Hailey Persinger
Web ProducerHailey Persinger edits and posts stories, video, and other multimedia elements to KPBS.org. She also helps maintain the KPBSNews Twitter, Facebook and Google+ accounts. Before joining KPBS, she worked as a reporter at U-T San Diego and the Killeen Daily Herald. At both papers, she reported on local government and added to breaking news coverage. Hailey contributed reports to the Killeen Daily Herald's coverage of the November 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood, which won numerous awards from the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors. Hailey has a bachelor's degree in English literature from the University of North Texas in Denton. When not at work, Hailey is either running, attempting to learn computer coding or compulsively checking Twitter.
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Dean's family says he quickly fell into critical condition after being diagnosed with a MRSA bacterial infection. He is the second aviation whistleblower to die in the past three months.
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Monday, May 6, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. Get wowed by treasures at Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, including a 1953 Marilyn Monroe pin-up poster, a diamond & platinum ring, ca.1960 and a 1910 - 1911 Philadelphia Athletics trophy, card & pin. One has a value of $65,300 to $125,000!
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Previously slated to end May 11, the lodging program will now last until June 21.
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The official censure from the 9th Circuit's Judicial Council concerns U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez's instructions to have a deputy marshal place a 13-year-old girl in handcuffs in February of last year, something the council wrote "constitute(s) abusive or harassing behavior."
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President Biden had an unexpected update to his schedule Thursday to address the pro-Palestinian protests roiling campuses across the country.
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Nunis died in custody after Chula Vista police officers forced him against the ground while responding to a mental health crisis call in March 2020.
- UCSD students establish pro-Palestine encampment on campus
- Trump dice que utilizaría a la Guardia Nacional para deportar inmigrantes si vuelve a la presidencia
- San Diego's senior population to increase in coming years, raising concerns for elder orphans
- San Diego's Big Exchange returns: 10 places to visit with a museum membership
- Island life for these unhoused San Diegans means few police — and many hazards