
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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Twenty years after the 9/11 attacks, Muslims in the United States say they are still experiencing discrimination and prejudices.
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SeaWorld San Diego hosted a vaccine pop-up clinic Wednesday, in partnership with Sharp Healthcare and the City of San Diego.
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KPBS Midday EditionOn Tuesday, Serving Seniors released "Senior Homelessness: A Needs Assessment." The report describes the growing crisis of older adults who are at-risk or currently homeless in San Diego.
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Caltrans plans on upgrading and expanding wrong way driving countermeasures to more than 67 freeway onramps throughout the county.
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UC San Diego Health doctors are worried about possible flu outbreaks along with COVID in the coming winter, and about COVID cases among vaccinated employees right now.
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Chula Vista Brewery was granted a new parklet space by the city of Chula Vista, weeks after being forced to take it down.
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Some insurance providers have not updated their systems to cover the vaccines.
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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.
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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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