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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Federal cuts could cause 400,000 Medi-Cal and CalFresh recipients to lose benefits and blow a hole in county and state budgets. -
Stream now on the ASK THIS OLD HOUSE website or watch Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025 at 12:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. Mark McCullough fixes an uneven paver patio that has lifted and shifted over time. Nathan Gilbert and Kevin O'Connor talk all about common types of ladders and how to use them safely. Heath Eastman helps a homeowner cut her car charging time in half by installing a Level 2 EV charger. -
When a homeowner grew tired of her Level 1 charger at home, she called the team at ASK THIS OLD HOUSE for help. Knowing just what to do, master electrician Heath Eastman installed an upgraded charger to help her get further in less time. -
Las residencias para ancianos en Estados Unidos, que ya pasaban apuros para contratar personal, ahora enfrentan el ataque del presidente Donald Trump a una de sus pocas fuentes confiables de trabajadores: los inmigrantes. -
The Robert A. Heinlein Blood Drive is the San Diego Blood Bank’s largest and longest-running event. It began in 1977. -
Reports of starvation in Gaza raise the questions: Why the hesitation in labeling it a famine? And who are the authorities with the power to make that call?
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