John Evans anchors the news at night on KCBS. He’s been on the air in San Francisco since 1979 having worked as both a newsman and a rock, jazz and classical music DJ.
John and his partner live in the Oakland Hills with their three dogs. He has three grown sons, two of whom live in the East Bay and one in Seattle. They’re all lifelong San Francisco Giants fans.
His weekend passions including gardening and landscaping their half-acre which features a year ‘round vegetable garden and 15 fruit trees.
John enjoys vegetarian cooking, artsy films, live theater, and all things Italian. He has studied the Italian language for more than 20 years. John’s an avid reader and book collector and enjoys great novels on the human condition and Bay Area history books. He’s also a music buff and spends hours listening to and managing his collection of thousands of CDs and mp3s.
John also is a CrossFit athlete. He’s either working out at his favorite CrossFit gym or getting friends together at Lake Merritt in Oakland or Kezar Stadium in San Francisco.