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.
-
California regulators have released a new proposal to allow the testing of self-driving heavy duty trucks on public roads. -
The defense department has announced new senior level positions after recent firings and resignations. But with Pentagon head Pete Hegseth under fire for missteps, the way ahead is still unclear. -
Over the last half-century, the political leanings of the Supreme Court, Congress, and the presidency contributed to dramatically different approaches to the federal death penalty. -
It's a "ready-to-use therapeutic food" that's had remarkable success in treating malnourished kids. The State Department says it's still available. Factories and field workers have a different view. -
A government lawyer said the federal government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students after many filed court challenges around the U.S. Judges around the country had already issued temporary orders restoring the students’ records in a federal database of international students maintained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. -
In a forum Tuesday, advocates said immigrants need more protections in light of the Trump administration’s increasingly harsh enforcement tactics. Sheriff Kelly Martinez stood by her decision to cooperate with ICE in cases involving immigrants with criminal histories.
- Millions of Latinos could lose Medi-Cal if work mandates pass, study warns
- Advocates urge San Diego Sheriff to reconsider stance against county sanctuary policy
- After nearly 50 years cooped up inside, Rockalina the turtle finds the great outdoors
- More than 50 House Democrats demand answers after whistleblower report on DOGE
- These border buoys faced lawsuits in Texas. Border Patrol might bring them to California