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Nikki Torres
Nikki Torres is a reporter and occasional weather forecaster at FOX 13 News.
Working in Seattle is the conclusion of her TV journalism tour around the Pacific Northwest. After graduating from college, she started her professional career in Medford, reporting and weekend forecasting for southern Oregon and northern California. Following that stint, she moved to eastern Washington to report, associate produce and forecast in Spokane.
Her last stop was Portland, where she was a weather anchor KATU News This Morning on weekends and reported on stories during the week. In Portland, Nikki earned two regional Emmy Awards alongside the morning show.
She is a loud and proud Coug, graduating from The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University.
Nikki is a born and raised Washingtonian. She's more than excited to be back in the Emerald City and report on stories affecting the region she grew up in.
When she's not on your screen, she enjoys running and trying out new food spots. If you have any recommendations, let her know!
Her favorite thing to do since she was a kid is telling stories. Now, she gets to do it for a living.
The latest from Nikki Torres
Hundreds of Seattle-area hotel workers strike for better wages, conditions
"As of now, we are paycheck to paycheck," said Violeta Reyes, a house attendant working for Westin Seattle. "It's not enough for us, the money. With prices going up, we don't deserve it."
Man shot in the head in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood
A man was fatally shot in the head in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood Thursday morning, prompting a homicide investigation and a search for the suspect.
At least 4 people wounded in Seattle shooting early Monday
Seattle police responded to a shooting early Monday morning that left several people injured near the intersection of Broadway and East Pike Street.
Seafair hydroplane races highlight 75 years of family tradition
As Seafair's 75th anniversary shines with perfect Puget Sound weather, we talk with locals about decades-long family traditions surrounding the events attracting over 50,000 attendees this weekend.
Man killed in Seattle's Lake City neighborhood, homicide investigation launched
Police launched a vehicular homicide investigation after a man was killed in Seattle’s Lake City neighborhood on Monday morning.
Pallets of countertop materials burn in fire at Tacoma business
Firefighters in Tacoma were busy on Sunday with two major fires. The second involving pallets of countertop materials at a local business.
Fire at apartment construction site in Seattle spreads to nearby home, vehicles
Fire ripped through an apartment building under construction early Saturday morning in Seattle's Columbia City neighborhood, spreading to a nearby home and vehicles.
Fire tears through former Eastlake Bar & Grill in Seattle
Fire tore through a vacant commercial building in Seattle's Eastlake neighborhood early Friday morning.
Man critically injured in overnight brawl in Seattle's SODO neighborhood
Police are investigating after a man was seriously injured in a brawl that broke out in Seattle’s SODO neighborhood early Friday morning.
90-year-old man in critical condition after West Seattle house fire
Crews are investigating after a house in Seattle’s Delridge neighborhood caught on fire early Monday morning.