Gina Diamante
News EditorGina Diamante came to KPBS in 2011 to launch KPBS Evening Edition. She has managed the newsroom’s participation in collaborative efforts with other public media outlets, including the Local Journalism Center Video Project and the Global Nation Education Project. In 2015, Gina was awarded an Emmy by the Pacific Southwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for producing the KPBS news special “Remembering The Fall Of Saigon.” Her work has also been recognized by the San Diego Press Club, the San Diego League of Women Voters, San Diego Radio Broadcasters Association, and the Associated Press Radio-Television Association. Prior to joining KPBS, Gina served as news director and Morning Edition host at KVCR-FM, the NPR member station in San Bernardino. Gina has also been a writer, reporter, anchor, producer and news director at stations in Monterey, San Diego, Ventura County, Los Angeles, and Temecula. She is a graduate of the School of Journalism at San Jose State University.
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Nearly 100 San Diegans turned out for a postcard writing event on Wednesday to pen their thoughts and mail them to the White House. It was part of a national effort to send millions of messages to the president on the same day -
KPBS Midday EditionRepublicans Darrell Issa and Duncan Hunter, and Democrat Susan Davis, all held town hall meetings on Saturday. -
KPBS Midday EditionAnastasio Hernandez Rojas died in 2010, after border agents shot him multiple times with a Taser. -
The North County Republican first made the call in an appearance on "Real Time With Bill Maher," suggesting the special prosecutor statute could apply. In a new statement Monday, he said he recommended an independent review, but did not use the term "special prosecutor." -
KPBS Midday EditionOral trials — similar to those in the U.S. — are expected to make Mexico's justice system more transparent. -
The 142-foot long tunnel was discovered by a Border Patrol agent on routine patrol.
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Social justice organizations gathered to demand change after 15 people died in county jails this year. -
City Council approved a child care center for police officers' families, with special hours to accommodate first responders' 24/7 work schedules. -
An emotional plea Monday from a relative of a Black teenager stabbed in Lakeside three months ago.
- 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