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Jacob Aere

San Diego

Speak City Heights Reporter at KPBS-TV (San Diego, CA)

Multimedia reporter @npr + @pbs member station @kpbs | 🇨🇦 Vancouver born ➡️ San Diego raised 🏝 | ⚾️ aficionado

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  • 1 week ago | kpbs.org | Jacob Aere

    After a private tour inside of a San Diego airport traffic control tower, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy spoke to members of the media Thursday. “It is old equipment, there's equipment that is broken that they don't have access to because it doesn't work,” Duffy said of the control tower. He said the San Diego control tower's condition isn't uncommon.

  • 1 week ago | kpbs.org | Jacob Aere

    Carl Luna has been observing political engagement in the San Diego region since the 1990s. He said the crowds that showed up for the local portion of what organizers called Saturday’s nationwide "No Kings" protests were “unprecedented.”“You had numerous events across the county, from Escondido down to the waterfront in San Diego.

  • 1 week ago | kpbs.org | Jacob Aere |Brenden Tuccinardi |Matthew Bowler |Kori Suzuki

    Unas 60,000 personas salieron a las calles del centro de San Diego este sábado para lo que los organizadores llamaron el Día "No Kings", una protesta nacional contra las políticas del presidente Donald Trump que coincidió con un desfile militar en la capital del país. Dos manifestaciones principales comenzaron alrededor de las 10:15 a.m., una en la Plaza del Centro Cívico y la otra en Waterfront Park.

  • 1 week ago | kpbs.org | Jacob Aere |Brenden Tuccinardi |Matthew Bowler |Kori Suzuki

    Editor's note: This is a developing story and will be updated throughout the day. Tens of thousands of people in San Diego County are taking to the streets Saturday for what organizers are calling "No Kings" Day, a nationwide protest of President Donald Trump's policies coinciding with a military parade in the nation's capital. Two major rallies for No Kings Day kicked off around 10:15 a.m. in downtown San Diego, one at Civic Center Plaza, the other at Waterfront Park.

  • 2 weeks ago | kpbs.org | Jacob Aere

    Even a year and half after the January 2024 floods rocked San Diego communities, many people impacted are still repairing their homes. “You could basically say it's uninhabitable because my windows still need repair and my doors still need repair,” said Greg Montoya who lives in San Diego’s hard-hit Southcrest neighborhood. William Valadez lives about five blocks away from Montoya. His basement flooded and his backyard looked like a “swimming pool,” he said.

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RT @SoCal_RedCross: In response to the #Border2Fire, Red Cross volunteers are supporting two temporary evacuation points: *Edwards Theater,…