Claire Trageser
Public Matters EditorClaire leads the KPBS Public Matters initiative, a content hub that will provide news stories on politics and governance; facilitated, in-person discussions around important issues that often divide us; and helpful resources and explainers to ensure all San Diegans understand and act upon their opportunity to participate in the democratic process. Claire leads the KPBS initiative and its partnerships with news organizations Voice of San Diego and inewsource.
Her journalistic highlights include producing the six-part podcast series Free Jane, leading and editing the Murrow award-winning public art series Art in the Open and the digital video series about the childcare crisis, Where's My Village.
In 2020, Claire was named the San Diego Society of Professional Journalists' Journalist of the Year. Claire studied chemistry at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. She then earned a master's degree in journalism at UC Berkeley, where she worked at the Knight Digital Media Center and completed a master's project with Michael Pollan.
-
The COVID-19 case count in the Pacific Beach zip code has tripled since the middle of June, according to a KPBS analysis of county data. Cases have more than doubled in Fallbrook and Point Loma during the same period. -
Contact tracing is meant to be one of the big strategies that will allow San Diego County to finally slow the spread of the coronavirus. But it has some big limitations. -
Amidst new scrutiny of police use of force, especially on people of color, the family of a young Latino man shot to death by a San Diego Sheriff's Deputy three years ago is again asking for justice. -
Leonardo Hurtado Ibarra, 25, of San Diego had been in intensive care since being shot by two officers just before 6 p.m. Saturday. The police department also named the two officers who shot Ibarra: Jonathon Lucas and Tevar Zaki, both of whom are assigned to the Central Division and have been police officers for four years. -
An expert said the policy is favorable to police officers because it includes the caveat that de-escalation be used "when safe and reasonable to do so." -
Officers are now required to make de-escalation a priority while on patrol, and they must intervene if they witness a fellow officer using excessive force.
-
While de-escalation is now a buzzword in law enforcement circles in the wake of the George Floyd killing by Minneapolis police, it's been central to the Berkeley Police Department's mission for years. -
The San Diego Police Department is now requiring that officers learn de-escalation tactics. But experts and advocates say the overall training regimen still fosters an us vs them mentality. -
KPBS Midday EditionEmergency room visits are up 35% in San Diego County and 49% statewide since voters legalized recreational marijuana in 2016, data show. But doctors say many patients are simply inexperienced pot users who aren't in significant danger.
- Trump administration freezes $50 million in San Diego County public school funding
- San Diego political expert details steps that could lead to US civil war
- Steele Fire update: Spread halted, evacuations hold
- Carlsbad pumping brakes on traffic circles, putting federal funding at risk
- Fear of immigration raids reshaping daily life for many