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 price of a gallon of gas on the Mexican side of the border can be more than $2 cheaper than in San Diego. -
Two surfers from Ensenada have started a podcast and an Instagram account that details the history of how the sport took hold in Mexico. -
A group of migrants filed a federal complaint alleging medical negligence, retaliatory use of solitary confinement and civil rights violations. -
Researchers from UC San Diego and Mexico spent a year talking to Tijuana shopkeepers about their experiences with extortion. -
The bill, known as AB 257, creates a statewide fast-food council, which will allow workers, employers and government officials to negotiate industry standards. -
Alex Padilla said he shares in the public’s frustration over the lack of movement on immigration. He blamed it on partisan obstructionism.
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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.
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- City Council clears way for tiered parking rates at San Diego Zoo
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- Oceanside city council approves new tenant protections, rejects rent control
- San Diego class-action suit says ICE courthouse arrests are illegal