A Fox2 source told me the staff in Oakland thinks the whole deal is a complete mess. Beyond the fact, Gonzales is a hopeless RETREAD and looks and sounds LOOPY, her bragging she's about to anchor weather for 14 straight days is a VIOLATION of the most basic labor laws. Maybe KTVU and Fox should explore that law instead of allowing Roberta's latest excess to go ga-ga over her newfound Fox fame. My goodness.
I'm normally all for enthusiasm and joy. The world needs a good cheer. We all do. Life is short and all. But Gonzales goes overboard. It's all about HER-- she used to be joyous and informative and present herself in a respectful way, all the while delivering useful and educated weather forecasts for Bay Area audiences.
That was yesterday.
Today, she's become a certified joke. Her EGO has run amok and she no longer looks or sounds the part. It's all a big act and her only symmetry is a part-time weather gig on a DESPERATE KTVU so equally HORRID, Bill Martin, can take two weeks off so he can enjoy the holidays and make his wife want to throw him out of the house.
Talk about a high-pressure system.
She looks like a puffed up Mindy Kaling after all of those surgeries.
ReplyDeleteAmber Eikel should be under investigation for sexual harassment. Coincidence that Chris Nohr is leaving?
ReplyDeleteOk you've got my attention! Let's hear more on this please - inquiring minds want to know.
DeleteIt's good to see Roberta Gonzales on the KTVU team. She knows her stuff and presents a good and informative weather forecast. She is vast improvement over the vapid Kyla Grogan.
ReplyDeleteHAAAAA! Oh please, this is clearly Roberta writing that comment. Because anyone with eyes and ears knows that is a bizarre observation. The elevator ride down from Grogan to Gonzales isn't even quantifiable. Roberta is a hot mess just like Bill.
DeleteI stopped watching KTVU when Kyla left. I sure as hell wouldn't watch this lady. Also it occurred to me that Fox is FOX corporate and what the hell are we doing watching the fake Fox news in this town anyway? How is KTVU even that high in the ratings as a Fox owned station in San Francisco, it makes zero sense given how liberal this city is.
DeleteI hope that was sarcasm.
DeleteA. Are you on drugs?
DeleteB. Can I have some because they must be really good drugs, the kind that make you so high that you're blind and deaf.
> She is vast improvement over the vapid
Delete> Kyla Grogan.
Hi, Roberta sweetie!
"She is vast improvement over the vapid Kyla Grogan."
DeleteYes! Roberta is a philosopher. I enjoyed her discussion of the Second Peloponnesian War this morning between her analysis of Descartes and Kant.
@12:01 I agree. She is well informed and presents a rational, understandable forecast. The only suggestions I'd make would be to tone down the hair and makeup. They are coming off a little over the top and she's an attractive woman, she really doesn't need it.
DeleteGod I love it when someone is so stupid that they don't even get the sarcasm and respond to it like it's an actual real comment. More of that please LOL!!!
DeleteRich, I think you're missing the fun. This is a local-yokel weather forecast in a locale where a showery day is about as hairy as things get. We don't need science, we don't need some creep-oid in a suit. I don't want to know is there's frost in Danville or a high pressure ridge. I want something a little frayed at the edges to keep my entertained.
ReplyDeleteThe whole bay area news community seems like a rather incestuous place. At some point almost all of them have been fired or quit one place only to be hired by another station, but what do I know. It's just an observation from a guy who sits around in a basement watching local news most of the day.
ReplyDeleteSuch has always been the case.
DeleteMore than you know. It's not unheard of that a writer could work for more than one station in the same week (especially this time of year when much of the full-time staff is on vacation)
DeleteRich, Ask her out. Take her out for drinks.
ReplyDeleteHe might need the drinks!
DeleteYuck. Seriously. Just YUCK.
ReplyDeleteHow is it that every other Fox affiliate hires hotties and this place chases them out the door and replaces them with the polar opposite of hot? It's like a bad joke.
Prediction: If they put that woman on 14 days in a row it will be the last time you see her because the ratings will dip so low.
ReplyDeleteI mean when you consider the other options at KTVU right now, boring Mark Tamayo, barely there Rosemary Orozco, Bumbling Bill and grumpy grandpa Paulson, she kind of fits right in like the bizarre inappropriate aunt who blinks a lot and smiles but isn't actually saying much. It ain't pretty over there.
ReplyDeleteTo me she's like the aunt who spills her drink on you and doesn't even realize it because he false eyelashes got stuck in her eyes.
DeleteWhen women get old, it's pathetic...and funny!
ReplyDeleteBetter not let your mom hear you say that.
DeleteBut, not as pathetic and funny as when men do!
DeleteI worked with Roberta for many years at another station. She was OBSESSED with running, and definitely visited many a Botox party in a quixotic effort to remain the twenty-year-old she always envisioned herself to be. Unfortunately for Bertie, time waits for no man (or woman). Age comes to us all. She needs to accept that fact and age with grace.
ReplyDeleteThe only running she's doing these days is chasing after the ice cream as he zips past her house.
DeleteI say they hire Rich to guess the weather. He can deliver the dirt and go to a live shot at the 7-11 on Jackson Street in Hayward (instead of the boring WC water fountain)!
ReplyDeletePlease get this Botoxed fossil off the air. Halloween is over with! I hope Kyla Grogan is living well and sipping on some champagne right now.
ReplyDeleteShe couldn't exist on the Randy Hahn divorce $$$? That's unfortunate for us.
