Erin Siegal
Reporter, Fronteras DeskErin Siegal is part of the Fronteras Desk reporting team, based in San Diego at KPBS. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism, a Soros Justice Fellow, and a Redux Pictures photographer. She was a 2008-2009 fellow at the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Erin is the author of the award-winning book Finding Fernanda, (Beacon Press 2012), which examines organized crime and child trafficking in international adoption between Guatemala and the U.S. Previously, she wrote a column on public records and government accountability for the Columbia Journalism Review, "The FOIA Watchdog." She's contributed to various media outlets, including Univision, the New York Times, Time, Reuters, Newsweek, O Magazine, Businessweek, Rolling Stone, and more. She lives in Tijuana, Mexico. When she's not eating tacos or working, Erin can be found along the border at Rancho Los Amigos, riding horses and smoking cigars with her favorite vaqueros.
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Plans for the bridge were first approved in the 1970s, but have stopped and started over the decades. -
Etiquette expert Elaine Swann tackles tricky questions about staying at a loved one's place. Is it OK to borrow their car? Extend your stay? Show up empty-handed? Advice on how to be a star guest. -
KPBS reporter Scott Rodd says the judge took the extraordinary step of sanctioning the accuser for failing to turn over evidence. -
President Zelenskyy's remarks come as U.S. and Russian leaders plan a summit next Friday. President Trump wants an end to the war and says it could involve "some swapping of territory." -
One year ago, pandas returned to the San Diego Zoo. To celebrate, the zoo released a limited-edition Panda Day commemorative pin on Friday, KPBS reporter Alexander Nguyen reports. -
Immigration agents arrested Kyungjin Yu, an immigrant from South Korea, because she overstayed her visa, Department of Homeland Security officials told KPBS.
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