Shalina Chatlani
Science and Technology ReporterShalina Chatlani covered science and technology; her beat included issues ranging from alternative energy to STEM education. Before coming to KPBS, Shalina was a fellow for Nashville Public Radio, covering environmental and education news. While there, she focused on bringing diverse voices to the air and finding stories on issues of diversity and equity. Shalina also created and co-hosted her own weekly show on higher education and social justice for community radio station WPFW in Washington, DC. She also served as associate editor for a business to business online publication called Education Dive. She was also a contributing reporter for the English-speaking online newspaper, The Rio Times, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Shalina earned an undergraduate degree in science, technology and international affairs from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Her master's degree is in science communication, also from Georgetown.
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KPBS Midday EditionAt the same time that coronavirus cases surge among Latino communities in South Bay, so does unemployment. Latinos account for 60% of all San Diego County cases, though they are just a third of the population. -
KPBS Midday EditionA San Diego partner of Moderna talk of the company's promising vaccine. The news of its success comes just a week after another company, Pfizer and its partner BioNTech, announced its experimental vaccine was over 90% effective. -
UC San Diego scientists will send soil samples to the International Space Station in 18 months to study the effects of gravity on mud composition. -
KPBS Midday EditionEven if councilmembers don’t agree on a winning utility in that time, the city has options. That includes forming its own utility and maintaining a relationship with a community choice aggregation provider. -
Proposition 14 asks California voters to issue $5.5 billion in bonds to continue financing the state’s stem cell research institute. -
The Democratic incumbent Mike Levin says he's confident he'll keep the seat. Republican challenger Brian Maryott says he thinks voters want a change.
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Steady rain showers are expected throughout San Diego County Thursday and heavy snow could fall in the mountains, potentially making driving difficult. -
With one winter storm already moved out of the county, another one was poised to take its place Wednesday, bringing more heavy rain and possibly snow above 4,000 feet. -
KPBS Midday EditionMarijuana is hard to police. A small amount may significantly impair a novice user but not a chronic user. So, traditional tools used on drunken drivers — like breathalyzers — don’t work.
- 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