Dara Joan Dela Cruz
Accounting & Finance AssistantDara Joan Dela Cruz formerly worked in the KPBS newsroom as an assistant and call screener for Friday's Midday Edition. Dara attends San Diego State University where she plans to graduate with a business degree in accounting. She is a current member of the University Honors Program, which has encouraged her to also pursue a minor in interdisciplinary studies. After graduation, she later hopes to obtain an MBA, become a certified public accountant, and eventually manage her own firm. Before coming to San Diego, Dara lived in the Silicon Valley, where she grew up and graduated from Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, California. In her spare time, Dara likes to explore the city, watch films, and play the flute, as she is also a member of the university's wind symphony.
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La decisión de Estados Unidos de suspender las importaciones de ganado proveniente de México llega en el peor momento para el ganadero Martín Ibarra Vargas, quien tras dos años de una fuerte sequía esperaba sacar adelante a su familia y su finca vendiendo sus terneros al otro lado de la frontera norte. -
The idea that each year produces a few unofficial "songs of the summer" has been rattling around for ages. But do we have a strong contender this year? -
The Trump administration has reversed a rule that allowed undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as kids to buy health insurance on Affordable Care Act marketplaces. -
En todo el estado, el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de Estados Unidos (ICE) ha detenido a numerosas personas, dejándolas con dificultades para pagar el alquiler mientras que sus familiares lloran la ausencia de sus seres queridos -
The weapons include U.S. missiles for Patriot air defense systems already in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also said he had a "productive" call with President Trump. -
The statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate general and Freemason leader, was vandalized and taken down on Juneteenth in 2020. It is the only statue of a Confederate general in Washington, D.C.
- Government papers found in an Alaskan hotel reveal new details of Trump-Putin summit
- Washington's hydropower has created a data center boom. Some are concerned about its future.
- Category 4 Hurricane Erin moves past northern Caribbean islands
- After meeting Putin, Trump changes his position on the need for a ceasefire
- Hundreds march to White House to protest Trump's D.C. crackdown