[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 92 (Monday, June 18, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1051]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         HONORING LLOYD LaCUESTA UPON HIS RETIREMENT FROM KTVU

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                            HON. ZOE LOFGREN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 18, 2012

  Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise to acknowledge and 
honor Lloyd LaCuesta upon his retirement from KTVU.
  Lloyd retires on June 15th, after over 35 years of reporting with 
KTVU Channel 2 News. Lloyd held the position of South Bay Bureau Chief 
for decades and is the longest tenured reporter at KTVU. He received 
his B.A. in Journalism and Political Science from California State 
University, Los Angeles, and San Jose State University. He obtained his 
M.A. in Journalism from University of California, Los Angeles.
  Lloyd worked for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner as a high school 
correspondent and then in radio at KNBC/KNX. Lloyd later served in the 
U.S. Army as a military broadcast journalist for the American Forces 
Korea Network before coming to KTVU in 1976.
  From 1987 1990, Lloyd served as Asian American Journalists 
Association's (AAJA) first elected national president. In 1991, Lloyd 
co-founded the UNITY alliance to increase diversity in the news and 
served as its first president. His mentorship, reputation, and service 
earned him AAJA's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004.
  Lloyd covered stories ranging from the L.A. Riots in 1992 and the 
Columbine high school shooting to the first landing of the Space 
Shuttle at Edwards Air Force Base and a flight into Mr. St. Helen's 
volcano crater. His reporting led him to the Philippines to cover the 
Marcos vs. Aquino Presidential campaign, Honduras to report on 
Hurricane Mitch, and Vietnam to produce a series on Amerasian children.
  For his work, Lloyd has won six Emmy Awards from the National Academy 
of Arts and Sciences. He received awards from the Associated Press and 
the Peninsula Press Club. He uses his expertise to teach journalism at 
San Jose State University and Menlo College.
  We honor Lloyd LaCuesta, on the special occasion of his retirement 
and will miss him on the ten o'clock news. We commend Lloyd for his 
invaluable service to our community and wish him the best in his future 
adventures. We are very fortunate to have benefited from his 
dedication, tenacity, and perspective. He has left his mark in San Jose 
and the larger community.

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