Rudabeh Shahbazi is a four-time Emmy award winning journalist and anchor on CBS LA at 5 pm, 9 pm, and 11 pm.

She has been at the forefront of breaking news and in-depth reporting on stories that matter to Southern Californians from both the anchor desk and the field since joining the station as a morning anchor in 2022.

Shahbazi has won multiple Golden Mike Awards for her medical reporting, from interviewing a patient in the operating room while she was undergoing brain surgery, to her investigation of contaminated bone graft material that killed a young Southern California teacher. She took viewers through her own cancer diagnosis and journey, with a station commitment to providing information, resources and hope to other patients.

Shahbazi won an Emmy for her reporting on the wildfires in Maui, where she was the only journalist to broadcast live from the Hawaiian homestead land. She field anchored from the Eaton fire, and continues to report on the recovery efforts from both the Eaton and Palisades fires. These are but a few examples of Shahbazi’s accomplishments and contributions.

Shahbazi holds a BA in journalism from Pepperdine University and an MA from the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

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