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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Nearly all students in the Mountain Empire Unified School District take the school bus. To get food to those students, Feeding San Diego and school administrators had to adapt. -
Unions representing UC San Diego Health workers called a one-day strike amid ongoing contract negotiations with the university. -
The United Ways of California study recommends policymakers expand affordable child care, public benefits and tax credits for families with young children. -
Some of the team members are on the autism spectrum. One parent says his son is thriving in the sport. -
One of the five board members has opposed the planned layoffs of librarians and other staff. On Thursday, he asked the board to reconsider. -
The city says libraries see the least amount of traffic on Sundays. Advocates say closures would reduce community members' access to library services.
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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.
- 60,000+ march through downtown for 'No Kings' Day protest, other rallies planned throughout the county
- Housing officials warn San Diego's ADU reforms may violate state law
- 'No Kings' demonstrations happening this weekend. What are your rights in a protest?
- San Diego infectious disease expert warns new CDC vaccine panel could threaten public health
- Ancient miasma theory may help explain Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine moves