Kori Suzuki
@korisuzuki.com
Staff reporter for KPBS, @npr.org + @pbs.org in San Diego. Covering South Bay & Imperial County. Proud member of Diversify Photo + AAJA.
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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
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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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
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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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
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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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
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...
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
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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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
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
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Zohran Mamdani wins New York City mayor’s race.
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Zohran Mamdani wins New York City mayor’s race.
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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
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...
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Owlet trying to give herself a pedicure on a windy day.🪶
November 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Owlet trying to give herself a pedicure on a windy day.🪶
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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
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."
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Imperial County Board of Supervisors meets tomorrow. They will consider a few recommendations from the planning commission including resolutions to deny a water supply assessment, environmental impact report certification, and other variances needed for a large solar + storage project on farmland.🔌💡
Last week the board of directors of the Imperial Irrigation District - largest user of water on the Colorado River, and one of California’s leading solar producing counties - voted on a resolution "Opposing the Expansion of Solar Development on Farmland." 🔌💡
November 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Imperial County Board of Supervisors meets tomorrow. They will consider a few recommendations from the planning commission including resolutions to deny a water supply assessment, environmental impact report certification, and other variances needed for a large solar + storage project on farmland.🔌💡
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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.
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
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.
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.
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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.
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
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.
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.
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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.
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
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.
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.
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
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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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
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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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
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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'“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
'“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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New: Emails I obtained show federal immigration officials are considering deploying controversial buoy barriers on three rivers and canals along the U.S.-Mexico border in California and Arizona. @kpbssandiego.bsky.social
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These border buoys faced lawsuits in Texas. Border Patrol might bring them to California
The barriers drew searing criticism from Texas immigrant rights advocates and Democratic lawmakers. Mexican officials say they caused two people to drown in 2023.
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April 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
New: Emails I obtained show federal immigration officials are considering deploying controversial buoy barriers on three rivers and canals along the U.S.-Mexico border in California and Arizona. @kpbssandiego.bsky.social
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A Gaza paramedic for the Palestine Red Crescent Society who has been missing since Israeli forces ambushed a group of ambulances and other aid vehicles in late March is in Israeli custody, the Red Crescent and the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Sunday.
Gaza Medic Missing Since Israeli Attack Is in Israeli Custody, Palestinian Group Says
Asaad al-Nasasra has not been heard from since the March 23 ambush by Israeli forces, which left 15 aid workers dead and drew international condemnation.
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April 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A Gaza paramedic for the Palestine Red Crescent Society who has been missing since Israeli forces ambushed a group of ambulances and other aid vehicles in late March is in Israeli custody, the Red Crescent and the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Sunday.
NEW: California is considering listing the burrowing owl as an endangered species. That's a decision that could have big implications for Imperial County, which has become a last refuge for the species. @kpbssandiego.bsky.social
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Imperial County is a refuge for California’s vanishing burrowing owls. But do they need more protection?
State officials are weighing listing the tiny birds as an endangered species, a decision that could have big implications for the farming and renewable energy-focused county.
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April 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
NEW: California is considering listing the burrowing owl as an endangered species. That's a decision that could have big implications for Imperial County, which has become a last refuge for the species. @kpbssandiego.bsky.social
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NEW: KPBS is now projecting that the race for San Diego County's District 1 seat is headed to a runoff between the Democratic mayor of Imperial Beach, Paloma Aguirre, and the Republican mayor of Chula Vista, John McCann.
You can read more about the results here: www.kpbs.org/news/politic...
You can read more about the results here: www.kpbs.org/news/politic...
April 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
NEW: KPBS is now projecting that the race for San Diego County's District 1 seat is headed to a runoff between the Democratic mayor of Imperial Beach, Paloma Aguirre, and the Republican mayor of Chula Vista, John McCann.
You can read more about the results here: www.kpbs.org/news/politic...
You can read more about the results here: www.kpbs.org/news/politic...
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NEW: Yesterday, the Justice Department sent armed marshals to warn former U.S. pardon attorney Liz Oyer not to disclose internal DOJ information during her Senate testimony.
Today, Oyer is speaking out to condemn the DOJ’s actions and defend the rule of law.
Today, Oyer is speaking out to condemn the DOJ’s actions and defend the rule of law.
April 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
NEW: Yesterday, the Justice Department sent armed marshals to warn former U.S. pardon attorney Liz Oyer not to disclose internal DOJ information during her Senate testimony.
Today, Oyer is speaking out to condemn the DOJ’s actions and defend the rule of law.
Today, Oyer is speaking out to condemn the DOJ’s actions and defend the rule of law.
If you live in the South Bay, odds are you’ve been getting a lot of campaign postcards or political texts this month.
That’s because money from outside groups – more than $2 million so far – is flooding the special election for San Diego County supervisor.
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That’s because money from outside groups – more than $2 million so far – is flooding the special election for San Diego County supervisor.
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Lots of money, fewer votes: How the county supervisor special election is shaping up
Outside groups have poured more than $2 million into the race so far. It’s still unclear how many voters will turn out by Tuesday.
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April 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
If you live in the South Bay, odds are you’ve been getting a lot of campaign postcards or political texts this month.
That’s because money from outside groups – more than $2 million so far – is flooding the special election for San Diego County supervisor.
My latest: www.kpbs.org/news/politic...
That’s because money from outside groups – more than $2 million so far – is flooding the special election for San Diego County supervisor.
My latest: www.kpbs.org/news/politic...
Hey Bluesky! I've been away for a bit but hoping to be back in action and a little more active going forward.
April 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Hey Bluesky! I've been away for a bit but hoping to be back in action and a little more active going forward.