Susan Murphy
Health ReporterSusan Murphy is a former health reporter for KPBS, providing in-depth coverage of a variety of issues that impact San Diego County and the Imperial Valley — from infectious diseases and mental health to health care policy and medical breakthroughs. Susan started working in the KPBS Newsroom in 2003. She graduated from San Diego State University with a bachelor's degree in journalism.
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Students are no longer filling in multiple-choice bubble circles. Instead, they're typing their answers in essay form on a keyboard and using a computer mouse to click and drag, create graphs, match, and fill in boxes. -
Officials with Sweetwater Union High School District, the second largest school district in San Diego County with 42,000 students enrolled, say progress is being made in union bargaining negotiations with its teachers union but no settlement has been reached. -
San Diego emergency officials and geologists teamed up in La Jolla on Wednesday to unveil new tsunami flood zone and evacuation maps. -
There's a new school bus transporting students around Escondido this month. It appears yellow, but it's actually green.
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State and county school districts will soon receive extra funds to improve services for disadvantaged students, including foster children. But the challenge is identifying them. -
The heat-trapping gas hit a troublesome milestone last year in May when it reached levels of 400 parts per million of carbon dioxide. But this year, those levels are already being seen in March.
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