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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The expansion team is owned by billionaire Mohamed Mansour and the Sycuan Tribe, the first Native American tribe to have an ownership stake in a professional soccer team. The ownership group also includes San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado. -
On Wednesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Arexvy, the first respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine. -
The San Diego State Aztecs defeated Creighton Bluejays, 57-56, in the NCAA men's basketball tournament to earn the Aztecs their first trip to the Final Four.
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