Maura Daly Phinney
Senior Producer and On-Air Fundraising ManagerMaura Daly Phinney produces both local and national television programs for KPBS including Panda Tales, about a year in the life of a baby panda at the San Diego Zoo; Tommy Emmanuel and Friends: Live from the Balboa Theatre; the Emmy award-winning performance program, Billy McLaughlin: Starry Night with Orchestra Nova; the Telly award-winning aerial production, San Diego Above and Beyond and most recently, A Salute to Vienna, which was taped at the historic Konzerthuas in Vienna in 2013. Maura also oversees the station's on-air fundraising efforts for both television and radio. Prior to joining KPBS in 2005, Phinney worked at four other PBS stations during her 20 year career in public broadcasting. Her programs have received numerous accolades, including multiple Emmys, a CINE Golden Eagle and Telly awards. She has also received three PBS Development awards and serves on several national advisory boards.
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According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, these storms can whip up walls of dust as high as 10,000 feet. -
Thunderstorms and heavy rains arrived Monday afternoon, flooding a state highway near Westmoreland and toppling close to 300 power poles. -
The city of San Diego recently completed a pilot program in which people transitioning out of homelessness were hired to pick contaminants out of organic waste collected in the city's green bins, it was announced Monday. -
The lawsuit alleges the sites are "rodent infested," pose a fire hazard by having tents placed too close to one another and are located in terrain that make it difficult for people with mobility issues to navigate. -
If county supervisors vote to approve updates to the county’s reserve policy Tuesday, county employees are set to receive bonuses. -
For decades the program has supported writers who would become big names – Alice Walker, Michael Cunningham, Louise Erdrich and more. Last week, applicants got an email saying the program would be no more.
- San Diego proposes keeping low-density housing near Clairemont trolley stops
- Hundreds still without power in the Imperial Valley after Monday's monsoon storms
- San Diego completes organic waste pilot program in attempt to improve compost
- Buried audit found major problems at San Diego County animal shelters. Issues still persist
- Activists want state commission to consider decertifying SDPD chief