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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Every second and fourth Saturday, at the a walk-up clinic in National City, lowrider cars will be there greet patients and promote the opportunity to get vaccinated for COVID-19. -
On the first Wednesday of the month, the Community Health & Resource Fair takes place at the Jackie Robinson Family YMCA. The fair has now started administering COVID-19 vaccines to the state’s hardest-hit communities. -
Ahead of Easter Sunday and returning to indoor worship, three new COVID-19 testing sites are coming to three Black churches in San Diego. -
Organizers say the project in San Diego’s Shelltown neighborhood carries the iconic labor leader’s message of community. -
Feeding San Diego prepares for its first contactless, drive thru large-scale food distribution in Chula Vista. They anticipate helping close to 1,400 families. -
Three new COVID-19 vaccination sites are opening this week in San Diego county: in Southeast San Diego, Escondido and Sherman Heights. But while those community clinics are opening, the vaccination Superstation at the Del Mar Fairgrounds will be closed on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday because of a shortage of vaccines.
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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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