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Kori Suzuki
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Staff reporter for KPBS, @npr.org + @pbs.org in San Diego. Covering South Bay & Imperial County. DEI, wannabe reporter. Proud member of Diversify Photo + AAJA.

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BREAKING: Another immigrant has died after being held at the Imperial Regional Detention Facility in Calexico.

ICE identified the person as Luis Beltran Yanez, a 68-year-old immigrant from Honduras. They said agents arrested Yanez in Newark in mid-November.
January 10, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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New: ICE failed to meet a congressionally-mandated deadline to release more details about the in-custody death of Huabing Xie at an Imperial County detention center in late September. The agency did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

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ICE misses deadline to release report on in-custody death in Imperial County
The federal agency’s failure to meet the deadline came in the final days of a deadly year for immigrants in federal detention.
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January 5, 2026 at 9:49 PM
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Our Best of 2025 edition is here! The list includes stories of urgency and import by writers like @sarahzhang.bsky.social, @korisuzuki.com, @shamblanderson.bsky.social, @epcalabro.bsky.social + many more. mailchi.mp/sundaylongre...
☀️ The Sunday Long Read: Best of 2025
The best longform journalism—every Sunday.
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December 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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NEW: For two weeks, a fight has been brewing over a massive data center project proposed in the Imperial Valley that is designed to power artificial intelligence technology.

Now, the small city of Imperial is suing to bring the project to a temporary halt.

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Imperial Valley city sues to force environmental review of massive data center project
A Huntington Beach-based developer is proposing to build a nearly one million-square-foot warehouse for artificial intelligence development in the center of the Imperial Valley.
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December 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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SCOOP: Federal immigration officials released a Ukrainian immigrant from detention Tuesday after arresting her last week immediately following a green card interview in downtown San Diego. @kpbssandiego.bsky.social

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ICE releases Ukrainian immigrant after holding her for days in basement facility in San Diego
Federal agents detained Viktoriia Bulavina, who is married to a U.S. citizen, following a green card interview late last week.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Viktoriia Bulavina, who fled the war in Ukraine, had entered the U.S. legally under a humanitarian program. Her attorneys said she still had legal status to be in the country. Her husband, a U.S. citizen, believed she would be safe. @kpbssandiego.bsky.social

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ICE detains Ukrainian wife of US citizen following green card interview
Viktoriia Bulavina’s lawyers say her detention marks a new escalation in the Trump administration’s sweeping crackdown on immigration.
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December 8, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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New: California State Senator Steve Padilla is calling for public review of a massive data center designed to power generative AI that has been proposed in the Imperial Valley. County officials have decided the project is not subject to environmental review.

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California lawmaker calls for public review of massive Imperial Valley data center project
State Sen. Steve Padilla’s letter comes as Imperial Valley residents and advocates say they were blindsided by plans for the project.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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The family of Mikey Jimenez, a 14-year-old who was shot and killed by El Centro police officers last month, is calling for a law enforcement agency from outside the Imperial Valley to investigate the shooting.

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Family calls for outside investigation after Imperial Valley police kill 14-year-old boy
The family’s demand comes after the El Centro Police Department released a highly-edited compilation of body camera-footage Wednesday, over a month after the shooting of Mikey Jimenez.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Chula Vista residents will be getting more information about how their police officers interact with federal immigration officials after the City Council voted yesterday evening to develop a new disclosure process. @kpbssandiego.bsky.social

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Chula Vista plans to tell residents when police contact federal immigration agents
ICE has arrested at least 35 people in Chula Vista this year, according to the Deportation Data Project.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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The Imperial Regional Detention Facility is hiring a part-time doctor, weeks after a Chinese immigrant died in custody. The moves comes as DHS seeks dozens of health workers nationwide amid the deadliest year for immigrants in US detention in decades.

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Imperial County detention center seeks doctor after detainee dies in custody
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is hiring more health workers across the country amid growing outcry over in-custody deaths.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Breaking: BBC head Tim Davie will resign after a former advisor accused the organization of bias in its coverage of issues including Donald Trump, Gaza and trans rights, The Guardian reports. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Tim Davie resigns as BBC director general
Corporation has faced accusations of ‘serious and systemic’ bias in its reporting
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November 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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NEW: In a major victory for environmental justice advocates, the National City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to reject a Texas energy company’s request to build an industrial fuel depot on the historically polluted west side of the city.

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After months of debate, National City Council rejects controversial biofuel depot
The project faced fiery opposition from residents and environmental groups, who warned it would bring more pollution to the city’s industrialized west side.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Environmental Health Coalition organizer Amy Castañeda addressing the National City City Council now as city officials debate a Texas-based energy company's proposal to build an industrial biofuel depot for the second time this fall. @kpbssandiego.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Zohran Mamdani wins New York City mayor’s race.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Zohran Mamdani wins New York City mayor’s race.
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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County will pay $16M over 22-year-old’s death in San Diego jail, its biggest such settlement ever www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/10/29/c...
County will pay $16M over 22-year-old’s death in San Diego jail, its biggest such settlement ever
William Hayden Schuck’s family is ‘optimistic’ about the sheriff’s commitment to preventing future deaths in custody.
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October 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Owlet trying to give herself a pedicure on a windy day.🪶
November 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Via @abc10news.bsky.social: "Some homeless people who lived at the city of San Diego’s safe sleeping sites are speaking out about violent assaults at the taxpayer-funded camp sites."
‘I felt afraid for my life’: Clients speak out about assaults at San Diego’s safe sleeping sites
Some homeless people who were living at the City of San Diego’s safe sleeping sites are speaking out about violent assaults at the publicly funded camp sites.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.

now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.

At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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NEW: The Trump administration has cancelled $18 million in federal funding for a sorely needed effort by Imperial County's power utility to overhaul its aging electrical grid and make it more resilient to storm damage.

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Trump administration cancels funding for upgrades to Imperial County’s storm-battered power grid
This month, the U.S. Department of Energy announced it was slashing $18 million for the Imperial Irrigation District as it moves to revoke funding for clean energy projects nationwide.
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October 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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NEW: Two prominent South Bay mayors are heading into a runoff election that will decide whether Democrats or Republicans take control of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors this year. KPBS sat down with both of them. @kpbssandiego.bsky.social

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South Bay mayors head to runoff in pivotal election for San Diego County
The race will decide whether Democrats or Republicans take control of the influential Board of Supervisors.
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June 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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BREAKING: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents made arrests Friday afternoon at Buona Forchetta, an Italian restaurant in the South Park neighborhood of San Diego. Reporting by my colleague Lara McCaffrey.

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ICE arrests several workers from South Park restaurant
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents made arrests Friday afternoon at Buona Forchetta, an Italian restaurant in the South Park neighborhood of San Diego.
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May 31, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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'“When I hear people ask if they should flee to some other country, some faraway land, I want to shake them. You want an escape plan? To where?” Ressa said to me recently. “If the United States of America falls, it’s the ball game.”'

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A Ticking Clock on American Freedom
It’s later than you think, but it’s not too late.
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May 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM