Gustavo Solis
Investigative Border ReporterGustavo became the Investigative Border Reporter at KPBS in 2021. He was born in Mexico City, grew up in San Diego and has two passports to prove it. He graduated from Columbia University’s School of Journalism in 2013 and has worked in New York City, Miami, Palm Springs, Los Angeles, and San Diego. In 2018 he was part of a team of reporters who shared a Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism. When he’s not working - and even sometimes when he should be - Gustavo is surfing on both sides of the border.
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The District 3 seat used to be occupied by Steve Padilla, a former mayor of Chula Vista who was elected to the State Senate in 2022. -
The plan calls for a permanent center that migrants and asylum seekers can use while they finalize travel arrangements to other parts of the country. -
It’s been less than a week since San Diego County's Migrant Welcome Center closed, and already CBP has released more than 1,000 asylum seekers and other migrants into the streets. -
Under normal circumstances, migrants would have been taken to the Migrant Welcome Center, which was funded by $6 million from San Diego County. But that center closed Thursday. -
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Meet the candidates and learn what's at stake with KPBS' primary election guide for the Chula Vista City Attorney race.
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