Dina Ruiz was born in 1965. She graduated from
Mission San Jose High School in Fremont, California, anchored Newsline
for Ohlone College Television, then majored in Radio/TV at San
Francisco State University, graduating in 1988. Two years later, she
was hired as a reporter and eventually a news anchor for KNAZ-TV in
Flagstaff, Arizona. About a year after that, she was hired at KSBW as a
news anchor.
She met Clint Eastwood for the first time
while doing an interview in 1993. They married March 31, 1996. Their
daughter, Morgan Eastwood, was born
December 12th 1996.
She retired from KSBW in 1997 to spend more time with her baby "Morgie"
and husband.
One of her projects was a news magazine called "Quest for Excellence"
that airs on several Bay Area stations. "Quest" is intended to
highlight aspects of the state's educational system, and a recent
program even highlighted a Monterey Bay student with cerebral palsy.
Dina is hostess of
Candid Camera (1998) and acted
in Blood Work (2002) and
Ein wahres Verbrechen (1999). She is on the board
of two non- profit charities and a contributing editor for "Golf Digest
Women".
She also hosts The Eagle Invitational Golf Tournament.