Andrew Dyer
Military and Veteran Affairs ReporterAs the military and veterans affairs reporter at KPBS, Andrew covers all aspects of the military and veteran communities in San Diego. He previously covered the military beat at the San Diego Union-Tribune where he produced award-winning stories on the war crimes court-martial of former Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher, the USS Bonhomme Richard fire and the resurgent local extremist movement born out of the social unrest of 2020. He also covered the craft beer industry for San Diego CityBeat and served as editor-in-chief of San Diego State University's student newspaper, The Daily Aztec. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism with a minor in sociology from SDSU.
Andrew was enlisted in the Navy for more than 10 years and served as ship’s company on two aircraft carriers. His free time is consumed by traveling the southwest for his teenage son’s club soccer games.
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California's AB 379 makes it a felony to solicit a minor for sex. -
Hundreds of Camp Pendleton Marines continue to rotate deployments to the U.S.-Mexico border. -
San Diego is up against Aalborg, Denmark and Daejeon, South Korea. -
A new Government Accountability Office report says the Navy is falling short of its fire safety goals in the wake of the devastating USS Bonhomme Richard fire. -
Thousands of Marines, sailors and the U.S. Air Force's 10th Air Force finished the annual Steel Knight war games exercise Sunday. -
Private 1st Class Tanner Rubio, 21, of Dixon, Calif., was killed Wednesday in what the Marines say was a "tactical vehicle mishap."
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The incident happened in the area where CHP officers were supporting a traffic break along I-5, which had briefly been ordered closed by Caltrans during the live-fire exercise. That decision became a political hot point, with Gov. Gavin Newsom criticizing the Trump administration for holding the display, and Newsom drawing criticism himself for the freeway closure. -
A San Diego man pleaded guilty Monday in Los Angeles to twice landing a small airplane without permission on a Navy airstrip on San Clemente Island, then stealing a Navy truck and using it to damage gates on the island, causing thousands of dollars in damage. -
The crash occurred sometime before 3:45 a.m. Thursday at the intersection of Sample and Salmon streets in the Murphy Canyon neighborhood, near Tierrasanta. The music agency Sound Talent Group said Thursday that three of its employees died on the private plane that crashed into a San Diego neighborhood.
- Strict wildfire safety rules will soon apply to much of urban San Diego
- San Diego in for light rain after coastal flooding on New Year's Day
- San Diego’s new Pope Francis Center will serve immigrants impacted by Trump deportation campaign
- Medi-Cal pharmacy changes could affect more than 850,000 San Diegans
- San Diegans clean up from flooding as another storm heads this way