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Bilingual journalist | Mexicana | Reporting in my hometown at @KHOU | Story ideas to maguilera @khou .com | IG: @ MariaAguileraaa | FB: @ MariaAguileraTV

Houston, Texas
Joined August 2009
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Maria E. Aguilera
2 years
Uvalde is a largely Latino community. At a press conference earlier today about the shooting, authorities said nothing in Spanish and did not address any Spanish-speaking journalists.
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Maria E. Aguilera
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Latina QUEENS! 👑 Loved everything about this! #LatinoGang #HalftimeShow #SuperBowl
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Vanessa Guillen’s sister, Lupe Guillen says today is not the day to seek justice or speak of anything political, or a bill. She says today is a day to remember her beautiful life. @6NewsCTX #VanessaGuillen
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Here’s a look at #SugarLand just before 4am as Beryl approaches. #FortBendCounty is expected to be one of the hardest hit areas. We’re monitoring the conditions all morning and have continuing coverage on @KHOU #Beryl 🌀
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#UVALDE Update: Texas DPS Director Steve McCraw says officers made “the wrong decision.” He said they didn’t know it was an active shooter situation because an on-scene commander believed they had a barricaded subject and no threat to the children. @KVUE
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HOUSTON! I’m coming home! I’m happy to announce that I’ll be joining the @KHOU team starting next month! I’m beyond excited to report in my hometown, after five years of working in Abilene, Waco, and Austin. This was quite unexpected, but it couldn’t have come at a better time!
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Happening now: Pro abortion protesters gathered at the federal courthouse in Austin after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade today. @KVUE
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Tell me you’re in Houston, without telling me you’re in Houston. Watching the Astros at the Texans game. #Htown #Astros #Texans #LevelUp
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Even longer line at the @SouthwestAir gate. These are all people with canceled flights at Houston Hobby Airport. If you thought the baggage claim line was long, this is double. @KHOU
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ASTROS WIN THE WORLD SERIES!!!!!!! LET’S GOOOOOOO!!!! #LeveledUp @KHOU
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Hundreds are now gathered at a peaceful demonstration for missing Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen. @6NewsCTX #FindVanessaGuillen #VanessaGuillen
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Vanessa Guillen’s casket arrived at Chavez High School in Houston for a public memorial. #VanessaGuillen @6NewsCTX
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Parents and community members protesting outside of a Killeen ISD board meeting demanding a mask mandate for the safety of children. @6NewsCTX
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Maria E. Aguilera
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Here's new video showing the moments after a customer shot and killed a man who was robbing people at a taqueria in southwest Houston. You can see the man who fired the shots and other customers leaving the scene. @KHOU Details here:
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Power outages in Sugar Land just before 6am as Hurricane Beryl makes its way through the area. The only light we have here is our own and city hall. We’re bringing you the latest updates on @KHOU all morning. #Beryl 🌀🌧️
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#BERYL 🌀 Within 10 minutes, winds and rain have drastically picked up in Sugar Land and we still expect more to come. Fort Bend County officials are urging residents to shelter in place. @KHOU
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Official KVUE photo! Week one has been so good! Everyone has been so welcoming. Now I can’t wait to start reporting in Austin! @KVUE #AustinTexas
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Here’s the area in #Baytown hit the hardest by a #tornado . Homes destroyed, debris everywhere, power lines down, but the good news is people are safe. @KHOU
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We’re engaged! 💍🤍
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If you still need gas, it’s gonna be busy today. Fort Bend County is gonna be one of the hardest hit in our area with lots of expected rain and heavy winds. Vehicles are lining up this Sunday to fill up their gas tanks. It’s been busy all morning. @KHOU
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Tonight at 10PM on @KHOU : We hear the story of Christian Colon. At 21 years old, he is one of the youngest pilots for United Express at @iah . He tells me his goal is to become the youngest Latino pilot for @united and the youngest captain in five years. #HispanicHeritageMonth
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#UVALDE Update: Texas DPS Director Steve McCraw says officers made “the wrong decision.” He said they didn’t know it was an active shooter situation because an on-scene commander believed they had a barricaded subject and no threat to the children. @KVUE
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Maria E. Aguilera
2 years
Right now at the State Capitol, @BlackVotersMtr , @NAACP , and @ACLU are hosting a voter outreach event to engage voters ahead of the primary runoff election. @KVUE #Austin
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How my shift started vs how it ended. 🌧️Rain is coming down in Fort Bend County as #Beryl approaches. 🌀 We’ll have the latest updates on @KHOU
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It’s been a chaotic scene at Hobby Airport as people are trying to find their luggage. This comes after flights and cancellations across the country have caused a backlog. @KHOU
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I’m so excited to move to Austin and join the @KVUE team! Team @TEGNA !
