Hayley Watts is an anchor & producer for Action News Now.
Hayley grew up just outside of Los Angeles, but she fell in love with Chico when she attended Chico State to study journalism in 2003.
After college, she went back to Los Angeles to work as a freelance music journalist.
Her sense of adventure also took her to Parkersburg, WV, where she worked as reporter and weather anchor for WTAP News.
After years of being away, Hayley is happy to be back in her home state and in the city she fell in love with as a college student.
Her new home of Chico is where she met her husband and became a loving step-mom of two amazing boys (and the other kids – Kramer the cat, Harley the dog and Ellie the new puppy!)
When Hayley isn't working she enjoys exploring the many adventures the North State has to offer with her family, or even just going for a run out in Bidwell Park. You can find Hayley on Facebook and Twitter.
When she is working, her passion is to tell meaningful stories that have a useful and positive impact on the North State community she loves.
If you have story ideas, feel free to email her at Hwatts@ActionNewsNow.com or contact her on Facebook.
A fire that started at a carport did serious damage to a home in Redding.
We check in with the progress the Town of Paradise has made to get all of its utilities underground as people rebuild.
Action News Now investigates whether PG&E will mandate blackouts during Red Flag Warnings for the foreseeable future.
How much of your so-called recyclables are actually repurposed? We look at why trash is piling up, and what state lawmakers want to do about it.
After 9 weeks, the committee has a good idea of the ordinance they want to propose to regulate recreational marijuana sales in the City of Chico.
City leaders say they can't control possible blackouts, but they can have a backup plan to keep people safe.
How people are feeling after 29 people were killed in 2 mass shootings this weekend.
One man even caught a thief taking his "recall" sign on camera.
We're a little cooler today than yesterday, with highs in the 90s putting us just below normal for this time of year.
Temperatures drop as much as 10 degrees from last Sunday to mid-week
