Tammy Murga
Environment ReporterTammy Murga is the environment reporter at KPBS.
Before joining KPBS, she reported on San Diego County’s South County region for The San Diego Union-Tribune. Tammy has built her career covering communities across California, documenting recovery efforts after devastating Northern California wildfires, the resilience of youth following a deadly school shooting in Southern California and the ways business owners adapted amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Her reporting has been recognized by the California News Publishers Association and the San Diego Society of Professional Journalists.
In 2024, she was selected as a Data Fellow with the University of Southern California’s Center for Health Journalism, where she investigated the environmental and health impacts of cross-border pollution on children. Tammy has a background in journalism and new media, and graduated from Mount Saint Mary’s University in Los Angeles.
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The signs suggest that the public avoid the immediate area and any contact with the river water. -
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