
Carla Conner
Event SpecialistCarla is responsible for the planning and execution of KPBS events. She joined the marketing and communications department in 2009 and coordinates receptions, screening events, and KPBS staff events. In addition, she works on annual events such as the GI Film Festival San Diego, a multi-day event showcasing films for, by, and about the military and veteran experience, as well as KPBS' participation in Explore SDSU and quarterly member-only events. Carla started at KPBS in 2001 as a production coordinator in video production services where she assisted clients with video productions. She also managed production for station grant projects including Q Kids and The Mortgage Crisis. Carla earned her degree in filmmaking and child development from Hampshire College and began her non-profit career at Sesame Workshop (Children’s Television Workshop at the time) in their international production department. Born in South Africa, raised on three different continents, Carla has called San Diego home since 2000.
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Doctors Without Borders said Wednesday that ongoing violence in the capital of Haiti has forced it to permanently close its Port-au-Prince emergency care center, a city now 90% controlled by gangs.
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Proponents of the 4x4 schedule say it helps students fit more classes into the school year.
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The bill would have expanded on a 2015 law that prohibits plastic microbeads in products like face scrubs and soaps.
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At their regular meeting Tuesday, council members said the benefits of sharing data for crime fighting are worth the risk that it ends up in the hands of federal immigration officials.
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Premieres Friday, Oct. 17, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream with KPBS+. As they create paintings, beadwork, photographs, and films, four international artists reveal the complex ties between the communities and cultures they move between. Discover how art can foster unity amid a world that often feels divided.
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An internationally acclaimed group of artists create paintings, beadwork, photographs and films to reveal the complex relationships between the communities and the cultures they move between. Viewers travel from Arles, France, to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to the Gulf Coast of Louisiana with featured artists Sophie Calle, Dyani White Hawk, Lubaina Himid and Tuan Andrew Nguyen.
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