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 2022 election of Simon Silva, who died unexpectedly of cancer before the election but after his name could be removed from the ballot, is why Chula Vista is having a special election on Nov. 7. -
As the flow of migrants across the San Diego border continues to increase, a key shelter operator is on the brink of shutting down. -
Friends of Friendship Park have criticized the Biden administration's decision to build a new border wall at the binational park. -
Data shows southward migration is having an impact on Tijuana’s rental prices and traffic congestion. -
Customs and Border Protection abruptly announced Thursday that it will close one of two pedestrian crossings in San Ysidro indefinitely. -
Approximately 300 men, women and children are sleeping outdoors in a makeshift camp between the primary and secondary border walls in San Ysidro.
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