Maya Trabulsi
KPBS Evening Edition AnchorMaya Trabulsi is an Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist who anchors KPBS Evening Edition. Maya was born in Beirut and grew up in Dubai and the United Kingdom. She came to San Diego after completing her B.A. in media communications with a minor degree in women’s studies from Webster University. She also holds a master’s degree in television, film, and new media studies from San Diego State University.
Since joining KPBS in 2014, Maya’s work has been recognized both regionally and nationally with first place awards for reporting and video editing from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Society of Professional Journalists, Radio and Television News Association, and the National Press Club.
In 2023, the San Diego Press club honored her investigative reporting on animal welfare issues with a first place award for her body of work. In 2024, Maya received her 8th and 9th Golden Mike awards, as well as a second Emmy for journalistic enterprise. She later received national recognition for her investigation into an unscrupulous dog breeder operating on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border when she won the Ann Cottrell Free award from the National Press Club.
Maya is an avid martial artist and holds a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
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The race will bring a new supervisor as Dianne Jacob leaves office after 28 years on the county board. -
Can an increased sales tax help the financially struggling city of Lemon Grove? -
The Auto Club of Southern California says despite the myth, seniors are among the safest drivers. -
Aaron Stark is a man who kept a dark secret for 25 years. His secret: He almost became a mass shooter. -
This week in business: SeaWorld takes on a new CEO, its fourth in the past five years. Plus, Airbnb makes changes following Halloween rental shooting. And, Target does "Black Friday Preview" shopping throughout November. -
!["[A] Portrait of People in Motion" exhibition at the New Americans Museum in Liberty Station, Nov. 6, 2019.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/aab9640/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1703x949+98+0/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkpbs-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fimg%2Fphotos%2F2019%2F11%2F06%2F2019-11-06_14-45-01.png)
Translucent images of a bell, a penknife and many other objects comprise the art of a new exhibition at The New Americans Museum in San Diego.
!["[A] Portrait of People in Motion" exhibition at the New Americans Museum in Liberty Station, Nov. 6, 2019.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/6e6c0f8/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1703x949+98+0/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkpbs-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fimg%2Fphotos%2F2019%2F11%2F06%2F2019-11-06_14-45-01.png)
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California is joining with the federal government to open two new vaccination centers as test areas for new President Joseph Biden’s effort to create 100 mass vaccination sites nationwide in 100 days.
- Where to go for Fourth of July fireworks shows in San Diego County
- The softness and 'grandma hobbies' of San Diego textile artist Denja Harris
- California Highway Patrol's Fourth of July enforcement campaign underway
- Juez federal anula orden de Trump que suspende acceso a petición de asilo en la frontera sur
- UCSD nurses decry layoffs, saying patient care will be affected
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Grape Day Park has long been a gathering place in Escondido — and a reflection of the city’s changing identity. -
Fallbrook Gourd Farm honors the culturally significant fruit -
The Trees For Health garden in Balboa Park introduces San Diegans to the medicinal uses of plants growing all around them. -
KPBS Explores Hidden San Diego shows us a butterfly garden with a unique past. -
Babs Fry is committed to recovering lost animals as a community service to San Diegans. -
Each segment on the song rail plays a palindrome, which means the melody is the same played in both directions. -
A group of San Diego women in their late 50s and 60s hiked up Mount Kilimanjaro in February 2023. -
What many people don’t know about Peter Seidler is his infectious optimism for creating a better future for San Diego’s homeless population. -
A sanctuary in Santa Ysabel trains foxes in search and rescue nosework. -
Rescue organizations from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border were called to a puppy mill in Rosarito. What they found was horrifying.
