David Ono

David Ono is a Japanese American filmmaker and news anchor for KABC-TV Channel 7 in Los Angeles, California.

He also fills in for co-anchor Marc Brown at 5 and 11 P.M.[1] Born David Johnston[2] in Japan to a Japanese mother and a Caucasian father, Ono moved to the United States with his family at age one.

[5] Ono stated that he had little contact with his Asian roots as his mother died young and he was raised in a community that was either Caucasian or Latino.

[6] Ono has also worked at KOVR in Sacramento, California, KDBC-TV in El Paso, Texas, KOSA-TV in Midland/Odessa, and KXAS-TV in Dallas.

Having joined ABC's Los Angeles O&O KABC-TV in 1996, he has interviewed President Barack Obama and covered major international events, including the Boston Marathon bombing, the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, Hurricane Katrina, the 2010 Haiti earthquake and the 2011 Tōhoku tsunami.