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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A tentative agreement between Chula Vista officials and the city's Police Officers' Association could prevent the layoff of 20 officers from what officials say is an already depleted force.
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The country’s economic outlook may be improving, but the average time Americans are spending without jobs is now nearly 9 months. Some San Diegans are using their longer-than-expected joblessness to make some big changes. -
Qualcomm started the new year as a big news maker. It bought one company for $3 billion and partnered with several others to improve wireless offerings.
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Thirteen thousand attendees and exhibitors will descend on the city this weekend for the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting. They’re the first of more than 800,000 expected convention-goers in San Diego this year, the most since 2008. -
Weary travelers arriving at the San Diego International Airport caught a break Thursday. Passengers arriving at Lindbergh Field will enjoy shorter wait times for taxicabs starting later this month.
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San Diego’s unemployment rate has hovered above 10 percent through all of 2010. The picture may still be bleak but this year was better than the last.
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