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August 25, 2023
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East Los Angeles’ beloved Mexican Independence Day Parade & Festival returns Sunday, Sept. 10, for its 77th year
‘Live with Kelly and Mark’ Co-Host Mark Consuelos Named Grand Marshal
Eyewitness News’ Jovana Lara and Danny Romero To Host Live Coverage of the Parade Beginning at 10:00 a.m. PDT on ABC7/KABC-TV Los Angeles
The beloved traditional Mexican Independence Day Parade will return to East Los Angeles Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. Now in its 77th year, it is the longest-running and largest Mexican heritage parade in the country. As grand marshal, notable actor, producer and “Live with Kelly and Mark” co-host Mark Consuelos (“Riverdale,” “Only Murders in the Building,” “How I Met Your Father”) will lead this year’s festivities which will include live music, cultural entertainment, attractions, food and fun for the entire family.
Hosted by ABC7 Eyewitness News anchor Jovana Lara and weathercaster Danny Romero, the parade will broadcast live from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. PDT on ABC7/KABC-TV Los Angeles, Southern California’s most-watched television station and the official broadcast partner for the East Los Angeles Mexican Independence Day Parade & Festival. The parade route will travel east on Cesar E. Chavez Avenue, starting from Mednik Avenue and culminating at Record Avenue. The festivities will continue at the Grand Festival on Mednik Avenue, between East César E. Chávez Avenue and First Street, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. PDT. Live simulcasts of the parade will be available across the ABC OTV streaming and digital platforms, Hulu and ABC News Live.
To kick off the celebration, a press conference is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 8, 11:00 a.m. PDT, at the offices of the Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles, located at 2401 West 6th Street in Los Angeles.
For 77 years, the Comite Mexicano Civico Patriotico has been the driving force behind the iconic Mexican Independence Day Parade & Festival in East Los Angeles. As a symbol of unity and tradition for the Mexican community, this parade attracts thousands of multigenerational participants and attendees, and consistently surpasses attendance expectations year after year. Since its establishment in 1931, the Comite Mexicano Civico Patriotico has stood as one of the pillars of the Los Angeles Mexican American community.
The East Los Angeles Mexican Independence Day Parade & Festival is presented and produced by the Comite Mexicano Civico Patriotico, Alexandra Lozano Immigration Law and ABC7, with the support of the Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County and City of Los Angeles.
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January 16, 2023
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ABC7/KABC-TV Los Angeles honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in a ‘2023 Kingdom Day celebration’
Hulu for the first time will live stream the parade to a national audience
Presenting sponsor Blue Shield California
The Special Airs on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023 (11:00 a.m. PST) and Streams Live on the Hulu, ABC7 Los Angeles App, ABC7’s Connected TV Apps on Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV, and Roku.
In its 15th year as broadcasting partner, ABC7 Los Angeles announces it will air “2023 Kingdom Day Celebration” special on Monday, Jan. 16, 2021 (11:00 a.m. PST) to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This year marks the first time the parade will be live streamed on Hulu to a national audience. The event, which is a live parade that travels down the streets of South Los Angeles, will be a two-hour long televised event, hosted by ABC7 anchors Leslie Sykes and Rachel Brown. They will be joined by ABC7 reporters Josh Haskell and Michelle Fisher along the parade route. The special is presented by Blue Shield California.
The Los Angeles Kingdom Day Parade is the nation’s largest and longest running Kingdom Day Parade and Birthday Celebration, honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Junior. A very special guest this year will be newly elected Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass who plans to attend the parade, as well as Congresswoman Maxine Waters, along with a variety of local notables and city council members. Other expected guests include L.A.County Supervisor Janice Hahn, LAPD Police Chief Michel Moore and the LA County Sheriff Robert Luna, along with the Head of LA Head of School Superintendent, Alberto Carvalho.
The annual event held on the Martin Luther King, Jr. national holiday features talented marching bands, colorful floats, dynamic dancers, dramatic drumlines, spirited cheer squads, VIP city, state and national leaders, clip-clopping cowboy and charro equestrian units and a diverse array of community groups marching for social justice and in support of Dr. King’s ‘dream.’ In addition, ABC7 will hosting a photo booth and will be participating in the Leimert MLK Festival.
Viewers can also download the free ABC7 Los Angeles app and stream the celebration on Hulu, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV, and Roku.
ABC7 Los Angeles is Southern California’s No. 1 local news and information source. ABC7 is a leader in digital and social audience engagements and was the first station in the Los Angeles market to regularly broadcast news in high definition and also the first local television station in the United States to surpass 3 million Facebook followers. The station’s offices and studio are located in Glendale, California.
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December 10, 2021
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ABC7/KABC TV- Los Angeles Explores the Life of Foster Care Children in ‘Finding Family: The Long Road Home’ Set To Premiere This Saturday, Dec. 11 (10:30 P.M. PST)
The Half-Hour Special Features the People Who Dedicate Their Lives to Children and How the Worldwide Pandemic Didn’t Stop Them
ABC7 Los Angeles shines a light on the foster care system and the people who dedicate their lives to children in a half-hour special, “Finding Family: The Long Road Home,” premiering this Saturday, Dec. 11 (10:30 p.m. PST), with an encore on Saturday, Jan. 1 (6:30 p.m. PST).
In Los Angeles County, there are almost 19,000 kids in foster care. More than 600 need a permanent home. “Finding Family: The Long Road Home” shares the day-to-day work of social workers, human trafficking survivors, and volunteers who worked through the pandemic to find homes for foster children — and how the worldwide pandemic didn’t stop them.
