Ebone Monet
Speak City Heights ReporterEbone Monet is a San Diego native and University of California, Los Angeles graduate. Ebone is veteran journalist who came to KPBS from RTV6 in Indianapolis, Indiana. There she covered major international events such as the Indy 500 and Super Bowl XLVI. She also reported extensively on the Circle City's rising murder rate. Ebone Monet was on the ground reporting as hundreds of people evacuated the Richmond Hill subdivision following a deadly home explosion. Prior to her work in Indianapolis Ebone was a reporter for KTHV in Little Rock, Arkansas. Some of the major stories she covered included devastating natural disasters, search-and-rescue effort following the 2010 flash floods that killed 20 people in the Ouachita National Forest. In addition Ebone reported on the 2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak and recovery efforts.
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The organization decided to withdraw from the Title X funding program because a new rule by the Trump administration that forbids referrals to doctors who can perform abortions. -
This week in business: stock markets flux after new signs of recession appear, most Americans live paycheck to paycheck, and a new report puts San Diego in third for highest inflation rate in the nation. -
This week in business: President Trump tweeted another tariff hike on China, the Federal Reserve Lowered Interest Rates, and the T-Mobile-Sprint clears a final, major hurdle. -
There are more than 4,300 hospice providers nationwide, and CDC numbers show that a little less than 40% of those are non-profit. Here in California, the nonprofit hospice providers plan to join forces. -
A local nonprofit servicing San Diego’s homeless launches a 2-mile walk to raise funds for homeless services. -
The Jacobs Center "Connect All" program is looking for the next batch of entrepreneurs ready to grow their start-ups.
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KPBS Midday EditionGov. Gavin Newsom joined Senate President pro tem Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, and 100 volunteers downtown Thursday in a federally mandated effort to count the county's homeless population. -
A series of local ordinances were proposed Thursday to combat a spate of San Diego County vaping-related illnesses and injuries. -
California Attorney General Kamala Harris continues to hold a big lead in the U.S. Senate race over Rep. Loretta Sanchez. The new California Counts poll also shows strong support for a ballot measure that would legalize recreational marijuana.
- Two San Diego nonprofits are poised to lose promised environmental justice grants — but the EPA has yet to tell them
- Bob Filner, disgraced ex-mayor of San Diego, dies at 82
- Trump administration considers immigration detention on Bay Area military base, records show
- San Diego County releases dashboard compiling on South County sewage
- California sent investigators to ICE facilities. They found more detainees, and health care gaps