounts. She has about 3.1 K followers on her Facebook Page, about 20.9 K followers on her Twitter account, and around 7,632 followers on her Instagram account.