Travis Tamasese
Chief of StaffAs chief of staff, Travis Tamasese guides collaboration and coordination within cross-departmental projects at KPBS and builds relationships with community leaders and groups.
He has spent more than 10 years working in public education and served most recently as the deputy chief of staff and director of strategy and policy at San Jose State University. Prior to his time at SJSU, Travis served as the chief of staff in student affairs at Long Beach State University. He has led multiple functional areas and initiatives focused on expanding access to resources, internal and external communications, diversity, equity, and inclusion, budget allocation, and strategic planning.
He is currently completing his master’s degree in human rights practice at the University of Arizona.
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The Family Health Centers of San Diego program helps low-income students train as medical assistants as clinics struggle with staffing shortage. -
The ordinance "supports efforts to ensure that county resources are not used for immigration raids or to target individuals based on protected characteristics," Board Chair Terra Lawson-Remer's office stated. -
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved the creation of a pollution crisis chief position and has begun recruiting. -
Tubman’s fearlessness, extensive knowledge of the land and skills at subterfuge and disguise make her a brilliant conductor on the Underground Railroad. "Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom" is produced and directed by Stanley Nelson and Nicole London and narrated by Alfre Woodard.
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The latest bill would allow Southwestern College to create up to four additional bachelor’s programs aimed at workforce needs in south San Diego County. -
The California Senate passed a bill that would make it easier to sue federal officers over civil rights violations. Recent shootings of civilians by immigration agents in Minnesota lent urgency to the measure, one of several targeting ICE.
- After second Minneapolis killing, San Diego elected officials say ‘Rubicon crossed’ and ICE is ‘executing American citizens’
- This El Cajon museum takes visitors back to the frontier days of the Old West
- San Diego City Council drops plan to charge for parking on Sundays
- San Diego school board selects developers for workforce housing
- Thousands of Kaiser Permanente nurses go on strike