Telemundo's Maria Celeste Arraras to Anchor from Los Angeles Next Week

Emmy Award-winning journalist María Celeste Arrarás will be in Los Angeles from Monday, May 23 through Wednesday, May 25 to anchor special broadcasts of "Al Rojo Vivo" and "Noticiero Telemundo" and receive a special tribute from the city, which has designated Tuesday, May 24 "María Celeste Day" in honor of her 30-year television career.

"Al Rojo Vivo" will broadcast from Plaza México on Monday, May 23; from Grand Park on Tuesday, May 24; and from Hollywood on Wednesday, May 25. The show will feature a number of special guests, including Rosie Rivera, Regulo Caro, Mitza and Eddie "Piolín" Sotelo, and will cover the addition of Angélica María to the Hollywood Walk of Fame, as well as other surprises to commemorate María Celeste's three decades on the air.

María Celeste Arrarás is one of the best-known faces in Spanish-language news on television. In addition to leading the news magazine "Al Rojo Vivon María Celeste," she is co-anchor of Telemundo's flagship daily newscast, "Noticiero Telemundo." She is also a familiar presence on English-language television, where she has been invited to serve as guest anchor of NBC's "Today Show" and is a contributor to "Dateline" and "NBC Nightly News." María Celeste has appeared on the cover of People en Español more than 14 times and graced the front of Newsweek's special issue on "Women and Leadership: The Next Generation" in 2009. She has been quoted in countless articles in publications such as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post and The Miami Herald, and People en Español named her best news anchor in its 2012 end-of-year issue.

Born in Puerto Rico, María Celeste began her television career there as a local reporter for Canal 24 in 1986. She was hired by Telemundo's New York affiliate and in 1994 went on to work for "Primer Impacto" on Univision. She rejoined Telemundo in 2002.

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