Man charged with threatening couple during dog attack in Santa Monica
Los Angeles County prosecutors charged a man accused of threatening a couple and unleashing his dog on them along Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade.
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Hunter Sowards has spent nearly a decade reporting in California. She moved from her home state of Texas to San Diego, where she worked as an evening news anchor at KUSI-TV. She joined the CBS family in the summer of 2023, working as an anchor and reporter at KOVR-TV in Sacramento. When the wildfires hit in January of 2025, she traveled from Northern California to help CBS LA and joined the team soon after.
Hunter's passion for community-driven journalism has earned her numerous awards, including multiple first-place honors from the San Diego Press Club, four Emmy nominations, and being named the 2023 San Diego Union-Tribune Readers Poll for "Best Local News Anchor" and "Best Television Personality."
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