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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Una jueza federal dictaminó el lunes que las clínicas de Planned Parenthood en todo el país deben seguir siendo reembolsadas por los fondos de Medicaid, mientras el mayor proveedor de abortos de la nación lucha contra los esfuerzos de la administración del presidente Donald Trump por privarla de fondos. -
Twenty-one states are suing after the USDA demanded states turn over sensitive data on food assistance applicants. The lawsuit calls the demand an "Orwellian surveillance campaign." -
The Law & Order: SVU actor was 3 years old in 1967 when her movie star mom, Jayne Mansfield, died in a car crash. Hargitay's new documentary, My Mom Jayne, explores her mother's identity, and her own. -
Sorrento Valley and UTC are the biggest job centers in San Diego County, but only a tiny amount of new homes were permitted there since 2018. That’s about to change. -
San Diego County’s Elder Justice Task Force is ramping up efforts to combat rising financial fraud targeting older adults. -
Lawyers representing detainees at San Diego County’s Otay Mesa Detention Center say overcrowding is forcing their clients to sleep on the floors of their cells and damaging their health.
- California bans masks meant to hide law enforcement officers' identities
- Defense Secretary Hegseth requires new 'pledge' for reporters at the Pentagon
- Trump nominates White House aide to be top U.S. prosecutor for office probing Letitia James
- Earlybirds Club: for ladies who want to get down and also get to bed on time
- Social media is shattering America's understanding of Charlie Kirk's death