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Adrian Florido
Border Reporter
Adrian Florido is a reporter on KPBS’ Fronteras Desk, where he covers the U.S.-Mexico border, immigrant and tribal communities, demographics and culture.
Before joining KPBS in January 2012, he was a staff writer at voiceofsandiego.org. There he reported on San Diego neighborhoods, focusing on immigrant and under-served communities, and also on themes of community development, planning, land use and transportation. For a year, he delivered a weekly television segment on NBC San Diego.
He's a southern California native who moved to San Diego in 2009 after earning an undergraduate degree at the University of Chicago. He majored in history with an emphasis on the US and Latin America. In college he was news editor of the student paper, the Chicago Maroon, and also spent time reporting from Capitol Hill and working with the advocacy group Reporters Without Borders.
He also likes to eat. A lot. And he likes to run to keep up his appetite. And he likes good music.
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Recent Stories
ACLU Demands Investigation Of Alleged Customs And Border Protection Abuses
The ACLU is calling for an investigation into alleged abuse by Customs and Border Protection agents along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Calls For Justice In Tasing Death At The Hands Of Border Agents
Activists launched a national campaign asking the Justice Department to investigate the 2010 death of Anastasio Hernandez Rojas.
Feds: Loss Of Arizona Power Line Caused Massive September Blackout
Federal regulators said the loss of a power line in Arizona sparked the blackout. But they said if the electricity grid had been operating properly, it should have prevented the ensuing blackout, which affected millions in Southern California, Arizona and Northern Mexico.
ICE Announces Change To 'Secure Communities' Deportation Policy
Undocumented immigrants arrested for minor traffic violations will no longer be subject to deportation unless they're convicted.
Report: Net Mexican Migration To The U.S. Falls To Zero
A Pew Hispanic Center Study found that during a five-year period, just as many Mexican immigrants returned to Mexico as arrived in the U.S.
Neighbors Shocked By Walmart's Partial Demolition of Iconic Building
Bulldozers took to the building six weeks after Walmart announced it would convert it into one of its stores.
Border Patrol Apprehends Boatload of Undocumented Immigrants
Agents spotted the boat two miles off the coast of Ocean Beach and swarmed it when made landfall.
Downtown's Shade Trees May Be Replaced With Palms
A proposal to line Broadway with palm trees would come at the expense of more than 100 shade trees.
Lawsuit Aims To Elect More Latinos In Escondido
A lawsuit working its way through the court system alleges the city's current system for electing city council members disenfranchises Latinos. Proponents want the city to implement district-wide elections.
Escondido Official Says City Should Reassess Contracts With DUI Checkpoint Tow Operators
The ACLU says it is more concerned than ever that Escondido has been illegally profiting from the controversial checkpoints.
