Bennett Lacy
ProducerBen Lacy is a producer for KPBS Evening Edition and KPBS Roundtable.
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After more than a decade in charge, San Diego Sheriff Bill Gore resigns, another defeat in Sacramento for proponents of a single-payer health care system and San Diego's new women's soccer team begins training camp. -
A discussion on the recent killings of journalists in Tijuana, the city of San Diego's struggle to fill open jobs, and the new lawsuit against the NFL over the Chargers move to Los Angeles. -
Latinos in Fallbrook overcome a racist history to secure elected office on local government boards and congress recognizes Willie O'Ree, the first black player in NHL history who now calls San Diego home. -
Healthcare proposals in Sacramento would greatly expand if not completely change California's health care system, local blood banks sound the alarm on critically low supply levels, and the city of Chula Vista investigates if the word "gringo" is discriminatory. -
Families across San Diego county navigate a maze of testing, vaccines and mask mandates as the omicron variant of COVID-19 surges and universities return to remote learning. Also, a San Diego Congresswoman reflects on one year since political rioters attacked the U.S. Capitol. -
For a special holiday episode of KPBS Roundtable, we talk with the hosts of locally produced podcasts about their content and what it takes to stand out in digital media.
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The first returns in Tuesday’s special election for county supervisor show Chula Vista Mayor John McCann and Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre in the lead to advance to a runoff later this year. -
The organizations argue Congress already appropriated the funds and that the federal government has a legal responsibility to ensure unaccompanied children have attorney representation. -
The Trump administration is lowering the threshold to report money transfers to foreign countries. The Treasury Department says the new rule is needed to combat money laundering from Mexican drug cartels. Critics say it violates privacy and civil liberties.
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