Rigo Chacon joined ABC7 26 years ago as a general assignment reporter and immediately opened ABC7's South Bay Bureau - the first Santa Clara County bureau of a San Francisco-based TV station. Today, Rigo's principal areas of coverage are Santa Clara, San Mateo, Alameda, Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Benito counties. He has also been assigned to report from different parts of the US and Latin America.

While at San Jose's KNTV for two years in the early 70's, Rigo won an Emmy Award as a producer. Since then, he has received numerous broadcast and community service awards including a second Emmy for general news reporting. He's been inducted into the Silver Circle for the Bay Area Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Silver Circle membership is by peer nomination only and includes professionals in broadcasting who have dedicated more than 25 years of their career to the Bay Area.

Rigo has also been honored by Esquire magazine as an example of men and women who are changing America. In 1994, Rigo received the Portraits of Success Award, which pays tribute to local Hispanic Americans who through their vocations, spirit of volunteerism and sense of civic responsibility, elevate the quality of life in their community.

The San Jose High School Foundation lists Rigo as one of the top alumni in the school's 136-year history. Rigo has also been honored by the State Department of Justice as an example of Americans who have struggled against adversity. The Santa Clara Human Relations Commission has given Rigo its prestigious Special Recognition award for public service. A number of organizations, agencies and educational institutions have also singled Rigo out for special merit. The Mexican government has selected him for its Ohtli Award. The Ohtli is given to native sons and daughters of Mexico or their descendants who have excelled on foreign soil.

He is past president of the Community Service Organization and is on the board of the National Hispanic University, Gardner Children's Center and the advisory board for Inn Vision, an agency dedicated to helping the homeless.

The fourth of nine children, Rigo moved with his family from the small community of Janos, Chihuahua, Mexico to El Paso, Texas when he was eight. He later moved to San Jose where he attended San Jose High School.

Rigo later attended San Jose State University before pursuing his broadcast career.