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Bennett Lacy

Producer

Ben Lacy is a producer for KPBS Evening Edition and KPBS Roundtable.

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Economy

Roundtable: Supermarket workers vote on whether to strike in Southern California

Bennett Lacy

Matt Hoffman

Union vote could bring the first supermarket strike to the area since 2003, San Diego's new community choice energy program prepares for a big expansion, and immigration activists call for an end to asylum measures at the border.
Local

Roundtable: Why your SDG&E bill is so high

Bennett Lacy

Matt Hoffman

An explanation for why SDG&E utility bills have increased in recent months, SANDAG investigates questionable spending within the transportation and planning agency, and some insight on what it's like to work as a reporter in a war zone.
Local

Roundtable: The mass exodus of refugees from the war in Ukraine

Bennett Lacy

Matt Hoffman

More than two million people escape Russia's invasion of Ukraine including a family that arrived seeking asylum at the San Ysidro Port of Entry and a parents whose children attend a San Diego preschool say their kids were questioned by the state about COVID mask wearing.
Local

The debate over bike lanes and what it means for climate action in San Diego

Bennett Lacy

Matt Hoffman

A status check on the major bike lane project in North Park, how it fits into the region's larger climate strategy and why scientists say we're falling short of reaching net-zero emissions by 2035.
Local

Roundtable: The increasingly high price of living in San Diego

Bennett Lacy

Matt Hoffman

A new survey ranks San Diego as the least affordable metro area in the country, the ACLU sues for more transparency over the future of downtown's privately-run federal prison, and local schools resume field trips as pandemic restrictions ease.
Local

Roundtable: The Super Bowl returns to Southern California

Bennett Lacy

Matt Hoffman

Super Bowl weekend in Southern California, women athletes sue SDSU over alleged Title IX inequities and the ties civil rights icons have to San Diego in celebration of Black History Month.