Pooja Lodhia
She was born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and has family in the Houston area.
Before working in Houston, she was a reporter in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Marquette, Michigan, and Fort Myers, Florida. Some of her most impactful stories in Houston include Hurricane Harvey, multiple World Series wins, and a week-long trade mission to India with Gov. Greg Abbott.
Pooja has degrees in English literature and journalism and a minor in modern dance from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Her hobbies include yoga, crossword puzzles, and reading fiction.
Pooja believes everybody has a story worth telling, and she's honored to be able to do so!
Pooja's Stories
SW Houston and parts of Fort Bend get $500K EPA grant to test potentially contaminated properties
On Thursday, southwest Houston and parts of Fort Bend County received $500,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency that leaders hope will revitalize the area and clean up brownfields.
Suspicious orders at a Spring Branch-area bookstore, owner says
Becker's Books, which opened in 1993, is a second-generation bookstore in Spring Branch. The owner said he's recently been getting lots of orders he calls suspicious, and he thinks AI has something to do with it.
Houston's Barbecue Inn serves its final meals after nearly 80 years in business
A line wrapped around the building on Saturday as the iconic eatery, known for fried chicken, shrimp, barbecue, and more, served diners one last time.
HFD at fault in both July collisions with METRORail trains, TxDOT says
Two Houston Fire Department vehicles crashed into METRORail trains just this month, and after requesting state records, ABC13 is learning who has been found at fault.
Federal judge says Houston can't consider race when awarding contracts: What does it mean?
Houston's Minority, Women, and Small Business Enterprise Program has been in place for more than 40 years, but a judge ruled that it unfairly discriminates against non minorities.
Experts share the science behind massive earthquake in Texas Panhandle
We don't often think of earthquakes here in Texas, but the U.S. Geological Survey reports a 5.0 magnitude quake hit last week in the Texas Panhandle.
Businesses at Richmond Avenue near Chimney Rock without water due to water main break
Video shows several streets along Richmond Avenue, near the Southwest Freeway, are flooded Friday morning after what appears to be a water main break.
Houston midwife has injunction reversed, no proof she violated abortion ban, court rules
A Houston-area midwife had an injunction against her reversed after the state could not prove she was in violation of Texas' total abortion ban, a court ruled.
Liberty County investigators say they don't know where escaped inmate is, how he got away
Liberty County officials said the inmate, identified as 31-year-old Yorlan Reyes, escaped custody while being treated at an emergency room in Kingwood.
MacGregor residents say developers are ignoring deed restrictions in their area
Residents in the MacGregor area of southeast Houston say new houses are being built in their neighborhood that never should have been allowed in the first place.