Leslie Brinkley announced her retirement on Nov. 18, 2025, after working for more than three decades at KGO-TV.

Leslie Brinkley, a longtime reporter on KGO-TV, just retired, marking the end of a 36-year career at the station.

Brinkley made her final appearance on the Bay Area’s ABC affiliate on the “Midday Live” show on Tuesday, where she explained that she was leaving her role to take care of her new baby granddaughter.

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“I’m looking forward to that new chapter,” Brinkley said. “So I’ll be watching the news occasionally, but I think I’m gonna be immersed in baby world.”

Brinkley joined the station in 1989, just before the Loma Prieta earthquake........

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