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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Today is not the day to talk on your phone while driving, unless you have a hands-free device. Law enforcement agencies will be on the look out for people driving with a phone up to their ear.
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Some San Diego leaders looking for extra cash to close the budget deficit have their eyes on the downtown redevelopment organization. That’s putting the agency on the defensive.
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It’s no secret that San Diego has money problems. It has for years. Now city leaders are showing more drive to fix those problems once and for all. But even though there’s consensus on what needs to be done, there’s little agreement on how to do it.
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Budget cuts may be coming to San Diego, but not for a couple months. The mayor plans to wait until spring to present his budget.
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Pay cuts on top of pay cuts? Eliminating retiree healthcare? Massive changes to the pension system? Are city workers going to go for all this? That’s what San Diego Councilman Carl DeMaio's much anticipated five year financial plan calls for. -
The Iraqi Chaldean community in San Diego is still trying to come to terms with a massacre at a Catholic church in Baghdad that left more than 50 people dead.
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