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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A judge has ruled the city of San Diego is not responsible for a landslide on Mount Soledad two years ago.
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San Diego leaders say the city is facing a record breaking $180 million budget deficit next year. Officials are warning there won’t be an easy fix.
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Hundreds of thousands of people will watch the Blue Angels perform at the Miramar Air Show this weekend. But three people got the chance to actually go for a ride in one of the F/A-18 jets. -
The number of San Diegans living in poverty is at a 50 year high. New census data released Tuesday shows San Diego County’s poverty rate is rising faster than anywhere else in the state.
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Vendors, bands and people filled Adams Avenue in Normal Heights this weekend for the annual Adams Avenue Street Fair. -
The only cruise ship to call San Diego home year round is pulling up anchor. The ship is moving to the south and taking millions of dollars with it.
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