Cristina Kim
Racial Justice and Social Equity ReporterAs the racial justice and social equity reporter, Cristina Kim combines data-driven research and street-level reporting to produce original, authoritative stories for KPBS platforms. Prior to joining the KPBS Newsroom, Cristina worked on NPR’s “Here and Now” where she produced and reported on housing, homelessness, immigration, and the 2020 election. Cristina previously worked at KQED in San Francisco where she helped create and launch “Truth Be Told,” an advice show for and by people of color. Her career has also included stints at “StoryCorps” and “Reveal” from The Center for Investigative Reporting. She was part of the “Reveal” team that won the 2019 Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Social Media. Cristina earned her bachelor's degree in Latin American and Latino Studies from UC Santa Cruz and holds two master's degrees in American Studies with a focus on Media and Asian American Studies from Columbia University and Brown University.
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Filipino community members are pursuing legal action against National City, saying the city's at-large elections dilute voting rights. -
Tyshawn Cook bought his first home with help from the San Diego Black Homebuyers Program, which provides grants to help recipients with down payments or closing costs. He's putting equity back into his new home by investing on renovations, something that's only possible because of the money he saved with the grant. -
Buried in the deeds of homes and subdivisions across San Diego County are racially restrictive covenants that serve as stark reminders of the region’s racist past. -
A new California law will make it easier to remove racially restrictive covenants from the deeds of their homes. However, some homeowners believe the language should remain so San Diego's racist past is not forgotten. -
For nearly a century, Rancho Santa Fe has boasted one of the most expensive and sought after ZIP codes in the country. But the discriminatory document that established the enclave remains a flashpoint. -
Racially restrictive covenants were once common across San Diego County. Though deemed illegal in 1948, the language still appears in many home and property deeds across the county.
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Saturday's game between Coronado and Escondido's Orange Glen High School reportedly ended with unidentified people throwing tortillas at the Orange Glen team, which is predominantly Latino. -
In an attempt to reduce the digital divide that has left 53,000 San Diego households with no internet access, Mayor Todd Gloria Tuesday launched an expansion of the "SD Access 4 All" program with free Wi-Fi at more than 300 new locations.
