Jean Guerrero
Investigative ReporterJean Guerrero is a former KPBS reporter with extensive experience covering Latin America. Her KPBS reporting focused on family separations at the border, Trump's wall, deportations, and migrant caravan. Her work was recognized by the San Diego Press Club, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences - Pacific Southwest Chapter, and the Society for Professional Journalists, including "Best Body Of Work" in 2018.
She started her career at the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires in Mexico City as a foreign correspondent. She won the PEN/FUSION Emerging Writers Prize in 2016. Her book "Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir" was published in 2018 by One World (Random House).
Jean holds a B.A. in journalism and a minor in neuroscience from the University of Southern California. She also has an MFA degree in creative nonfiction from Goucher College.
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Memories of past rain-related destruction in Tijuana have moved officials and residents to prepare early for rains from El Niño. U.S. Border Patrol is also gearing up to deal with cross-border flooding. -
San Diego's former mayor, police chief speaks from experience, having responded to a mass shooting 31 years ago in San Ysidro -
A Calexico city councilwoman said the city's police chief was fired Monday amid political turmoil, including canceled insurance coverage for the city. -
Isabel Allende was the guest at the annual Author's Luncheon hosted by Words Alive, a San Diego-based nonprofit that promotes literacy for low-income youths. She discussed her new book and more. -
Just south of Rosarito, Baja California officials sank an old Navy patrol boat to create the state's first artificial reef. It was the first step in creating a large underwater park there. -
Tijuana has seen more than 540 homicides so far this year, more than all of last year and the highest number since 2010.
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