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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Measure A, which city voters passed in 2018, has funded the hiring of more than 40 police officers. Now, officials want to spend revenues on things such as patrol cars and drones. -
The lawsuit comes days after Fletcher announced he is taking a medical leave due to trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder and alcohol abuse. -
Javier Salazar Rojas is known as the Deported Artist. He paints about immigration, Mexican culture and the borderlands. -
The reforms could lead to voter suppression, fewer polling stations in rural areas, and allow cartels or foreign actors to finance Mexican elections. -
SDPD misconduct files are missing disciplinary records in almost a third of cases. Sometimes, the files lack discipline when officers quickly resign from the force. -
About a third of misconduct cases released by San Diego police don’t include disciplinary records. For some officers, that means their disciplinary histories aren’t following them throughout their careers in law enforcement.
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