Tarryn Mento
Health ReporterTarryn Mento served as KPBS' health reporter. She had previously worked as the multimedia producer for MetroFocus at WNET in New York City. She was also a Pulliam Fellow at the Arizona Republic. Tarryn has reported from three countries and in two languages. Her work has been published by The Washington Post, the Center for Public Integrity’s iWatch News, and El Nuevo Herald. She completed her master's degree at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University, where she was named a Carnegie-Knight News 21 Fellow. A native of Syracuse, N.Y., Tarryn completed her undergraduate education in journalism at SUNY-Albany.
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Facebook and the Fair Housing Act of 1968 are decades away from each other, but the two were referenced in the same breath Tuesday when a U.S. senator questioned the tech company's CEO. -
KPBS Midday EditionDecades after it was outlawed, the impact of a federal housing program that fostered racial segregation is still felt in San Diego. -
The city of Coronado and San Diego communities of Little Italy and La Jolla claim their rights of way are overwhelmed by the freestanding bikes, while businesses farther east in City Heights are hoping to see more of them. -
An upcoming science education center in the San Diego neighborhood will also house a scientist-in-residence. -
KPBS Midday EditionEvery taxpayer is responsible for the accuracy of his or her own tax returns — even if they used a paid preparer. -
KPBS Midday EditionMembers of San Diego's Somali community share their stories about losing loved ones to suicide in an effort to shed the taboo on psychological disorders.
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San Diego County Supervisors Nathan Fletcher and Nora Vargas announced Wednesday they will ask the Board of Supervisors to pass a resolution declaring racism a public health crisis. -
KPBS Midday EditionCalifornia is on the brink of a new stay-at-home order that would close businesses and curb travel in regions that could see hospitals overwhelmed by coronavirus patients. -
San Diego County public health officials have reported 278 new COVID-19 infections and two additional deaths related to the illness, raising the region's totals to 45,425 cases and 767 deaths.
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