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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How are small amusement parks like Belmont Park doing during the current recession? KPBS metro reporter Katie Orr has that story. -
A lawyer with the San Diego's City Attorney office is making an appeal to the city's pension board this morning. The City Attorney says city employees should contribute more to the retirement fund.
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Mayor Jerry Sanders says ballooning pension payments and lagging tax revenue mean the city is spending $28 million more than it’s taking in, but he says the city was right in its conservative approach. -
Summer’s coming up and many people might be planning a trip to an amusement park. That trip could get expensive with tickets for large amusement parks hovering around $70, but smaller admission-free amusement parks are seeing their crowds and revenues go up.
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San Diego is now the home port to three aircraft carriers. The USS Carl Vinson is scheduled to arrive in San Diego Bay today. The Vinson will join the USS Ronald Reagan and the USS Nimitz as one of three nuclear aircraft carriers based at Naval Air Station North Island. -
San Diego’s fire chief says University City and Rancho Penasquitos face the most risk because of fire department cutbacks.
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