Melissa Mae
Freelance ReporterMelissa Mae is a freelance reporter in the KPBS newsroom. She has also served as a fundraising host on KPBS TV and radio since May 2019.
Melissa received her bachelor's degree in sport management from the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She began her broadcasting career as a sports reporter and has covered local sporting events like the Farmers Insurance Open and San Diego Padres Opening Day.
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta responds again to a U.S. Department of Homeland Security directive expanding immigration enforcement to include schools. -
Hundreds of Black student union members in San Diego Unified gathered Monday to mark the start of Black History Month. -
Nearly half of San Diegans are renters and have certain legal rights if their home is destroyed by natural disasters like wildfire. -
Salon On First in Coronado is the first certified community care salon in the U.S. The certification is aimed at building social connection and community beginning with hair stylists and their clients. -
Border View Family YMCA's pool has been closed since 2020. The reopening of the renovated pool is vital for the south bay community that has limited places to swim. -
Volunteers with the Kensington Fire Safe Council say they fear the use of propane and open fires in illegal homeless encampments in Fairmount Canyon could spark a fire.
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Some insurance providers have not updated their systems to cover the vaccines. -
A run of 54 increases in 58 days totaling $1.045 that boosted the average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County to its highest amount since Oct. 17 ended Thursday with the decrease of a half-cent to $5.989. -
Homelessness in the region increased by at least 14% this year, according to the results from the 2023 WeAllCount Point-in-Time Count released Thursday.
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