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Welcome to the @KVUE team, @maria_aguilera ! Maria joins us here in Austin as a reporter starting in January. She joins us from our @TEGNA sister station @6NewsCTX . #tegna
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Maria E. Aguilera
2 years
Texas gubernatorial candidate @BetoORourke is in East Austin hosting a “rally for reproductive freedom.” @KVUE
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Dozens of people are gathered outside of Fort Hood to bring continued awareness to the disappearance of Fort Hood Soldier Vanessa Guillen. @6NewsCTX #FindVanessaGuillen #VanessaGuillen
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Check out this time lapse! Baggage claim issues continue at Houston’s Hobby Airport. A long line for the Southwest Airlines baggage service office. We’re told flight delays and cancellation due to a winter storm are causing lingering effects on the airline’s operations. @KHOU
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People chanting “Where is Vanessa? We need answers.” #FindVanessaGuillen @6NewsCTX
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Maria E. Aguilera
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We are live in Houston for Texas Today this morning. People are lining up outside the Toyota Center for the rally with Pres. Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz. #TrumpRally #PresidentTrump #KCEN @KCENNews
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Maria E. Aguilera
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Today is my last day at KCEN after more than 3 years. Forever grateful! Now, I’m thrilled to start my next adventure. New year in a new city with a new job. Austin, here I come! #NewYear2022
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Maria E. Aguilera
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First week at @KHOU
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#HOUSTON ! Look at just how many people lined up in downtown for the #Astros Victory Parade. This was just moments before it began via Air 11. @KHOU
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Austin, my time here has been short but very sweet. I’m leaving with so many great memories with amazing people! Thankful to everyone I met along the way and all my KVUE people! You all hold a special place in my heart! Hasta luego, Austin. 🤍 #ATX @KVUE
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The @AustinPride parade is underway downtown for the first time in two years. Thousands of people are here tonight. @KVUE
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Día de los Muertos parade and festival in downtown Houston. We’re here with @KHOU talking to people about the significance of this holiday.
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First time anchoring at @KVUE ! I’m filling in tonight for @Daraneshatv .
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I've worked in Austin three months! So here's a little three-month reel! I'm so grateful to work at @KVUE with such talented individuals. Everyone here has been amazing! #Austin #ATX
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Celebrating 30 years of life in my childhood home with loved ones. Couldn’t ask for anything more. It’s gonna be a good year. 🤍 (If you know me, you know I love sharks 🦈)
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Maria E. Aguilera
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Just a few days after a robber was shot and killed by a customer at a Taqueria in Houston, the same restaurant was broken into and robbed. The owner tells me he’s feeling helpless after his business has been targeted twice. We’ll have more on @KHOU
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Not every day you get a set up like this for a shoot. It’s nice when we get the opportunity to work on special projects. Our Hispanic heritage month story for @KHOU airs this week. 🎥: Cesar Nunez #HispanicHeritageMonth #KHOUstandsforHouston #Houston #MoreLatinosinNews
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Maria E. Aguilera
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A Clear Lake woman found a BIG surprise on her front porch today. I caught up with the gator wrangler who caught it, and he said that was just one of five calls today! He also captured the little gator I'm holding in the picture, today. That story tonight at 10pm on @KHOU
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Happening now: A vigil for Anggy Diaz, the woman who was found decapitated inside her home in Waller County. Family, friends, and community members are gathered tonight honoring her life. Tonight at 10 we hear from her mom on @KHOU
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Happening now: A prayer vigil for the 19 children and 2 teachers who were killed in Uvalde. Community members and faith leaders are gathered at the Oswaldo Pan Am Recreation Hillside stage in East Austin. @KVUE
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Happening now: Texas abortion rights advocates are hosting the Bans Off Our Bodies rally at the State Capitol. @KVUE
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The #Astros parade begins at 12 pm! I'll be watching the aerials of the parade from Air 11 and posting some of the best moments here. (Of course, had to wear my champions shirt) I'll have more at 5 pm on @KHOU
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Maria E. Aguilera
3 years
Things are looking official at @KVUE ⭐️
