Meet the Team

Luca Vega

Technical Producer & Sound Designer

Luca Vega is a former KPBS staff member.

Luca Vega served as a technical producer and sound designer for KPBS. He provided audio and sound design for the podcast “Port of Entry.” He also assists with technical direction for KPBS’ presentation of “Morning Edition” and “KPBS Midday Edition,” producing promos and local content through audio editing, recording, and mixing.

Luca's musical background and audio experience are crucial to bringing creativity to these projects and programs. He is a drummer and has also released original music composed and produced by himself. Luca is studying for an Advanced Music Production Professional Certificate at Berklee College of Music. He has also worked as a Spanish voice-over artist for over 10 years, recording for different projects like radio and TV commercials, audiobooks, and dubbing.

He's been a voting member of the Latin Grammy Recording Academy since 2014 and a member of the Audio Engineer Society (AES) since 2019.

RECENT STORIES ON KPBS

International

4 things to know about Gaza right now amid warnings of 'mass starvation' risk

Scott Neuman

Anas Baba

Hunger and disease continue to stalk Palestinians in Gaza, and aid organizations are warning that children are at greatest risk of starvation. A U.N. worker has described people as "walking corpses."
International

French President Macron says France will recognize Palestine as a state

The Associated Press

The mostly symbolic move puts added diplomatic pressure on Israel as the war and humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip rage. France is now the biggest Western power to recognize Palestine.
International

Ranchers in Mexico are struggling against a flesh-eating parasite infecting livestock

The Associated Press

In the southern state of Chiapas, which borders Guatemala, the New World screwworm fly's rapid spread appears to have caught most ranchers off guard, despite memories of previous outbreaks in the 1980s and 1990s.
International

U.S. cuts short Gaza ceasefire talks and accuses Hamas of lacking 'good faith'

The Associated Press

A breakthrough on a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas following 21 months of war has eluded the Trump administration as humanitarian conditions worsen in Gaza.
The best new albums out July 25

Stephen Thompson

Joe Kendrick

Tyler Childers bares his fangs. Patty Griffin honors her mother. Indigo De Souza approaches the precipice. Read our list of the best records out July 25.
Education

President Trump takes aim at college sports with a new executive order

Becky Sullivan

The order aims to ban "pay-for-play" NIL deals, mandates scholarships for women's and Olympic sports and threatens to withhold funds from schools who don't comply. But its legality is in question.