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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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. -
As the Trump administration threatens to withhold federal funding from Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs, City College is using a grant for Latino students in STEM to improve its planetarium. -
Mindy Albright, a mammal curator at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, said it’s a way for the herd to protect its youngest members.
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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. -
The former district employees allege Jackson routinely sexually harassed them and that they were demoted for refusing his advances.
- Bob Filner, disgraced ex-mayor of San Diego, dies at 82
- Mild, warmer weather expected this week in San Diego County
- Firings and a ‘no confidence’ vote rock Imperial County government
- San Diego County releases dashboard compiling on South County sewage
- As a diversity grant dies, young scientists fear it will haunt their careers