Johnson joined KNBC in 2012 , as a general assignment reporter , he traveled to Sochi for the 2014 Winter Olympics , reporting from Boston for Mitt Romney 's 2012 presidential run , he covered the Washington D.C. Navy Yard mass shootings and the Asiana flight 214 crash landing in San Francisco International Airport . In June 2014 , he joined '' Today in L.A. '' , as co-anchor alongside Daniella Guzman replacing Michael Brownlee who was moved to the station 's noon newscasts and Michelle Valles who was moved to the weekend morning newscasts . Johnson announced on December 13 , 2017 that he was leaving KNBC to pursue other interests
Asiana flight 214 crash landing
Asiana Airlines Flight 214
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