
Priya Sridhar
General Assignment ReporterPriya Sridhar worked at KPBS as a general assignment reporter. She came to San Diego from San Antonio, Texas where she worked as a general assignment and investigative reporter for KENS5, a CBS affiliate. Priya began her journalism career as a multimedia journalist for the NBC affiliates in Maine. She went on to work as a Washington correspondent for RT, an international news channel. She went on to work as the South Asia bureau chief and correspondent based in New Delhi, India. After returning to the U.S., Priya worked as a video journalist for the Associated Press based in Chicago. She has also worked as a D.C. correspondent and morning show co-host for an international news channel, Arise, headquartered in Nigeria. Some of her most memorable stories in her ten year journalism career include covering the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, MO for the Associated Press and Nigeria’s historic 2015 presidential elections. Priya has a master’s degree in broadcast journalism from Northwestern University and a bachelor’s in international relations and history from Bowdoin College. Priya is also an officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve and serves as an Advisory Board Member of Military Veterans in Journalism.
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Little Saigon will be welcoming visitors on April 27 to honor San Diego's Vietnamese American community.
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City Heights leaders have been working towards applying for a California Cultural District certification from the California Arts Council.
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An apartment complex in City Heights last week told residents their rent will increase 75% to $1,875, forcing residents to look for another place to live.
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KPBS Midday EditionSome students say Brothers of Excellence inspires them to give back to their community and possibly mentor younger people in the future.
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Students from City Heights pushed San Diego schools to adopt an alternative discipline policy back in 2017. Now a local lawmaker is promoting the change statewide.
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KPBS Midday EditionThe San Diego County Fire Authority was supposed to take over two stations from the Julian-Cuyamaca Fire Protection District Monday. But the volunteers took over one of the stations, saying the move to dissolve their force is illegal.
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KPBS Midday EditionThe Republican congressman pleaded to one count of misuse of campaign funds as part of a deal with federal prosecutors.
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A grand jury has returned indictments against more than three dozen street-level drug dealers operating a "blatant, open drug market" out of San Diego's East Village neighborhood, many of whom were arrested after a four-month undercover operation, authorities announced Friday.
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A man who killed his estranged wife and three of his four children in Paradise Hills before turning the gun on himself sent his former romantic partner a picture of a handgun with the message "It's sure happening" about two weeks before the shooting rampage, according to court documents obtained Monday.
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