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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Technical problems and delays with FAFSA have pushed back this year's college decision process for schools, students and their families.
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Joan Jacobs died Monday of heart failure. She and her husband Irwin Jacobs, the Qualcomm co-founder, donated hundreds of millions of dollars to many San Diego schools and nonprofits, including KPBS.
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Mothers received a unique, homemade gift at the Hearts and Hands Working Together food distribution ahead of Mother's Day in Mexico on Friday and the U.S. on Monday.
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Some students face criminal charges, suspensions and even expulsions for participating in pro-Palestinian protests and encampments. Their reason? A "just cause."
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Premieres Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. Exposing the shadowy figure at the heart of a corruption scandal spanning from Venezuela to the U.S. With the Venezuelan news outlet, Armando.info, the inside story of Alex Saab, his capture, then release by the U.S. in a controversial prisoner swap.
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The Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has hatched five Little Blue Penguin chicks this season, the first since the aquarium welcomed the birds in 2022.
- UC San Diego encampment for Palestine faces counter-demonstration supporting Israel
- CHP raids UCSD Gaza Solidarity Encampment
- At the edge of Imperial County, the Quechan Tribe works to restore a parched river
- How Mexico’s historic election will impact the San Diego border region
- An update in the lawsuit against Nathan Fletcher