Erik Aker
Web DeveloperErik Aker grew up in San Diego and was educated in the Bay Area after which he worked as an English instructor at various community colleges in San Diego. During his time as a teacher, Erik also worked as a freelance writer, but gave up both occupations in order to take a job in the corporate world, where he soon discovered a passion for computer programming. He's a San Diego native and he spends a lot of time at the beach and area tidepools.
RECENT STORIES ON KPBS
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THE GOLD, inspired by the true story of the 1983 Brink’s-Mat robbery — one of the largest in British history — is coming to MASTERPIECE on PBS. Welcome to the 1980s, awash with cheap money and loosened morals, and witness the extraordinary and epic story premiering on Sunday, October 5 at 10/9c.
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San Diego Climate week is Oct. 1 through 8. It features more than 100 community-led events around the county, most of which are free. -
Following a nearly four-hour hearing, the board also voted to require additional brush clearance at the development and directed county staff to look at options for a secondary access route. -
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Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman." -
Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025 at 9 p.m. + Saturday, Oct. 4 at 4 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 5 at 4:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. Go behind the scenes and into the vaults at the San Diego History Center. See the fabulous black and white archives of San Diego County, treasures from the past rarely seen by the public and what the Center's vaults hold.
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