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Judy Farah
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KFBK News Director and Senior Editor Judy Farah has more than 25 years news experience in New York, Los Angeles and Sacramento. She's edited the KFBK Afternoon News with Kitty O'Neal the past 13 years while also directing the newsroom by assigning stories and scheduling interviews. Farah started out as a newspaper reporter, then covered major stories as a reporter for The Associated Press in Los Angeles, including the 1984 Olympics, the Oscars, Emmys, the presidency of Ronald Reagan and the criminals trials of the Night Stalker and the Hillside Stranglers.

Farah came to KFBK in 1996, and has helped direct coverage of four presidential elections, five governor's elections and the killing sprees of Yosemite Killer Cary Stayner and Scott Peterson. She also broadcast live for two 13-hour days for KFBK from the 9-11 terrorist attacks. A graduate of William Paterson College in New Jersey, Farah has won three Edward R. Murrow awards, including one for best writing, while at KFBK. She's also earned two awards from the Northern California Radio Television News Directors Association for Best Series and Best Newscast. She has also written for the Wall Street Journal, TV Guide, Los Angeles and Parents magazines. She was honored with a Jefferson Fellowship in 2009 and traveled to Japan, China and Hong Kong to study the Asian economy. In 2010, she was awarded a RTNDA RIAS Fellowship to travel to Germany, Belgium and Prague to study the European economy.

In her free time, Farah enjoys the outdoors by hiking along the American River bike trail and kayaking. A wine enthusiast, Farah's done a monthly wine segment on KFBK the past three years and enjoys visiting our local foothill wineries.

Blog Entries by Judy Farah

The Purple and Pink RV Tour -- One Fan's Fight to Save His NBA Team

(0) Comments | Posted April 17, 2013 | 5:32 PM

It's hard to miss as it's barreling down a freeway; laboring through a long, lonely stretch of an interstate or swerving in a desert dust storm. A huge purple and pink RV with "Playing to Win" painted on its shiny side. Some people run across the country to...

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My Friend, Alleged Computer Hacker Matthew Keys

(4) Comments | Posted March 15, 2013 | 4:46 PM

It's not every day you open an email and it's about someone you know that begins with: The United States of America vs. Matthew Keys.

Matthew is my friend from when he worked in Sacramento, Calif. He was the web editor for the local Fox TV affiliate. I am the...

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God, Why? A Possible Answer

(3) Comments | Posted December 18, 2012 | 8:51 AM

She asked the question many of us are asking after the school shooting in Connecticut on Friday.

"God, why do you take her?"

This question was asked via Twitter by the younger sister of 27-year-old Victoria Soto, who is being hailed as a heroine...

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Three Home Runs in a World Series -- This Time, Without Racism

(2) Comments | Posted October 26, 2012 | 10:44 AM

It didn't take long for someone to bring up his name as soon as Pablo Sandoval slammed his third home run for the San Francisco Giants in the first game of the World Series.

Reggie Jackson. And it didn't take long for it to trigger the biggest regret of...

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Do You Have a "Yes Man" in Your Life? A Post-Debate Lesson for Obama

(3) Comments | Posted October 5, 2012 | 12:35 PM

Of all the historic number of tweets generated by Wednesday's presidential debate, something like 10.3 million in 90 minutes, one stood out to me. It was by CNN political analyst David Gergen. He wrote:

"I didn't think (the president) was rusty. I just don't think...

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A Father, A Daughter and Baseball. Why I Love Clint Eastwood's "Trouble With the Curve."

(3) Comments | Posted September 21, 2012 | 5:14 PM

Growing up in the northeast, spring was the most anticipated season of all. After four months of being captive inside due to bitter winter cold, there was finally the promise of warmer, longer days ahead. For most, that meant the first signs of green plants and flowers emerging from the...

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Twitter Big Winner at Both RNC and DNC Conventions

(2) Comments | Posted September 7, 2012 | 4:04 PM

Forget the political pundits. Karl Rove and Chris Mathews don't count. Don't even think about the Pew or Zogby polls. The real winner in both the Republican and Democratic conventions the past two weeks has been Twitter. The social media forum exploded in tweets during speeches the past two weeks...

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Will California Show Up in November? Voter Apathy at 75-Year Low

(3) Comments | Posted July 2, 2012 | 6:32 PM

California... land of sunshine, beaches, Hollywood stars and home of a mini DC. The Golden State has not only produced two memorable presidents -- Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan -- but two recent colorful governors as well in Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jerry Brown.

So how can you explain a dismal...

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Do You Have a Work Spouse? Why They May Be Good, and Maybe Not So Good for You

(2) Comments | Posted May 9, 2012 | 11:40 AM

Her tweet immediately got my attention: "Photo courtesy of my work husband."

Work husband? I tweeted back, "I want one! You don't have to go home and make dinner for them!"

Rachel Belle is the funniest person I know. She was my radio...

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Why Are We Getting Fatter?

(1) Comments | Posted April 9, 2012 | 12:45 PM

It subtly crept up on me. Last summer, I took my 3-year-old grandson for a swim at my gym's kiddie pool. While I was in my bathing suit pushing him around, I saw young moms in their 20s and 30s sitting around on lounge chairs, covered up in loose T-shirts...

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What's Your Business Social Style: Hand Shaker, Back Slapper or Smoocher?

(3) Comments | Posted February 27, 2012 | 12:53 PM

It was a Friday night. My co-workers and I were getting a special perk -- a black tie dinner to celebrate my radio station's 90th anniversary. We were all dressed up -- guys in tuxes and gals in their best black dresses. It was a celebratory mood. We hugged...

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"Mittens" and "Pious Baloney" Why Do Conservatives Hate Mitt Romney?

(16) Comments | Posted January 19, 2012 | 6:03 PM

Mittens. Ken Doll. Vulture Capitalist. Pious Baloney. All these labels have been launched by some conservatives at Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. The frontrunner is always the target in an election year. But the question is -- why do conservatives hate their fellow Republican Romney?

"They...

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Carlos Santana Bashes Ronald Reagan, Gov. Jerry Brown and His Family During Induction Into California Hall of Fame

(19) Comments | Posted December 14, 2011 | 11:11 AM

Music legend Carlos Santana shocked a crowd of more than 1,000 people when he bashed former President Ronald Reagan and Gov. Jerry Brown as he was inducted into the California Hall of Fame in Sacramento -- while Brown was standing right next to him.

It was supposed...

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