Arielle "Kai" Taramasco
Web ProducerArielle (Kai) Taramasco joins the KPBS newsroom after covering local and international news as a broadcast journalist in San Diego. She began her career interning as a surf photographer with Zak Noyle in her native Hawaii before studying abroad with Semester At Sea. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in multimedia journalism from Point Loma Nazarene University. Her work has since been featured in Honolulu Star Advertiser, FreeSurf Magazine and The Buttonwood Tree. She’s also won an award for creative media from the San Diego Society of Professional Journalists.
RECENT STORIES ON KPBS
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A lawsuit filed by Karina Alvarez sets up a legal battle over the independence of one of the county’s most important elected officials. -
The International Court of Justice ruled that nations have an obligation to act on climate change under international laws protecting the environment and human rights. -
President Trump had called for the release of grand jury testimony related to Epstein. Two judges in New York also are weighing requests from the Justice Department to unseal grand jury transcripts. -
Migrant Education programs serve students whose parents work in California’s agricultural fields, dairies, fisheries and timberlands. -
La Junta de Supervisores del Condado votó este martes 4 a 1 a favor de un programa para capacitar a dueños y empleados de pequeños negocios sobre sus derechos en caso de una redada por parte de agentes de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés). -
A new study reports on a novel way to short-circuit the parasite that spreads the disease so people wouldn't get infected with a mosquito's bite.
- San Diego County estimates 400,000 Medi-Cal, CalFresh recipients could lose benefits
- A crisis team responding to a suicide attempt asked for help, El Cajon Police refused
- LEGO's Comic-Con diorama turns the San Diego Convention Center into a mini masterpiece
- A man is halted climbing the US-Mexico border wall. Under new Trump rules, US troops sound the alarm
- Fearing lawsuits, El Cajon Police stopped responding to some mental health calls