Marissa Cabrera
News Producer, KPBS Midday EditionMarissa Cabrera worked as a producer for KPBS Midday Edition and had previously served as a Newscast Producer for KPBS' Morning Edition. Before joining KPBS she reported on Vatican affairs, social, and cultural issues in Rome, Italy. She also contributed to a documentary on sex abuse in the Catholic Church. Marissa has worked as a multimedia journalist at various news stations in San Diego and Monterey as well as Columbia, Missouri. Marissa graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism.
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KPBS Midday EditionLaura's Law in California allows counties to court order individuals suffering from untreated mental illness into treatment. Why hasn't San Diego County adopted it?
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KPBS Midday EditionDeborah Seiler has been explaining the complexities of our election process to us for the past five years. Now she's retiring with a number of changes to her credit.
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KPBS Midday EditionThe San Diego ACLU has elevated a Latina to a top post. Norma Chavez Peterson will focus on Latino political empowerment, equal access to education for Latinos and immigrant rights.
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KPBS Midday EditionA letter released Thursday from U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta confirms the government's decision to deny a posthumous Medal of Honor to San Diego Marine Sgt. Rafael Peralta. Peralta died in 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq.
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KPBS Midday EditionClaims of coercion in recent drug smuggling across the U.S. border could signal a new tactic being used by drug cartels.
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