KPIX’s Paul Deanno, two others leaving station

KPIX (CBS5) has lost a valuable member of its news team.

Chief meteorologist Paul Deanno is leaving the San Francisco TV station for a similar position at Chicago’s NBC affiliate WMAQ. His last day at Channel 5 is next Friday, Oct. 4.

Bay Area media blogger Rich Lieberman was the first to report Deanno’s departure. It has been confirmed by Deanno.

“It has been a wonderful seven years living and working here,” Deanno told the Bay Area News Group. “But an opportunity that’s absolutely perfect for my career and for my family has come up… and we’re going for it.”

That “perfect” opportunity will not include being the chief meteorologist at WMAQ, where Deanno is set to appear on the weekday 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. newscasts. Deanno starts at the Chicago station on Oct. 21.

Lieberman also reports that  Melissa Caen and Christin Ayers are leaving KPIX. Ayers tis headed to another station to do general assignment reporting and Caen, KPIX’s political reporter, is leaving to write a book.

Deanno has spent 17 years in television journalism. Before arriving at KPIX in the summer of 2012, he worked at stations in Utica, New York, Medford, Oregon, and Spokane, Washington, as well as Miami, San Antonio and Seattle.

In a  headline-making move, Deanno left Seattle to replace longtime KPIX fixture Roberta Gonzales as the station’s weeknight weather anchor. Gonzales worked alongside Deanno until leaving KPIX in 2017 to start her own production company.

As Chief Meteorologist for CBS 5 Eyewitness News, Deanno delivered weather reports weeknights at 5, 6, 10 (on the CW 44/Cable 12) and 11 p.m.

No word yet on who will replace Deanno.

Originally Published: September 27, 2019 at 10:24 AM PDT