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 EditionChristy Lopez, a professor at Georgetown Law School and a co-director of the school’s Innovative Policing Program, says "defunding the police" doesn't mean zeroing out budgets. It means to reduce the demands placed on police and redirecting funding to mental health care, housing and other social programs. -
KPBS Midday EditionSharmaine Moseley, executive director of San Diego's Community Review Board on Police Practices, says the board is recommending the San Diego Police Department adopt a deescalation policy similar to one used in the city of Baltimore. -
KPBS Midday EditionMayor Kevin Faulconer and the San Diego Police Officers Association said this week they support a proposed November ballot measure that would create an independent commission to investigate complaints of police misconduct. -
KPBS Midday EditionSan Diego elected officials responded to the protests in San Diego County this weekend. -
KPBS Midday EditionMemorial Day marks the unofficial start to summer. But San Diego's beaches and restaurants were not as crowded this weekend as in previous years due to the coronavirus pandemic. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe 23-campus California State University system is facing a $404 million reduction in funding compared to last year's budget.
- Two San Diego nonprofits are poised to lose promised environmental justice grants — but the EPA has yet to tell them
- Bob Filner, disgraced ex-mayor of San Diego, dies at 82
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- San Diego County releases dashboard compiling on South County sewage
- California sent investigators to ICE facilities. They found more detainees, and health care gaps