Meet the Team

Carla Conner

Event Specialist

Carla is responsible for the planning and execution of KPBS events. She joined the marketing and communications department in 2009 and coordinates receptions, screening events, and KPBS staff events. In addition, she works on annual events such as the GI Film Festival San Diego, a multi-day event showcasing films for, by, and about the military and veteran experience, as well as KPBS' participation in Explore SDSU and quarterly member-only events. Carla started at KPBS in 2001 as a production coordinator in video production services where she assisted clients with video productions. She also managed production for station grant projects including Q Kids and The Mortgage Crisis. Carla earned her degree in filmmaking and child development from Hampshire College and began her non-profit career at Sesame Workshop (Children’s Television Workshop at the time) in their international production department. Born in South Africa, raised on three different continents, Carla has called San Diego home since 2000.

RECENT STORIES ON KPBS

International

"We are on our knees": U.S. tariffs devastate Lesotho's garment workers

Kate Bartlett

The government of the tiny African kingdom of Lesotho has declared a two-year state of disaster, as its once-thriving garment industry unravels in the wake of Trump's tariffs threats.
Science & Technology

Most teens have used AI to flirt and chat — but still prefer human interaction

Neda Ulaby

A new report from the group Common Sense Media shows teens are experimenting with AI "companions" designed to provide deep conversations and advice.
International

Exit polls show Japan's ruling coalition is likely to lose key election

The Associated Press

Soaring prices, lagging incomes and burdensome social security payments are the top issues for frustrated, cash-strapped voters. Stricter measures targeting foreign residents and visitors have also emerged as a key issue, with a surging right-wing populist party leading the campaign.
National

3 people are still missing from deadly floods in Texas county, down from nearly 100

The Associated Press

Officials in a Texas hill country community pummeled by deadly flooding July 4 said Saturday that just three people remain missing, down from nearly 100, after people who had previously been reported missing have since been accounted for.
Politics

Community radio stations are collateral damage as Congress cuts NPR funding

Frank Langfitt

Congress voted to claw back federal funding to public media. Some of those hit hardest include community radio stations in areas that voted for the president.
International

32 Palestinians killed trying to reach food distribution hubs, Gaza authorities say

The Associated Press

Palestinians were shot dead during a food distribution on Saturday at a center run by a U.S.- and Israeli-backed group in southern Gaza, hospital officials said.