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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Local republicans are hoping a statewide voter registration push could return their party to the majority in San Diego County. But Democrats are confident they'll hang on to the edge they first gained in 2008.
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The eyes of California’s political community were on San Diego this weekend. They were watching the state’s Republican Party convention. San Diego delegates said they left the convention focused on expanding their local base.
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The San Diego Unified School District has said it is putting an end to fees for everything from padlocks to sports team uniforms. But what about your child's school? -
Researchers will soon begin examining how loud noises affect the behavior of marine mammals off the Southern California Coast. The California Coastal Commission gave its approval to the project at a meeting Thursday.
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The Navy hopes to have a plan in place by the end of the year to expand its training activities on the Silver Strand. But, California’s Coastal Commission has some reservations about the expansion.
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The U.S. Postal Service is putting its Midway Distribution Center up for sale. A new nonprofit has submitted a proposal to turn the Loma Portal site into transitional housing for the homeless.
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- Social media is shattering America's understanding of Charlie Kirk's death