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Maria E. Aguilera
2 years
One thing you can always count on at @RODEOHOUSTON is lots of food. We’re here for opening day with @KHOU
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Maria E. Aguilera
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#HappeningNow : Intense hurricane force winds in Sugar Land as Beryl pushes through. This is the strongest the winds have been. Sugar Land is getting the worst hit right now. Parts of the city hall roof was ripped off by the winds! Stay informed with @KHOU
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Education Austin is hosting their “At What Cost” rally outside of the AISD headquarters. Teachers and other employees are saying they’re underpaid and overworked. @KVUE #AISD #AustinISD @EdAustin_TX
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Maria E. Aguilera
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. @BetoORourke is speaking to hundreds of people at his “rally for reproductive freedom” in East Austin. @KVUE
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Austin cycling community riding to honor Moriah Wilson. The cycling star who was found dead in East Austin. @KVUE #RideForMo
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TIME FLIES! I'm celebrating 6 years as a reporter and 5 years with @TEGNA . From Abilene, to Waco, then Austin, and back home to Houston. I couldn't be more grateful to this career and where it has taken me. #MoreLatinosInNews
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The full video is over a minute to get the entire line at the Southwest Airlines baggage claim office at Houston Hobby Airport. I can’t even imagine waiting in this line. @KHOU
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They leave behind four children. This breaks my heart.
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Irma's Garcia's family said her body was found holding student, protecting a child who was also killed in the shooting. Her high school sweetheart, Joe Garcia, has died of a heart attack. They leave behind four children.
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Always great working with two of @KVUE ’s best @QuitaC_KVUE @BryanM_KVUE !
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Hundreds of abortion rights supporters are now marching to the Texas Capitol. @KVUE
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FULL HOUSE FOR THE #ASTROS . Here at @karbachbrewing all eyes are on the screen for Game 6 of the World Series. @KHOU #LevelUp #GoAstros
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People chant “abortion is a human right” at the Bans Off Our Bodies rally. @KVUE
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Maria E. Aguilera
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I married my best friend and couldn’t be happier at how everything turned out on our special day! 🤍
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Round Rock ISD students planned a walk out today and now they’re speaking at a board meeting to express their concerns on the district’s handling of COVID-19. We’ll have more on @KVUE tonight at 10pm. #RoundRockISD
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The U.S. Department of Transportation said Monday night it will be examining whether Southwest Airlines could've done more to prevent the massive number of flight cancellations on the day after Christmas.  @KHOU
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ASTROS VICTORY PARADE! It's happening Monday at 12 PM beginning at Smith and Preston streets. Here's the parade route. ⚾️🤘 @KHOU #AstrosParade #HoustonAstros More details here:
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Congressman Lloyd Doggett and former Austin city council member Greg Casar are now speaking to the crowd at the pro-abortion rally. @KVUE
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Maria E. Aguilera
3 years
H-town girls in Austin! Go Coogs! 🐾
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Daranesha Herron
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Say hello to @maria_aguilera ! She is @KVUE ’s newest reporter. Cool fact, we are both from Houston and graduated from @UHouston !
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Houstonians may have to wait until Tuesday for the boil water notice to be lifted. @KHOU
@KHOU
KHOU 11 News Houston
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All of Houston is under a boil water notice. City officials said they think it will be lifted early Tuesday. #khou11
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PLANE IS OUT! The plane that crashed into Lady Bird Lake is out of the water. It’s out about six hours after the crash happened. @KVUE
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Back in the H.🤘 #Houston
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Maria E. Aguilera
2 years
Exactly! No one should be left out of the loop right now.
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Every single press conference in Texas should have someone bilingual to relay information but ESPECIALLY when parents are desperate for answers after losing their child. No one in Uvalde should be left out of the loop right now.
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In sickness and in health. I will love and honor you all the days of my life. Happy one year anniversary! ❤️ We thought we’d be on a beach somewhere celebrating. Instead my husband has been by my side taking care of me as I recover from surgery. I couldn’t be more thankful.
