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 EditionThe city of San Diego aims to house 1,000 homeless veterans by March 2017, while the county is working to house 1,250 homeless individuals with severe mental illness in the next three years. -
KPBS Midday EditionIn the last decade, Utah has reduced its population of chronically homeless individuals by more than 90 percent. How did the state do it? -
KPBS Midday EditionAlliance San Diego, a community advocacy group, is launching a campaign to enroll Asian youth. It says Asian Pacific Islanders have the lowest rate of enrollment. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe Cuban-born musician is in San Diego for a solo performance Sunday at Bread & Salt in Barrio Logan. -
KPBS Midday EditionMore than 50 people have been ticketed since Aug. 1 by the North County Transit District for crossing the railroad tracks. Trespassers can be fined up to $500. -
KPBS Midday EditionMelissa Berkay wants to become the first American to swim the Catalina Channel using the butterfly stroke. The formerly homeless athlete is raising money to support shelters in San Diego.
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