Elaine Alfaro
East County ReporterElaine Alfaro is a reporter at KPBS and part of the California Local News Fellowship program. She primarily covers San Diego's East County and specializes in investigative and accountability journalism.
Elaine graduated from Point Loma Nazarene University with a degree in multimedia journalism. At PLNU, she served as the editor-in-chief of the school newspaper.
As someone who grew up in San Diego, Elaine cares deeply about storytelling that reflects the local community. She's covered the San Diego community through her freelance work and internships at a variety of publications including the San Diego Community News Group, the Filipino Press, NBC7 and the PB Monthly.
In her free time, you can usually find her hiking local trails, checking out bookstores or trying a new recipe!
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Bancroft Elementary School in La Mesa Spring Valley School District flooded during the January 2024 rain storms. The district shared their plan for protecting students, teachers and families with the forecasted El Niño weather. -
San Diego Port district staff met with community members between May and July to find a new name for the bayside park. The Board of Port Commissioners unanimously approved Chicano Park on the Bay. -
Emmett Stewart will graduate from college next year. But this week, he got the city’s top finance job until the public elects a new treasurer in the fall. -
The event is slated for the Allison Avenue parking lot near downtown. It will have food vendors and entertainment, including a live music stage. -
Many communities in unincorporated East County bear the impacts of green energy projects like battery storage facilities. After years of hearing residents’ complaints, county staff produced a draft ordinance. -
For decades, the U.S. Census has counted Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) communities as white. State laws and updated federal policies are changing this, but implementation has been slow.
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The fatal entanglement is raising alarms among wildlife experts who say the concertina wire poses a threat to regional biodiversity. -
County-run animal shelters saw a spike in dog euthanasia rates and high staff turnover in recent years. Those numbers have gotten better — but dogs continue to endure substandard conditions at one shelter. -
Of the more than 16,000 removals by ICE, 10,847 were Mexican nationals, 996 from Guatemala and 544 from Venezuela with smaller figures from 116 other countries.
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