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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San Diego can continue to dredge debris in the Tijuana River Valley. Thursday a judge rejected a temporary restraining order that would have stopped the project. -
Plans for a new main library in downtown San Diego are still moving forward. A city council committee took action on the project Wednesday. The council’s Rules Committee authorized $500,000 in redevelopment funds for the library project. The money will be spent putting the project out to bid. -
The San Diego City Council has decided to keep the temporary winter homeless shelter downtown again this year. But the decision came after several hours of discussion and protest from people living in the East Village neighborhood.
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The new Chief of the San Diego Fire Department is bracing for budget cuts but says public safety will still be the priority. The department’s second in command was officially announced as the new Fire Chief on Tuesday. -
San Diego’s water cops haven’t been writing too many tickets. No one in the city has yet had to pay for wasting water. -
San Diego is moving forward with its attempts to figure out some regulations for medical marijuana dispensaries even as other cities crack down on the industry. San Diego’s Medical Marijuana Task Force met for the first time Friday.
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- San Diego Unified is getting rid of some K-8 middle schools
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