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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Earlier this month, Gov. Gavin Newsom boasted that California’s economy had fully recovered from the pandemic. That’s not the case in the border community where thousands of jobs haven’t come back. -
While the U.S. and Mexico teams are seen as fierce rivals elsewhere, the vibe is different here. It’s not uncommon for fans in San Diego to support both teams. -
Chula Vista’s city attorney race got an unusual amount of attention this year — mainly because the San Diego County Democratic Party continued to endorse and promote Simon Silva after he died. -
McCann, a Republican, is leading with 54% of the vote over Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar. -
Democrat Simon Silva’s name is still on the ballot and the campaign for him continues. -
“What they did to us is not fair. But what can we do about it?”
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Immigration agents arrested Kyungjin Yu, an immigrant from South Korea, because she overstayed her visa, Department of Homeland Security officials told KPBS. -
Officials said initially nine people were missing but authorities later apprehended two. -
State Attorney General Rob Bonta met with immigrant rights groups and elected officials in San Diego to discuss his office's efforts to protect California's immigrant communities.
- San Diego is building a lot of homes in its most walkable neighborhoods
- City Council clears way for tiered parking rates at San Diego Zoo
- San Diego to pay $875K to man shot with police bean bag rounds and bitten by K-9
- Oceanside city council approves new tenant protections, rejects rent control
- San Diego class-action suit says ICE courthouse arrests are illegal