Katie Orr
AnchorHaving grown up in the San Diego neighborhood of University City, Katie Orr is back in familiar territory as KPBS’ Metro Reporter. She previously worked at WVXU in Cincinnati, Ohio where she served as a reporter and announcer, as well as host of the award winning Cincinnati Edition. She has also reported for WNIN in Evansville, Indiana and for Four Corners Broadcasting in Durango, Colorado. Katie has been recognized by the Indiana and Ohio chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists for her work as well as by the Hearst Journalism Awards and the Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards. Katie graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University in 2003.
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Thousands of people in California are training to work in green energy jobs. But the industry isn’t expanding fast enough to meet the demand of people who want to work in the field. -
No charges will be filed related to a San Diego Bay boating accident that lead to the drowning deaths of a father and son.
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San Diego rescinded its own rules on Monday regulating the distribution of medical marijuana. Not much is likely to change in the next year.
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Strict rules limiting where medical marijuana shops can operate can be overturned or sent to the voters next spring. The city council Monday addresses the issue Monday.
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San Diego’s Hispanic population came out ahead while the Asian community fell short in the race to win a new council district. -
The political landscape of San Diego is changing and today the city will learn how.
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