Liberté Chan is a journalist and meteorologist who presently works for KTLA 5 News in Los Angeles, California.

Born and raised in Los Angeles to a Chinese mother and Caucasian father, as a young child she embraced both cultural traditions by blending her roots. She has two older brother s.

She grew up as a competitive figure skater and was nationally ranked in both singles and pairs.

Liberté Chan earned her certificate in meteorology from Mississippi State University in August, 2015. She also has a master’s degree in Public Health from USC’s Keck School of Medicine, plus a Certification in broadcast journalism from UCLA and a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from University of Massachusetts Amherst. ^[1]

She graduated early from college, spending her last semester studying abroad at the Sorbonne in Paris, France. Liberté was born and raised in Los Angeles and grew up as a competitive figure skater and was nationally ranked in both singles and pairs. ^[1]

She worked under the late Hal Fishman, a legend in Los Angeles news, as a writer for his one-hour news show KTLA 5 News at 10. Liberté then worked on the Central Coast reporting in Santa Barbara County for KCOY-TV/KKFX-TV. She returned to KTLA in 2010. ^[1]

In May 2016, Liberté was involved in an incident nicknamed #sweatergate when weekend anchor Chris Burrous handed her a sweater to cover up her short Aidan Mattox dress while she was doing the weather. Chris first said the station had been getting phone calls about the dress, and later said he had been joking. His actions were decried as being sexist. Chan said she thought he was being funny. In 2015 he gave her his suit jacket when her seafoam dress showed weather graphics all over it because it interfered with the green screen. ^[17]

She has a yellow Labrador dog named Shanti whom she spends a lot of time with by taking to dog parks. She likes to hike and considers herself an exercise addict. She spends about six days a week spinning and practicing Yōga. ^[1]