- I can't believe on what... (laughs)
Is it a little bright?
Do you think it's a
little bright, you guys?
- [Man] No, we don't
think it's bright at all.
- No, not at all?
- No, we like the way it looks.
(laughing)
- What's amazing is when
you look at these clips,
it seems like it really
wasn't that long ago.
- It certainly does
seem that way, but boy,
since 1991 has technology ever changed!
- Oh yeah, we didn't have cell phones,
we didn't have smart phones,
there certainly wasn't any social media.
No Facebook, no Twitter, nor Instagram.
How did we get the job done?
- I, you know, somehow we
did and we still managed
to embrace all this new technology.
We love you, technology.
- Well, we love social media.
It really enables us to
keep incredibly close
with the audience and, of course,
remember our old friends as well.
- And we got a chance to catch up
with some of those dear friends.
- Nice to see you, how are you?
- Nice to see you, good, good!
- Hello!
- Look at, look at, look at you!
(smooching)
- [News Anchor] Don't
invade his dance space.
(news anchors laughing)
- [Interviewer] Beautiful to see you.
All right, so you were saying,
and I mean you've had
this fantastic career.
What do people approach
you about all the time?
- It does not matter what
I've done in my career.
The longevity of my career.
People say, "Giselle, I love
you on the morning news."
I go, I've been off the
morning news for a long time,
but I'm so glad you're still watching.
(both laughing)
- I've never worked for a place that
cares about people like this, ever.
And it just, it blesses me so much.
I don't know how to say it.
It was the best, best
13, 14 years of my life.
- [Man] How do I put this into words?
The KTLA morning news is my life.
It has always been part of me.
- There is this uniqueness
about the KTLA morning news
and the team, we really are a family.
- Bingo!
- We had no idea what we were creating,
what we were starting,
the revolution that would take
place in morning television.
We were just a bunch of
kids having a good time
providing news and doing
our job as best we could.
- Coming out, Bo!
- Bo, what are,
- Coming out, Bo!
- Bo, Bo, Bo, Bo!
- Run, Bo, run!
- Running, running, running, running!
- Michaela's left.
- You told me to run!
- Did being on the KTLA
morning news change your life?
- Oh my goodness, are you kidding me?
You know that, you know that.
Unequivocally.
I started out with people
giving me very good advice
about who to be in
television, "Be yourself".
KTLA not only allowed me to do that,
but cemented that into the foundation
of who I am as a broadcaster.
You will agree I am mostly the same person
on TV as I am off TV.
The one-two punch between KTLA and CNN
is what's allowing me to be
able to do this new show.
- Let's talk about that.
What's better than having
a show called MichaeLA?
- Um, just saying, as a
kid also that struggled
with her name when nobody
else was named Michaela,
it is kind of this full circle moment.
- What's the show going to be?
- Okay, so the show is
going to obviously be news.
It's a morning news show,
but we're going to do it sort of
through a Michaela, west coast filter.
We want to make sure that
we bring you the people
and the passion behind the headlines.
- There they are, over there, Skycopter 5!
(laughing)
- KNX, you're working there. How's that?
- Yeah, it's awesome.
It's a great family
environment there, too.
It's very, it's challenging,
but it's good, it's great.
I have a 10 year old son
and I got my master's
in clinical psychology.
- [Interviewer] Oh my gosh.
- From Azusa Pacific, so I...
- Oh, I could use your help.
- Yeah, come see, I'm almost licensed.
- [Interviewer] Are you still playing?
- I am.
- [Interviewer] Yeah.
- Playing at the Farmer's
Market Friday night.
The girls are still together.
I've been playing with
Mike a little bit, my son.
- [Interviewer] Yeah,
he plays the drums now!
- [Woman] Plays the drums, he's good.
- [Interviewer] Well let's bring him in!
- [Woman] Bring him in!
This is the love of my life right here.
- [Interviewer] Aw, look at him.
That's some nice 'do! Like the 'do.
- I'm hard on him a little
bit, but he's got a good feel.
- Aw, yeah. Stage mom.
- Am I?
(laughing)
- Let's jump ahead to
what you're doing now.
- I have a strategic communications firm
called Ruiz Strategies and we, uh,
work with very large corporations,
so think the largest
corporations in the world.
Shell Oil, BP, Toyota, we
help them tell their story.
I've also written a book
for the legal industry,
it's a communications book,
Content Marketing for Lawyers.
And then I do public speaking,
I travel the world and
I speak in particular
to women entrepreneurs and
minority entrepreneurs.
- Well, I am back doing
mornings again in San Diego.
Instead of Carlos and Barbara,
it's Carlos and Lisa at KUSI.
It's called Good Morning San Diego.
- Well, I'm doing a lot of cool things.
I've auctioned a lot
of properties for film
'cause I am a big reader as you know
and I've started to think,
why can't I take my storytelling ability
and kind of transfer it?
So I did and I have my interview series,
which I love, called Big
Shots on LAmagazine.com
and I interview titans of industry.
You know, I sit on boards
I really care about.
I'm very active in politics.
I have a lot of interest
in what's happening
in the world today.
You know, you never lose that
news kind of sensibility.
(laughing)
- There are my boys, hi!
- A lot of people have been
asking about Barbara Beck.
What has happened to Barbara Beck?
Well, Barbara Beck is doing very well.
She lives in central
California, she's a grandmother,
she's traveling, and she
sends her best to all of you.
Do people still come up to you?
- Yes (laughs), yes.
- What do they say?
- They say, "Oh, you're
from the news, oh!"
The funniest part is,
"Oh, I just watched you".
(both laughing)
- I do watch today and the
set's so much more modern.
The women are smart and
beautiful and fabulous
and there's a billion of
them and you are great.
And then there's the staple,
the wise man, and my Mark.
Give Mark a big kiss for me.
- [Interviewer] Oh, I will.
And you're greater today, too, so..
- Aw, as you can see,
the KTLA morning news
has touched so many people.
- It certainly has.
We feel so lucky to do this every day
and we'll keep doing it
as long as they let us.
- And as the celebration comes to an end,
we want to say thank you.
- Thank you for waking up with us.
- Thanks for laughing with us.
- For taking this ride with us.
- For trusting us.
- For sharing your community with us.
- Thank you for letting us into your home.
- For being there through thick and thin.
- Thanks for opening your world to us.
- And remember, we do it all
for you, the home viewer.
- Here's to another 25 years!
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