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 EditionA joint investigation by the Los Angeles Times and ProPublica has found that during the last four years at least 250 people have been injured and 22 others have been killed as a result of high-speed chases by Border Patrol agents. -
KPBS Midday EditionOn Friday La Jolla Music Society opens its new $82 million music venue, the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center. The grand opening will include a series of concerts and other festivities. -
KPBS Midday EditionDr. Shiva Ghaed, a clinical psychologist at the San Diego Naval Medical Center and survivor of the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival shooting in Las Vegas, discusses the long-term mental health effects of experiencing mass violence -
KPBS Midday EditionLongtime San Diego sports commentator Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton joins Midday Edition to talk about what Padres fans can expect in the 2019 season. -
KPBS Midday EditionDr. Eric Topol, the director and founder of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, talks about his latest book, "Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again." -
KPBS Midday EditionMixed-status families, or those with a mix of citizens and non-citizens, have also been separated after a family member gets detained or deported. That person is often a parent without legal status.
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