Adrian Florido
Border ReporterAdrian Florido is a reporter for the Fronteras Desk where he covers the U.S.-Mexico border, immigrant and tribal communities, demographics, and culture. Before joining KPBS, he was a staff writer at Voice of San Diego. There he reported on San Diego neighborhoods, focusing on immigrant and under-served communities as well as 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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Louisiana’s famous music, grub and lifestyle are coming to San Diego once again. It will feel like Mardi Gras in May at the 21st annual Gator By The Bay festival.
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The move could strain President Joe Biden's already rocky relationship with immigration advocates as he confronts an unprecedented surge in border crossings, with arrests topping 2 million in each of the last two budget years.
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Saturday, May 11, 2024 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV / stream now with the PBS App + Encore Thursday, May 16 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV. Test cook Erica Turner makes host Julia Collin Davison the Mexican stew Caldo de Siete Mares (Soup of the Seven Seas). Equipment expert Adam Ried reveals his recommended induction cookware, and test cook Dan Souza makes heart-warming Albondigas en Chipotle.
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California utilities will shift billing to a fixed fee starting in 2025. Most Californians won’t see much change, or will have a lower bill.
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The Comic-Con Museum's new "Collaboration(s)" exhibit explores how race, representation and horror intersect, and uplift people of color in the popular arts.
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Ciriza will become the first female county superintendent in the San Diego County Office of Education's 76-year history.
- Faculty call for UC San Diego chancellor to resign after encampment police action
- MTS hopes new 'Copper Line' can improve trolley system's reliability
- At the edge of Imperial County, the Quechan Tribe works to restore a parched river
- Dozens arrested as police clear UC San Diego encampment
- UC San Diego protesters call for class walkout