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Amita Sharma
Investigative ReporterAmita Sharma has worked at KPBS since 2000 and has covered a wide range of stories for TV and radio. She is part of the KPBS Investigative Reporting unit and occasionally hosts KPBS Evening Edition. She has covered the devastating toll of Covid-19 on San Diego nursing homes as well as some of the pre-existing conditions within facilities that contributed to the crisis. In 2018 and 2019, Sharma was assigned to public broadcasting’s California Dream Project and reported on California’s inequality crisis exemplified by stagnant wages, housing affordability, a dwindling middle class, senior poverty, and dropping birth rates. She also moderated a statewide town hall meeting on the economic challenges of aging in California.
Before working on the California Dream Project, Sharma’s investigative reporting helped uncover corruption, including questionable activities by private businesses, state regulators, and elected leaders.
Sharma previously served as a legal affairs reporter and anchor/host of KPBS news programs.
Amita Sharma earned dual bachelor’s degrees in journalism and international relations from the University of Southern California.
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Researchers found women elected officials in San Diego and neighboring Imperial and Riverside counties were four times more likely to be threatened weekly than men. White male conservative politicians are also reporting that threats are getting worse.
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Name-calling, mockery, outbursts and expletive-filled tirades are now standard fare at the San Diego County Board of Supervisors’ meetings, sinking the mood and obstructing the public’s business
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Bill Nye the Science Guy once said, “To leave the world better than you found it, sometimes you have to pick up other people’s trash.” A local retired science teacher started a volunteer program doing just that — cleaning up others’ litter.
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Pink slime is a derisive term used to describe the filler meat producers put in their products. It’s also used to describe websites that purport to produce unbiased news but actually have a partisan agenda.
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Former San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher believes the messages between Grecia Figueroa, who has accused him of sexual assault, and her best friend will exonerate him. Figueroa claims the messages are privileged because the friend is also her mental health counselor.
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Native American leaders say the omissions prevent people from learning about their collective history.
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The legal dispute over police drone footage stems from a lawsuit filed by Arturo Castanares, publisher of La Prensa San Diego.
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