ReplyDelete@2:38- " How is KTVU even that high in the ratings as a Fox owned station in San Francisco, it makes zero sense given how liberal this city is."
ReplyDeleteWell, given the quality and over-the-top pc preaching we receive on the other stations, perhaps some of us just want something a bit closer to the news. KTVU ain't perfect, but compared to the mouthwash nonsense on KGO?....
KNTV has pretty decent straight news, and they both have a higher story count and update their stories much more than KTVU, which might as well just record one newscast and rerun it in every slot for the next two days.
Delete4:48 What "over-the-top preaching" are you referring to? I work at PIX. I'm not one to be a flag-waver on behalf of the station--yeah, the mood sucks over here. But we put the same non-political crap on the air that 2, 4, or 7 shows. Actually...I wish we'd take a political stand; at least, we'd stand out from the other guys.
Delete7:52 do you even watch your station? The first thing that comes to mind is the whole nonsense of "Building a better Bay Area". They tried to jump on the BLM/George Floyd bandwagon with their "hey everyone look at us look at us bullshit". Nobody is watching that shit. And nobody...I mean NOBODY...cares.
DeleteShe reminds me of that run-down, puffy-faced woman who tells fortunes and chain smokes and drinks bourbon the rest of the time.
ReplyDeleteI have two alternate choices to do "fill-in" weather on KTVU.
ReplyDeleteFirst choice - Michael Bernick, former director of the Employment Development Department (the guy with the black fedora)
Second choice - Da Lin, (especially if he'd wear a black fedora)
OMG...What did she do to herself? Where are her eyes? Give it up senorita. Wear a tight red short dress, go sit at the end of the bar and bat your eyes at some dumb ass sap. Then again, with Ohmygodacron on the rise, you may not have the seat at the bar. Go find a street corner. Seeing her makes me want to watch Fox News...DID I SAY THAT?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the Roberta G. update. I now see she'll be on tomorrow, 12/21/21 at 12/4/7 pm. I look forward to watching/recording to see how she does. I thought of her as the weather-version of Darya F. (not good or bad, just my thoughts/feelings regarding her). What year did she do the Ickey-Shuffle during her news broadcast?
ReplyDeleteIn a word... INSECURE.
ReplyDeleteI don't hate on Roberta, per say. So, I kinda see Rich's point. But when you look at the totality of the situation, her hire is more or less par for the course for KTVU. I mean, they just lost Debora Villalon (to retirement) and Azenith Smith (probably to a private sector position in PR). Experienced people are leaving. And for good reason.
ReplyDeleteGood reason?...revenues are "down clown"
DeleteAnyone who can is leaving KTVU. It's a sinking ship due to horrible management. It's certainly not a secret anymore. If you want to get your start in bay area news, this is your opportunity. Any warm body will do for Amber Eikel. Until she goes, the exit door will stay active.
DeleteI saw Kyla Grogan on MSNBC this morning.
ReplyDeleteGood for her. She was fired from a shithole, so she should be happy.
DeleteShe kicked KTVU to the curb. She fired KTVU and I say good for her. Not surprised she's back on national, kind of thought she was slumming it here anyway. But I guess she has family here.
DeleteJessica Aguirre called. She wants her botox lips back.
ReplyDeleteHoly hell. I thought they couldn't do worst than Rosemary Orozco. KTVU prove me wrong. They replaced Kyla Grogan with this. LMFAO
ReplyDeleteKathy Trafton from the long deceased KFTY was better! She is also a lawyer. Miss you Len Tillem!
ReplyDeleteRoberta is a bloated punch line, sadly. Please just go away.
ReplyDeleteDidn't I say she f*cked up her face?
ReplyDeleteWarpaint, botoxed, filled and whatever else?
Yet she still has her fans who no doubt aren't watching in HD! LOL
I like Bill Martin. He's personable, doesn't seem full of himself, and I always learn a lot from his reports. He's my favorite meteorologist in the Bay Area.
ReplyDeleteAikel is fired. Christina Loren is brought back. I can do many things. The VU is a toilet.
ReplyDeleteNice to see her lovely self. Smart and such a personality too!
ReplyDeleteThat fake hair though LOL
ReplyDeleteMy wife insists that Roberta is like watching a cross between Elvira and Spock's wife [if he had one] that keeps him wanting to remain in space.
ReplyDeleteI don't wish to be mean but it's appalling they allow her on the air. This is just sad. I watch KTVU because they have done a better job with North Bay weather but I'm bailing if I can find a decent alternative. I must admit that reading the comments had me laughing so hard I had to take a break.
Roberta is actually a very nice person. Some of these mean-spirited comments are really dumb.
ReplyDeleteWow! What a lot of mean, sexist, ageist remarks about Roberta Gonzalez. She knows weather well, so give her a chance. Please. I really like Bill Martin, Mark Tamayo, and Steve Paulson. I guess I don't fit in here since I'm not a mean person who likes to make fun of people. all of these Anonymous posts saying such nasty things. Yuck.
ReplyDeleteHilarious report and equally entertaining comments. However, I still find Roberta to be intoxicating.
ReplyDeleteRoberta is hard on the eyes. Must change channel until the weather is over.
ReplyDeleteSaw her again tonight. Tight , way too short dress, way too much make-up, just trying too hard. If she would tone down her look she’d be okay. Just rather sad.
ReplyDeleteShe is a breath of fresh air! I’ll bet she’s better at her job than you are at yours!!!!!
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