Meet the Team

Susana Tsutsumi

User Experience Designer

Susana Tsutsumi previously served as the user experience designer for KPBS’ interactive department, which oversees the online, mobile, and social media presence for the station and its many endeavors. Susana graduated from San Diego State University with a degree in graphic design. She has worked in a variety of departments at KPBS from marketing to outreach to interactive.

RECENT STORIES ON KPBS

Border & Immigration

ICE arrests parent near elementary school in Encinitas

Gustavo Solis

Encinitas Union School District officials confirmed federal agents arrested the father of a student near Park Dale Lane Elementary School Wednesday morning.
Environment

New ‘warning’ signs for Tijuana sewage go up, and they're not at beaches

Tammy Murga

The signs suggest that the public avoid the immediate area and any contact with the river water.
Living

Your guide to growing marigolds for a Day of the Dead altar

Marielena Castellanos

If you're honoring your loved ones this upcoming Day of the Dead, planting cempasúchil for your ofrenda might be easier than you think.
Why it matters: Padres do some polling

The city of San Diego is going to consider whether to pay hotel and other tourism workers a higher minimum wage of $25 an hour. In our latest Why It Matters segment, Voice of San Diego CEO Scott Lewis says that’s created a new player in local politics.
Quality of Life

California has a fallback plan for Trump’s clean car attacks. Does it go far enough?

Alejandro Lazo and Alejandra Reyes-Velarde

Amid a legal fight over California’s power to regulate car and truck pollution, state agencies are suggesting policies that need stable funding, legislative action, or lengthy rulemaking.
NOVA: Mind of a Fossil Hunter

Jennifer Robinson

Stream now with the PBS app. What do fossilized leaves, an asteroid, and Florida sinkholes have in common? Dr. Kirk Johnson is Sant Director at the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, and has the answers. Kirk oversees one of the largest natural history collections on the planet – and he’s spent his career digging into the story of life on Earth across millions (and billions) of years.