“Finding Family: The Long Road Home” was led and produced by ABC7 anchor Veronica Miracle.
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ABC7 Los Angeles is Southern California’s No. 1 local news and information source. ABC7 is a leader in digital and social audience engagements and was the first station in the Los Angeles market to regularly broadcast news in high definition and also the first local television station in the United States to surpass 3 million Facebook followers. The station’s offices and studio are located in Glendale, California.
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ABC7/KABC-TV Los Angeles ‘On the Red Carpet: Remembering Jenni Rivera’ Celebrates the Life of the Superstar on the Ninth Anniversary of the Tragic Plane Crash
The Half-Hour Special Airs on ABC7 on Saturday, Dec. 11 (10:00 p.m. PST)
ABC7 Los Angeles, the most-watched station in Southern California, airs “On The Red Carpet: Remembering Jenni Rivera” this Saturday, Dec. 11 (10:00 p.m. PST), with an encore on Monday, Dec. 13 (10:00 p.m. PST). The half-hour special celebrates and honors the life and legacy of Mexican superstar Jenni Rivera, known as “La Diva La Banda.”
The late Rivera is the most successful female artist in banda music, a Mexican regional genre. She became best-known for singing rancheras and corridos, which is traditional music deeply rooted in Mexican culture. Her stardom in a male-dominated genre was unprecedented, and her musical talent won the heart of millions of fans.
On Dec. 8, 2012, Rivera boarded a plane after a sold-out show in Monterey, Mexico. Soon after takeoff, the plane crashed, killing all on board. “On The Red Carpet” sat down with Rivera’s children and with fans whose lives were changed because of Rivera’s positive impact and influence.
About KABC Los Angeles
ABC7 Los Angeles is Southern California’s No. 1 local news and information source. ABC7 is a leader in digital and social audience engagements and was the first station in the Los Angeles market to regularly broadcast news in high definition and also the first local television station in the United States to surpass 3 million Facebook followers. The station’s offices and studio are located in Glendale, California.
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About ABC7/KABC-TV Los Angeles
ABC7 Los Angeles is Southern California’s No. 1 local news and information source. A prominent leader in digital and social audience engagements, ABC 7 was the first station in the Los Angeles market to regularly broadcast news in high definition and also the first local television station in the United States to surpass 3 million Facebook followers. The station continues to proudly serve its community with deep partnerships including its exclusive local broadcast of the Los Angeles Rams and LA Pride.
Wendy Granato is president and general manager of ABC7/KABC-TV Los Angeles — the No.1 station in Southern California. She has overall management responsibility for the station, shaping its editorial vision and managing the strategies and teams that drive audience and growth across platforms.
Granato hails from Houston, where she was the president and general manager of ABC13/KTRK-TV, also No. 1 in the market on both broadcast and digital platforms. She spearheaded the launch of the station’s 24/7 news stream, delivering the most live, local coverage in the Houston market and cementing the station’s status as Houston’s leading source for local news and information across broadcast, digital and social platforms.
Under her leadership, ABC13 produced 13 hours of live news daily, including “ABC13 Weather Now,” a first-of-its-kind weather show. In addition to newscasts, the station produces 175-plus hours of premium content each year, including community specials, station drives and live events. Granato also led the station’s introduction of two advocacy journalism documentary series, “Unsolved” and “Texas True Crime,” that are so popular they’re now available on Hulu.
Prior to becoming general manager at ABC13, Granato served as the vice president of News for ABC13 for five years. In charge of all editorial decisions and operations, she was responsible for the successful merger of broadcast and digital departments, and helped the station become the No. 1 local news station in the market. Before that, she was executive producer of special projects and executive producer of the daily talk show, “Debra Duncan.”
During her tenure, the station has won 99 Emmys® and 13 Edward R. Murrow Awards. Most notably, as VP of News, she was instrumental in leading the station’s Emmy Award-winning coverage of Hurricane Harvey in 2017, during which time KTRK was on the air nonstop for eight consecutive days. Most recently, the station won both a regional and national Edward R. Murrow Award in Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for its piece “Taking Back Gulfton.” She has been named to Radio+Television Business Report’s Top Local Leaders list twice, was named among the Top 30 Influential Women of Houston in 2022, and most recently named 2024’s TV Market Manager of the Year by Media Alliance of Houston.
As a leader who is passionate about innovation and investing in skills of the future, Granato is a founding director of OTV University, an educational program for all eight ABC Owned Television Stations.
Granato is also passionate about the station’s community outreach efforts, working closely with partners such as Black Heritage Society, Crimestoppers, Goodwill Houston, the Houston Marathon Foundation, the Houston Texans, Latino Learning Center, League of United Latin American Citizens and VOICE of Asia News. Notably, the station supports Share Your Holidays, an annual food drive benefiting the Houston Food Bank; and hosts an E-cycle Drive, a collection/recycling effort for outdated electronic equipment in conjunction with Earth Day. The station also broadcasts the city’s major events, including The Chevron Marathon, the annual July 4th Freedom Over Texas celebration, and numerous parades such as Art Car, Cinco de Mayo, Dia de los Muertos, Galveston Mardi Gras, MLK, Pride and more.
Before joining ABC13, Granato was the news director for KNWS Houston. Earlier in her career, she was a news reporter and morning news anchor for KATC in Lafayette, Louisiana.
She studied at the Manship School of Mass Communication, where she received a degree in broadcast journalism from Louisiana State University.