Laura Wingard
News and Digital EditorLaura Wingard previously served as a news and digital editor. In that role, she managed a team of producers responsible for presenting news stories and features for KPBS’ online audience and promoting those stories through social media. Laura joined KPBS after working as a top editor at three metropolitan newspapers in California and Nevada, including The San Diego Union-Tribune. As metro editor at the U-T, she directed coverage of the October 2007 wildfires and the 2010 disappearance of Poway teenager Chelsea King. She also oversaw the reporting on San Diego's pension crisis and the resignation of Mayor Dick Murphy. Before joining the U-T, Laura worked at the Las Vegas Review-Journal as the city editor and as an award-winning reporter covering the environment and politics. She also was the assistant managing editor for metro at The Press-Enterprise in Riverside. She earned her bachelor's degree at California State University, Fullerton, with a double major in communications/journalism and political science.
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Hundreds of students have rotated through the encampment since they established it just outside the Geisel Library on Wednesday.
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San Diego City Council President Sean Elo-Rivera said he’s hopeful the city can find other ways to balance the budget.
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Biennial mammograms from age 40 suggested, despite advocates emphasizing the need for yearly screenings for early detection and better survival rates.
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The fire-scarred Oceanside Pier, which has been closed since flames engulfed its western end eight days ago, is on track to reopen — for the most part — next week, city officials announced Friday.
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Premieres Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App + Encore Thursday, May 16 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2. Grizzly 399, the most famous bear in Grand Teton National Park, has an exceptional litter of four cubs to raise. Every day, the family must contend with threats to their survival, including a warming climate and human encroachment in bear country. Now the stakes are higher than ever as Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana seek to remove grizzlies from the endangered species list—which would make it legal to hunt them. In a riveting story full of twists and turns, hope and heartbreak, Grizzly 399 stands as a symbol of the clash between humans and the wild.
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An original play about family, food and love is making its in-person debut at the Old Globe this weekend. “Stir” is a story that takes us back to the universal experience of the pandemic — to look at the challenges and beauty that came from it.
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