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 EditionOn March 14, Padilla announced he had tested positive for COVID-19 and was at home and feeling well. Days later he was admitted to an intensive care unit and put on a ventilator. -
KPBS Midday EditionUC San Diego's coronavirus testing capacity is expected to increase from 700 to up to 1,500 tests per day by mid-April. -
KPBS Midday EditionOver the weekend, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department ticketed 22 beachgoers for violating the stay-at-home order. Meanwhile, the department also confirmed four employees and one inmate have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. -
KPBS Midday EditionWill Rodriguez-Kennedy is out of the hospital and in quarantine after spending nearly a week in an intensive care unit fighting COVID-19. -
KPBS Midday EditionBob McElroy, president and CEO of the Alpha Project, says the nonprofit will only admit new homeless individuals into its two tent bridge shelters on a "case by case" basis. He also said they've run out of hand sanitizer and cleaning supplies. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe new season features five outspoken members of the veteran community including comedians, authors and satirists.
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