Award-winning broadcast journalist Sydnie Kohara brings years of experience to her position as co-anchor of the CBS 5 Eyewitness News Early Edition. She also contributes stories to CBS 5 specials and serves as the featured reporter for Chronicle Watch. Kohara has lived all over the world she covers. From Tokyo and Hong Kong to Frankfurt, Paris and London, she has provided the latest market news and information on Asian and European corporations. She has also worked at television stations in Sacramento and Montgomery, Alabama, where she was the first woman co-host of the University of Alabama's syndicated football shows. During the San Francisco earthquake in 1989, she provided live global coverage to Japan, Europe and Australia for the ABC network, receiving a Peabody and Morrow award for reporting excellence. Sydnie has also received Emmy nominations and awards from AAJA, RTNDA and SPJ. Kohara has been Chief of Communications for the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, served as Quarterly Chair for the Commonwealth Club, helped found Camp CEO, a Girl Scout-sponsored retreat for at-risk teenage girls and is in great demand as a speaker and emcee for Bay Area events and fundraisers.