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Tonight parents and community members are rallying ahead of a Killeen ISD school board meeting to demand a mask mandate. We’re live at 5pm with the latest. @6NewsCTX
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Time flies! This photo was taken 7 years ago. I was in college and it was the first time I visited a TV news station with the hope of becoming a reporter. I'm going on five years now of being a reporter and I don't see myself going anywhere else any time soon. #MoreLatinosInNews
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Happening now: A group is praying outside The Community of Faith Church after a statue was left on the property. Leaders here say it represents death and it was left by “devil worshipers.” This just days after thieves stole a safe at this church. @KHOU
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COVID or bad allergies? I seriously can’t remember getting sick before the pandemic. Thankfully, it came out negative. Now I’m left with this headache, itchy/sore throat, bad couch, and congestion. Love that for me!Anyone else having really bad allergies right now in Austin?
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“Give us the mic” | Not even 10 minutes into the second TEA public meeting since the HISD takeover, people got up and interrupted the presentation. Just like Monday’s meeting, people here say they want answers about the takeover and not about the board of managers process. @KHOU
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Flash flooding at a gas station in Waller. Some vehicles appear to be stuck. We’ve seen others drive off. @KHOU
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Happening now: Community members speaking up during the first TEA meeting since the HISD takeover. People stood up saying they don’t want to hear about their presentation and want answers regarding the takeover itself. @KHOU #KHOU #HISD #TEA
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The group @tx4abortion organized a rally happening now at the State Capitol to protest the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. @KVUE
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Maria E. Aguilera
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Working and watching Game 6. Go ASTROS! ⚾️🤘 @KHOU #LevelUp #WorldSeries #GoAstros
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I’m so excited to announce that I am the new morning reporter at KCEN Channel 6 News in Waco/Temple. You can catch me on Channel 6 from 4:30am to 7am, Monday through Friday. #KCEN #NBC #Reporter #NewsReporter #Tegna
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Maria E. Aguilera
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Twinning on a Tuesday! Our senior assignment editor @AssignmntgrlRhi and I are marching today at @KHOU . ☀️
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Maria E. Aguilera
2 years
Now protesters are making their way back to the Capitol. @KVUE
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Maria E. Aguilera
2 years
Oh you know just hanging around in the @KVUE courtyard. So happy to see that our random idea one weekend to get a hammock came to life!
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Gun safety advocates are gathered at Wooldridge Square Park in downtown Austin calling for action to prevent gun violence. @KVUE
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Maria E. Aguilera
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It’s @Jake_M_Garcia ’s last day at @KVUE . We’re losing a great storyteller and friend! Wish you the best of luck in Seattle amigo! Adios 🤝 Now who’s gonna sit across from me? #Okbyegoodluckhavefun
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Happening now: Austin Pride is back for the first time since 2019. We’re covering the festival and we’ll be at the parade at 8pm. Watch us live at 5,6 and 10 on @KVUE
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The community of Round Rock and Elgin gathered to help their neighbors clean up after tornadoes hit on Monday. @KVUE #RoundRock #Elgin
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Maria E. Aguilera
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TIMELINE: Officials provide information on how the Uvalde school shooting tragedy unfolded. There are still gaps and a lot remains unclear on why an hour passed before a tactical team entered the classroom where the killer was. @KVUE #Uvalde
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Maria E. Aguilera
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Finally some rain in Austin. Here at @KVUE this is what we saw. 🌧
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The Round Rock community is helping their neighbors clean up after a tornado hit on Monday. They’re just one of many groups who are spending their Saturday helping. #RoundRock @KVUE
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Maria E. Aguilera
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Enjoying some bean tamales before work, made by my fiancé’s mom. Happy last day of 2022! 🫔
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Found this today at @KHOU . Isn’t it neat? I’m happy to work with such great people! #Houston #Khou11
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Maria E. Aguilera
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Honored to have been named to the Texas Association of School Board's 2021 Media Honor Roll. Thank you Temple ISD for the nomination. @6NewsCTX @TempleISD @OttTempleISD
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Maria E. Aguilera
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Driving in from Houston I could see the smoke from the #RollingPinesFire in Bastrop County. Check out @KVUE for the latest updates.
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Maria E. Aguilera
2 years
¡Feliz día de la Independencia de Mexico! 🇲🇽 Today is Mexico’s Independence Day (not Cinco de Mayo). This Hispanic Heritage Month I’m reminded of how proud I am of my culture and heritage. Fun fact: I was in a Mexican folk dance group for several years when I was younger.
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Maria E. Aguilera
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SO CUTE!! Meet Connie the Container Dog! She was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard Heartland, after being trapped for over a week inside a shipping container at the Port of Houston. I'll have that heartwarming story on @KHOU tonight at 10pm.
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