- Tritia Toyota
Tritia Toyota (born
March 29 ,1947 ) is a former Los Angeles television news anchor and a current lecturer in anthropology, Asian-American studies and the media at theUniversity of California at Los Angeles . [ [http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:hxCSme9tc2gJ:www.spa.ucla.edu/UP/webfiles/AAPI.pdf+%22UCLA%22+%22Tritia+Toyota%22+PhD&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a 403 Forbidden ] ]Early life and education
Born in
Portland, Oregon , Toyota earned a master's degree in journalism from theUniversity of California at Los Angeles in 1970 and later earned a PhD in anthropology. [ [http://www.aasc.ucla.edu/teach/default.htm Teaching at the UCLA Asian American Studies Center ] ] [ [http://epicanthus.net/2007/11/26/more-than-just-a-pretty-face/ More Than Just A Pretty (Asian American) Face « Epicanthus (Beta 0.95) ] ] Toyota's real name is Letritia R. Miyake.Professional career
Toyota began her broadcast career in Los Angeles in 1970 as a radio reporter with
KNX-AM . [ [http://www.laradio.com/whereTZ.htm ~Los Angeles Radio People, Where Are They T-Z ] ] In January 1972, she was hired as a general assignment reporter atKNBC-TV . She became a news anchor at KNBC in 1975 and in March 1985 quit KNBC. After a standard three-month period between contracts, Toyota signed on atKCBS-TV as a news anchor in June 1985.On
November 17 ,1999 , the Los Angeles Times reported that Toyota had left the station and that she previously had been removed from early morning and noon newscasts in September and October 1999. The story also reported that Toyota had been offered an opportunity to continue at the station and that she had declined.Personal life
Toyota is married to lawyer Michael R. Yamaki and lives in Los Angeles' Brentwood area. [ [http://www.goldsea.com/TAAP/W-Z/yamakim.html Michael R Yamaki | Top Asian American Professionals | GOLDSEA ] ]
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