Ken Bastida


Ken Bastida is a former broadcast journalist who most recently anchored at KPIX-TV, the CBS affiliate in San Francisco.
Bastida holds a bachelor's degree in Broadcast Communication Arts from San Francisco State University and was inducted into the university's Hall of Fame in May 2008. Bastida began his career as a Bay Area radio host in 1978. Since then, he held on-air positions at numerous Bay Area radio stations, including KFRC, KGO, KMEL, K101, KFYI and KCBS. For a time, Bastida hosted Landscape Smart, a landscaping show on HGTV.
He joined KPIX as a reporter in 1990 and retired from television news after his final broadcast at the station on October 29, 2021.

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