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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So that the UC could better develop its academic programs to prepare students for the changing workforce, the UC created a new data tool to show where tens of thousands of alumni work in California and the skills those employers seek. -
Entre 30,000 y 70,000 niños adoptados por familias estadounidenses de otros países nunca obtuvieron la ciudadanía de EE. UU., según la Campaña por los Derechos de los Adoptados. -
Some call the rise of Botox, fillers and plastic surgery "aesthetic inflation." How do we talk about their effects without being rude? -
La Cámara de Representantes dio la aprobación final a la solicitud del presidente Donald Trump de recuperar alrededor de 9.000 millones de dólares para la radiodifusión pública y la ayuda exterior a primera hora del viernes, mientras los republicanos intensificaban sus esfuerzos por apuntar a instituciones y programas que consideran inflados o desalineados con su agenda. -
La información permitirá a los funcionarios de ICE encontrar “la ubicación de extranjeros” en todo el país, dice el acuerdo firmado el lunes entre los Centros de Servicios de Medicare y Medicaid (CMS, por sus siglas en inglés) y el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional. El acuerdo no ha sido anunciado públicamente. -
Premieres Monday, July 21, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Turning 21, Samuel wants his independence. Yet every rite of passage is fraught with challenges and social barriers. Seizures and uncontrollable movements. Inaccessible housing. Degrading ableist encounters. "No one tells you how to be an adult," he says, "let alone an adult with a disability." Can a community of disability activists help him follow his dreams?
- San Diego County estimates 400,000 Medi-Cal, CalFresh recipients could lose benefits
- A crisis team responding to a suicide attempt asked for help, El Cajon Police refused
- LEGO's Comic-Con diorama turns the San Diego Convention Center into a mini masterpiece
- A man is halted climbing the US-Mexico border wall. Under new Trump rules, US troops sound the alarm
- Fearing lawsuits, El Cajon Police stopped responding to some mental health calls