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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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. -
The carrier dealt with COVID-19 and the loss of an F-35C during an eight-month deployment.
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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. -
The mandatory evacuation issued for all areas was lifted Thursday evening but Montezuma Road between Collwood Boulevard and Fairmount Avenue remains closed. -
Trash booms catch solid waste and let water flow through.
