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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Starting Jan. 1, minimum wage workers in California will see a bump in their paycheck. -
Students participate in the annual "Project Sticker Shock" campaign to raise awareness about the dangers of alcohol during the holidays. -
A plan to ease traffic congestion between Carlsbad and Oceanside with new express lanes miles is moving forward. -
It's been 116 years since Wilbur and Orville Wright first took flight. The San Diego Air and Space Museum celebrated Tuesday by powering up a replica of the engine in the Wright brothers' plane. -
They are now able to bring the case against the Diocese because of a new California law that expands the statute of limitations for victims of childhood sexual assault. -
The project, proposed by the developer Newland Sierra, is slated for an area near San Marcos and Escondido.
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The U.S. adds more jobs in January, coronavirus concerns blunt an otherwise strong week for stocks, Macy's announces store closures and San Diego launches a new tourism campaign. -
A possible San Diego County case of the coronavirus, which has killed more than 100 people, is being investigated by health officials, with test results expected back early Wednesday. -
Two motorists were killed and a passenger suffered serious injuries Tuesday morning when a pickup truck heading the wrong way on Interstate 5 in Carlsbad crashed head-on into a sedan following a brief police pursuit in Oceanside.
- Two San Diego nonprofits are poised to lose promised environmental justice grants — but the EPA has yet to tell them
- Bob Filner, disgraced ex-mayor of San Diego, dies at 82
- Trump administration considers immigration detention on Bay Area military base, records show
- San Diego County releases dashboard compiling on South County sewage
- California sent investigators to ICE facilities. They found more detainees, and health care gaps