Katie Anastas
Education ReporterKatie Anastas covers education for KPBS News, from preschools and TK to universities and community colleges. Katie has covered school closures, child care shortages, Alaska Native education and statewide school funding issues for Alaska Public Media. In New York City, she reported on a controversial admissions process at the city's elite public high schools.
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Two ballot drop boxes in Washington and Oregon were set on fire this week. Officials say hundreds of ballots were destroyed. -
With funding from the state, county and city, a former extended-stay hotel is becoming an affordable apartment building. -
It’s been nearly 50 years since the county and city of San Diego bought Cowles Mountain. A hike-a-thon is underway to raise money for park maintenance and programs. -
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Staff and volunteers will knock on more than 200 doors between Thursday and Saturday to ask residents about their physical and mental health. -
The program is meant to safely transition people back to living in communities after prison time and inpatient treatment.
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The previous 40-bed shelter program will close by June 30, due to redevelopment, with the additional 160 beds coming available during Fiscal Year 2026, which begins July 1, 2025. -
The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department said it stopped forward progress shortly after 11 a.m. on a vegetation fire near Bernardo Center Drive and Camino del Norte. -
San Diego County Supervisor Nora Vargas, chair of the county Board of Supervisors, Friday announced her decision to step down from the board at the end of her term, Jan. 6, 2025.
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