Mike Damron
Video JournalistMike Damron joined the KPBS team as a video journalist in 2019. He was born in Orlando and grew up in Navy towns like Jacksonville, Pensacola, and even abroad in Bermuda before graduating high school in Nashville. He joined the Navy six months before he graduated and was immediately shipped off to boot camp on the same base he was born. He attended the Navy School of Photography in Pensacola and served for more than ten years. The majority of his Navy career was spent in southeast Asia. He moved to San Diego from Atlanta and studied journalism at San Diego Mesa College. Mike previously worked at KUSI News where he got his start as a photojournalist.
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Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force destroyer JS Kaga is wrapping up sea trials with U.S. Marine F-35B fighters near Southern California. -
Doomscrolling. Catastrophizing. Sleeplessness. Angst over tomorrow’s presidential election has reached a fevered pitch across the country, as Americans fear democracy is on the wane and further disunity on the rise. KPBS' Amita Sharma spoke with a few local voters about their election distress. -
The group Students for Justice in Palestine organized what they said would be the biggest protest in the history of the campus. -
The U.S. Association of Blind Athletes held a team selection camp Oct. 27-30 at the Salt Creek Community Park Soccer Arena in Chula Vista. -
With a swarm of fans in the stands, the San Diego Padres won with an 8-5 victory agains the Philadelphia Phillies. -
The National Summer Sports Clinic, now in its 15th year, aims to provide adaptive sports and recreational activities to recently injured veterans.
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President-Elect Donald Trump’s vow to round up millions of undocumented people and deport them is stirring up fear and anxiety in immigrant communities. -
Doctors and health officials are warning San Diego residents about rising cases of whooping cough and walking pneumonia, especially among young children. -
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