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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Civil libertarians say the government isn’t revealing all it knows about a three-day immigration raid in San Diego and Imperial Counties in December. The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a complaint in federal court alleging a violation of the Freedom of Information Act.
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For the second night in less than a week, hundreds of mourners gathered for a candlelight vigil to grieve the loss of a young San Diego County girl. This time it was for 14-year-old Amber Dubois. -
Thousands of mourners gathered at a Poway church Tuesday night for a somber candlelight vigil and procession in memory of 17-year-old Chelsea King, just hours after a body, believed to be King’s, was discovered in Lake Hodges. -
Prostitution is sometimes called a victimless crime. But the people who work with young women and men who've been sexually exploited have a very different story to tell. Law enforcement has identified San Diego as an international gateway city for sex trafficking and one of the 13 cities in the nation with the highest incidence of child prostitution.
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The spectre of tsunami waves hitting Southern California seemed to be a washout, as the arrival of tsunami surges came and went with only a small impact observed.
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