He's one of the best storytellers in the Bay Area, and 6 of the last 7 years, he has been awarded the Best Writing Emmy Award for News or Programming in Northern California. Mike Sugerman brings his unique perspective to CBS 5 after two decades at KCBS Radio, where he still reports on a weekly basis.
You name it, Mike has covered it. He was assigned to cover the Nixon impeachment trial for his college radio station, but Nixon resigned hours before Mike made it to Washington. He's been to 3 national political conventions, 6 World Series, and a Super Bowl. His first television appearance was on the Dating Game as a college freshman (he won!!)
Mike has been one of the most honored news reporters in California over the past 2 decades. Since 1980, he was won over 100 major local, state and national awards, including 12 Emmys, 5 national Edward R. Murrow awards, a George Foster Peabody award, and two National Headliner awards.
Mike graduated college with a BA in political science from UCLA and later earned a Masters Degree, also in Political Science, from San Jose State.
He was born in Chicago, and grew up in Los Angeles, though he gave up on the Dodgers when he moved to the Bay Area in 1979 (and is now a loyal Giants fan). He lives in San Francisco with his wife Janice Wright (a KCBS reporter), and two sons Max and Will.
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