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
Judge orders clinics of Houston-area midwife accused of performing abortions to stop services
The clinics, located in Spring, Waller, and Cypress, are operated by a midwife, who has since been arrested and accused of performing abortions despite the state's near-total ban that went into effect in 2022.
Northeast Houston residents demand information on city's drainage plan
After losing a lawsuit, Houston city officials have been ordered to spend hundreds of millions of dollars fixing up streets and draining systems. But does the city have the money to do so?
Man on bike accused of firing shots at sergeant and landlord during eviction in La Marque
The 28-year-old suspect allegedly fired five shots at the sergeant and the landlord on Monday afternoon. He was taken into custody and the gun was recovered after a foot chase.
3 men who were in detention center together working to drive down teen violence
Violent crime involving teenagers is a trend we've seen in our reporting for years now. Sadly, that trend is on the rise.
Sylvester Turner, U.S. Congressman and former Houston mayor, dead at 70
Sylvester Turner served two terms as mayor before winning Texas' Congressional 18th district last November, a seat once held by late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee.
'It's scary': Violent crime involving teens is on the rise statewide, officials say
Teen violence is up both statewide and locally. The Houston area has seen five shootings involving teenagers just from Thursday to Monday, and four of them were killed.
Juvenile crime surges in Harris County with 5 teen-involved shootings, 4 deaths in less than a week
Since Thursday of last week, ABC13 has covered violent acts involving teens every single day. Harris County District Court leaders say that juvenile murder and capital murder filings have increased by 261% since 2019.
West University police investigates hit-and run crash where a bicyclist was badly injured
The cyclist has a broken collarbone, six stitches on his lip, and cuts and bruises all over his body after the hit-and-run crash.
Gulfton area acupuncturist suspended after allegedly sexually touching patient
A licensed acupuncturist has been suspended after he was accused of inappropriately touching a patient in southwest Houston.
Klein ISD confirms Epps Island Elementary School second grader died from medical emergency
The second-grader's family told Eyewitness News that Klein ISD officials reported the 7-year-old suffered a medical episode in the Epps Island Elementary School cafeteria.