Susie Frankeberger is a television news reporter who worked for CBS

CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

 affiliate KGPE

KGPE

KGPE, virtual channel 47, is the CBS affiliated television station for the Fresno, California market. KGPE's digital signal is on UHF channel 34 from Auberry, California. It's currently owned by High Plains Broadcasting and operated by Newport Television, LLC....

, Channel 47, in Fresno, California

Fresno, California

Fresno is a city in central California, United States, the county seat of Fresno County. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 510,365, making it the fifth largest city in California, the largest inland city in California, and the 34th largest in the nation...

, from 1998 to 2008.

Frankeberger was born in Bakersfield and raised in Dos Palos, California

Dos Palos, California

Dos Palos is a city in Merced County, California, United States. Dos Palos is located south-southwest of Merced, at an elevation of 118 feet . The population was 4,950 at the 2010 census, up from 4,581 at the 2000 census...

, graduating from Dos Palos High School. She attended California State University, Fresno

California State University, Fresno

California State University, Fresno, often referred to as Fresno State University and synonymously known in athletics as Fresno State , is one of the leading campuses of the California State University system, located at the northeast edge of Fresno, California, USA.The campus sits at the foot of...

 and was named the Outstanding Journalism Graduate. A multi-award winner, Frankeberger captured several prestigious honors including: An Emmy for a 60-minute news cast at KGET

KGet

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 in Bakersfield; an AFTRA award for Best One hour Special; Kern Press Club Awards; Best live shot, hard news, editing, feature.

Frankeberger was KPGE's "Health and Family Safety" reporter, and worked with the local chapter of the American Heart Association

American Heart Association

The American Heart Association is a non-profit organization in the United States that fosters appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability and deaths caused by cardiovascular disease and stroke. It is headquartered in Dallas, Texas...

on the "Jump for Heart" program in local schools. She separated from KGPE following a September 2007 DUI incident.