She joined ABC News in 2011 as a Los Angeles based correspondent. She is the senior national correspondent and rotates with Tom Llamas as anchor of the weekend editions of ABC World News Tonight. Since joining ABC News, she has covered a wide range of stories taking her across the country and overseas. Vega joined ABC News from KGO-TV in San Francisco, where she was part of a team awarded an Emmy in 2010. Before working in broadcast journalism, she was an experienced print journalist which included reporting for the San Francisco Chronicle.