The 2026 Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards were presented tonight from the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, hosted by ABC7’s Emmy Award-winning entertainment reporter George Pennacchio.
This year’s awards ceremony, produced by Bob Bain and Bob Bain Productions, honored locally produced programs in the categories of Live and Breaking News Coverage, Crime and Social Issues, Culture and History, the Arts, Health and Science, Human Interest, Music, Sports, and the Environment.
David Ono was the recipient of the 2026 Los Angeles Area Emmy Governors Award, recognizing his more than three decades of broadcasting and his passion for in-depth storytelling. The award was presented by Ono’s KABC co-anchor, Jovana Lara.
Watch video clips of the 2026 Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards.
A complete list of this year’s Los Angeles Area Emmy Award winners, as compiled by the independent accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP, can be viewed here.
Greg Taylor and Brian DeCloux are the Los Angeles Area Governors.
The Los Angeles Area Emmys were made possible by Television Academy partners Decoy Wines, FIJI Water, Franciacorta, LG, People, The Ritz-Carlton and United Airlines.
Download the press release here.
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