Kyla Calvert
Education ReporterKyla Calvert is the education reporter forKPBS, producing multimedia content for radio, television and the Web. Kyla began producing web content while working in marketing in San Francisco. She decided to change careers and received a master’s degree in journalism with a concentration in digital media from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2009. While in school she freelanced for City Hall and The Capitol newspapers covering New York City and state politics and policy. After completing her degree, she worked as a fellow for Hearst Newspapers on “Dead By Mistake” a nationwide investigative project about medical error. The project received the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi Award. Kyla moved to San Diego from Beaufort County, South Carolina where she covered county government for The Island Packet and The Beaufort Gazette.
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Qualified graduates from the San Diego Unified School District now have a guaranteed spot at Cal State University San Marcos through a new partnership that includes college prep and support for students and families starting in middle school.
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The San Diego Foundation has started an Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Fund to "support leadership in and the visibility of the local AANHPI community," it was announced on Wednesday.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday the state will make $3.3 billion available by July for counties and private developers to start building more behavior health treatment centers.
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Inflation eased last month, according to a report Wednesday from the Labor Department, which means people feeling stretched by high prices and high borrowing costs could feel a little relief soon.
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El alcalde de San Diego, Todd Gloria, presentó su presupuesto actualizado para el año fiscal 2024-25 el martes, aún reflejando un déficit de 172 millones de dólares pero con menos recortes a los servicios que el plan de gastos anterior.
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Dos nuevos proyectos de ley permitirían fondos estatales para apoyar viviendas sobrias para residentes sin hogar, una desviación significativa de la actual ley de California de "vivienda primero".
- Water contact closures, advisories listed for San Diego County beaches
- Translucent zooplankton 'sail' to San Diego shores
- Hundreds gather to honor late San Diego philanthropist Joan Jacobs
- State bill would allow family access to nursing homes during declared emergencies
- 'Peace in Israel' week continues on UC San Diego campus along with protests