David Washburn
Investigative/Enterprise EditorDavid has been KPBS' Investigations Editor since 2019. David has been practicing the art and craft of journalism for 25 years, always with an emphasis on investigative and explanatory news. He first came to San Diego in 2000 to join the San Diego Union-Tribune’s I-team. While at the UT, David produced award-winning stories on San Diego’s high rate of officer-involved shootings, corruption involving contractors in Iraq, and misuse of donor funds at the local Red Cross. In 2008, he joined Voice of San Diego, the pioneering local nonprofit news start-up, as a senior reporter and assistant editor. During his time there, David wrote and edited investigative pieces on San Diego City Hall, the local biotech industry, and charter school operators. He left VOSD in 2009 to help launch Voice of OC, an Orange County-based nonprofit newsroom. For eight years David supervised a team of staff writers and freelancers focused on investigating Orange County government and politics. Most recently, he’s worked at EdSource, a nonprofit newsroom focused on statewide issues in education. He produced an in-depth series on chronic absenteeism in rural school districts. Early in his career, David worked as an assistant producer for Dateline NBC. He earned a B.A. from the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
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The first unofficial election results are expected after 8 p.m. Tuesday, and will include mail ballots received before today and vote center ballots from between Oct. 27 and Monday, according to the county of San Diego Communications Office.
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Black-footed ferrets are one of the most endangered mammals in North America with only an estimated 370 in the wild, according to the World Wildlife Fund.
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Voters in three states will decide whether to legalize recreational use. Earlier this year, Pew reported that 88% of U.S. adults said marijuana should be legal for medical or recreational use.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has replaced his popular defense minister, Yoav Gallant, with Israel Katz, who was the foreign minister. The surprise move has sparked protests across Israel.
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Christian Arreguin is voting for the first time in this year's general election. Through the Alliance San Diego youth artist-in-residence program, he's also making art to inspire civic engagement among young people in his Chicano community.
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The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's Edinburgh Zoo announced their own tiny pygmy hippo, named Haggis, was born Oct. 30. The newborn, female calf is "doing well," according to zoo staff.
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The bill would automatically register people at the DMV. Under current so-called motor-voter laws, people can opt-out of voter registration at the DMV.
- Kamala Harris polling lower than expected in California
- Tribes push for 3 new national monuments across California
- 'Fat Leonard' faces sentencing in Navy bribery case, 11 years after arrest in San Diego
- Windy conditions expected in San Diego County this week
- Goats clear brush at Miramar Reservoir one bite at a time