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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The San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce opposes the ordinance, calling it the wrong approach and warning it could lead to increases in consumer prices and job cuts. -
Carol Durney reintroduced herself to her constituents at an August school board meeting. Her coming out as a transgender woman sparked both outrage and overwhelming support from her community. -
When the residents of a remote Siberian city discover an old Soviet mine has caught fire beneath their neighborhood, they turn to Natalia Zubkova, a local homemaker-turned-journalist, for help. But after her news videos go viral, she suddenly finds herself the target of a massive government disinformation campaign. -
Stream with KPPBS+ / In a remote Siberian coal mining city, residents discover deadly gases seeping from an abandoned mine into their homes. Local journalist Natalia Zubkova begins investigating, but her viral reporting triggers an aggressive government cover-up. Facing mounting pressure from authorities, she risks everything to expose an environmental catastrophe that threatens her entire community. -
Interview with "Black Snow" director Alina Simone.
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The museum's theater and several galleries surrounding the atrium will be closed during the $7.5 million project.
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