UCSB Political Science Alumna Paula Lopez was recently honored by the Santa Barbara Chapter of the Association for Women in Communications. Lopez, co-anchor of KEY News at 11 p.m. began her career at this station before heading to station KCAL in Los Angeles in 1990, where she covered the O.J. Simpson trial, southland floods, and the devastating Los Angeles riots. She received both a local area Emmy Award and a Golden Mike Award for Best News Reporting while she was there. She returned to station KEYT in 1996.