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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The weather outside might have been frightful, but families lined up for photos with Santa and shoppers were weighed down with bags filled at Plaza Bonita Mall this week.
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Nearly every police agency in San Diego County took part this week in a take down of a criminal ring selling stolen cars, weapons and drugs, according to the San Diego County District Attorney’s office. -
California air-quality regulators spent Thursday hearing testimony on the nation's most sweeping greenhouse-gas-regulation systems. Air Resource Board members are expected to vote Thursday night or Friday on the proposal, which would involve financial incentives for power plants and other major polluters to cut emissions.
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Foreclosures are continuing at above normal levels in San Diego. More of the people being foreclosed on now are people who have lost their jobs or who have only been making payments on their mortgage's interest and now also have to pay down the principle. What are the things homeowners need to know about foreclosure and loan modification? What resources are out there to help them?
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The first 400 families chosen to participate in the 24th annual SuperParent Shopping Day began choosing gifts for their children at 8 a.m. Wednesday. A room full of donated toys was waiting for them. -
Proposed fees and regulations for coastal fireworks shows in San Diego County would put an end to traditional July 4th pyrotechnics near bodies of water, and residents should oppose the idea, Mayor Jerry Sanders said today.
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