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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Proposition 16, which would affirmative action to public schools and government work, is falling farther behind. With 44% of the vote in, the no vote has 58% of the vote, to 45% yes. -
More than 1 million ballots out of the 1.95 million sent to registered voters throughout San Diego have already been returned back to the Registrar of Voters office just one day ahead of Election Day. -
Officials say it’s up to voters to try to be patient with long lines, try to vote over the four day period to reduce crowds and wear their masks and socially distance. -
Some scientists recommend people get their flu vaccine to lessen the burden on the health care system. -
More than 875,000 mail ballots have been returned. That's 450,000 more than in 2016. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe program aims to rectify a decades old problem: clinical trials do not include diverse patients. But, some genetics experts say, the All of Us program may not really be for all of us.
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KPBS Midday EditionTen people were arrested near downtown San Diego police headquarters overnight during a protest calling for justice in the Breonna Taylor case, authorities reported Thursday. -
KPBS Midday EditionCalifornia's power grid managers are under fire after calling for the first rolling blackouts since 2001. -
KPBS Midday EditionCalifornia is scrambling to find sufficient firefighters amid a coronavirus outbreak that has depleted the pool of inmates who usually handle some of the toughest duties. It's also derailed a plan to hire 600 new state firefighters and support personnel.
- Bob Filner, disgraced ex-mayor of San Diego, dies at 82
- Mild, warmer weather expected this week in San Diego County
- Firings and a ‘no confidence’ vote rock Imperial County government
- San Diego County releases dashboard compiling on South County sewage
- As a diversity grant dies, young scientists fear it will haunt their careers