Alex Savidge: The KTVU Anchor Who Came Home to Cover His Own Backyard

Most local news anchors build careers in cities they have no personal connection to. Alex Savidge did the opposite. He grew up watching Bay Area news with his father as a kid in Berkeley, and today he’s the one delivering it — anchoring and reporting for KTVU FOX 2, the very station his family tuned into decades ago. That full-circle story is part of what makes Savidge one of the more recognizable, and relatable, figures in Northern California broadcast journalism.

Here’s a complete look at who he is, how he got here, and what his day-to-day work actually looks like.

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alex Savidge
Occupation	TV News Anchor & Reporter
Current Employer	KTVU FOX 2 (Oakland, CA)
Also Anchors	West Coast News Wrap, FOX 13 Seattle
Hometown	Berkeley, California
High School	Berkeley High School
College	University of Southern California (B.A., Broadcast Journalism)
Joined KTVU	2011
Family	Married, father of two sons
Contact	Alex.Savidge@fox.com

Who Is Alex Savidge?

Alex Savidge is an American television journalist who works as an anchor and general assignment reporter for KTVU FOX 2 News, the Fox-affiliated station covering the San Francisco Bay Area out of Oakland, California. Beyond his local duties, he also anchors West Coast News Wrap, a nightly regional newscast that KTVU produces for its sister station, FOX 13 in Seattle, giving Pacific Northwest viewers a rundown of major California stories each evening.

A Bay Area Kid, Through and Through

Unlike a lot of broadcast journalists who move from market to market chasing the next job, Savidge’s connection to the Bay Area predates his career entirely. He was born and raised in Berkeley and graduated from Berkeley High School before heading south to Los Angeles for college.

By his own account, his interest in local news took root early. He’s talked about staying up late as a kid to watch the news with his father, and specifically remembers watching coverage of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake — the one that collapsed part of the Bay Bridge and the Cypress Street Viaduct — as a formative moment that showed him what television news could actually do for a community in crisis. Decades later, he’d be the one reporting on the region’s earthquakes, fires, and emergencies, rather than watching someone else do it.

Education

Savidge attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism. USC’s journalism program has produced a long list of working television reporters, and Savidge’s early jobs after graduation followed a path that’s fairly typical for the industry: small markets first, building a reel, then moving up.

Career Timeline: From LA Cable Access to Bay Area Anchor Desk

Savidge’s résumé reads like a tour of the Southwestern U.S. broadcast market before he made it back home:

• LA City View Channel 35 (Los Angeles, CA) — his first job out of USC, reporting for the city-run cable channel.
• KESQ (Palm Springs/Palm Desert, CA) — moved into a weekend news anchor role.
• KVBC (Las Vegas, NV) — worked as a reporter starting around 2005.
• KSAZ (Phoenix, AZ) — took a general assignment reporter role roughly two years later.
• KTVU FOX 2 (Oakland, CA) — joined in 2011 and has remained there since, eventually becoming a full anchor in addition to reporting duties.

By his own telling, his first six years at KTVU were spent on the early shift, filing live reports for the station’s morning broadcast before he moved into other roles at the station.

The Stories He’s Covered

Over more than a decade at KTVU, Savidge has been the reporter on the ground for some of the Bay Area’s most consequential news events, including:

• The 2014 Napa earthquake, one of the strongest to hit the Bay Area in 25 years
• The search for Sierra Lamar, the Morgan Hill teenager whose 2012 disappearance became a major South Bay news story
• The October 2017 North Bay wildfires, including the Tubbs Fire, which destroyed thousands of homes in Sonoma County and became one of the most destructive fires in California history at the time
• Multiple Golden State Warriors championship parades through downtown Oakland — a personal highlight for Savidge, who has described himself as a lifelong fan of the team

His reporting has continued into recent years covering a broad range of Bay Area issues — from a state bill aimed at improving media access to county jails (a bill inspired in part by KTVU’s own reporting) to coverage of San Francisco’s efforts to address homelessness in the Tenderloin and South of Market neighborhoods, to breaking news like a fatal boat capsizing near Alcatraz Island.

Personal Life

Savidge is married and has two sons. He’s described himself online as a devoted husband and father, and a lifelong fan of the Golden State Warriors. Outside of work, he’s said he enjoys running, playing basketball, camping, cooking elaborate meals with his kids, and going to concerts with his wife.

He tends to keep most personal details — like his exact age or the specifics of his family life — out of the public eye, which is fairly common for local news personalities who prefer to keep the focus on their reporting rather than their private lives.

Where to Find Him

Viewers can catch Savidge on KTVU FOX 2’s Bay Area broadcasts and on FOX 13 Seattle’s West Coast News Wrap in the evenings. He’s also active on social media, where he shares behind-the-scenes looks at his reporting along with his own photography.

FAQ

What station does Alex Savidge work for? He’s an anchor and reporter for KTVU FOX 2 in Oakland, California, and also anchors West Coast News Wrap for FOX 13 Seattle.

When did Alex Savidge join KTVU? He joined the station in 2011 after previous reporting jobs in Los Angeles, Palm Springs, Las Vegas, and Phoenix.

Where did Alex Savidge go to college? He attended the University of Southern California, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism.

Is Alex Savidge from the Bay Area? Yes. He was born and raised in Berkeley, California, and graduated from Berkeley High School before returning to the region to build his career at KTVU.

Is Alex Savidge married? Yes, he’s married and has two sons, though he keeps most family details private.

Final Thoughts

Alex Savidge’s career is a reminder that some of the best local journalism comes from reporters who actually have roots in the communities they cover. From watching Bay Area news as a kid in Berkeley to anchoring it himself more than a decade into his tenure at KTVU, Savidge has built a career defined by consistency, local knowledge, and a front-row seat to some of Northern California’s biggest stories.