Roberta Gonzales leaving KPIX TV and KCBS Radio after 21 years

Weather anchor and reporter Roberta Gonzales is leaving KCBS Radio and KPIX TV after 21 years. Weather anchor and reporter Roberta Gonzales is leaving KCBS Radio and KPIX TV after 21 years. Photo: KPIX Photo: KPIX Image 1 of / 80 Caption Close Roberta Gonzales leaving KPIX TV and KCBS Radio after 21 years 1 / 80 Back to Gallery

After 21 years of chasing storms for KPIX and contributing to KCBS Radio, weather anchor and reporter Roberta Gonzales announced Thursday that she's leaving CBS to start her own television production company.

Gonzales' last newscast will be Friday, Sept. 29.

"It's time for me to begin my second chapter as a new force and form," she says. "There's really nothing more for me to do here."

In a statement, Gonzales wrote that she's following her dream of launching "Roberta Gonzales Productions," where she hopes to produce a travel show with local and national distribution beginning in January 2018.

Leaving KPIX was all her decision.

"It's something I've been wanting to do for years, host my own show," she says. "I had a show in Chicago called, 'News for Kids Chicago Style,' and when I first came here I had a fitness show called 'The Pulse.' It's time for me to reinvent myself and have fun! I'm blessed to be able to have a second chapter in my life!"

Gonzales says she will continue to freelance for KPIX and is also working on a children's book that she hopes will be available by Christmas.

KPIX 5 News Director Dan Rosenheim says it has been a pleasure working with Gonzales.

"She leaves with every good wish for success in the new chapter she's starting in her life," Rosenheim told SFGATE.

The California native is a five-time Emmy award-winner and reports on the weather in the morning and afternoon for KPIX. She's also a regular contributor on KCBS All News 106.9 FM and 740 AM.