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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On Adopt a Shelter Pet Day, 11 local organizations confirmed their commitment to staying at zero euthanasia of healthy or treatable shelter pets, but warned that the overcrowding was becoming unsafe.
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The vote comes after an investigation into accusations that Phelps bullied Del Norte High School students.
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A federal court has blocked Louisiana's new congressional map in a case that could determine the balance of power in the next Congress and set up another Supreme Court test of the Voting Rights Act.
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Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS / Stream now with the PBS App. In today's world, says GZERO World guest and Pulitzer prize-winning New York Times Correspondent David Sanger, the next Cold War would look nothing like the last one (assuming it stays cold). It might not even be just one war. America now faces two great adversaries, China and Russia, and it's by no means clear who will win out.
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Consumers should check to see if they bought organic walnuts tied to the recall.
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Campus protesters want administrators to sell off investments in companies with ties to Israel. Here's a look at what divestment means — and why universities are saying no.
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