Bianca Ramirez
Bianca Ramirez is Southern California Public Radio's Broadcast Production Manager for the Operations team. She's also SCPR's designated Chief Operator. Before taking on this role in mid-2018, Bianca was a Producer for LAist's (formerly KPCC) award-winning newsroom, where she lead and directed local newscasts for Morning Edition with late host Steve Julian and All Things Considered with host Nick Roman.
Ramirez grew up in South Los Angeles and still calls the region her home. A first-generation college graduate, she earned a Bachelors of Arts in Broadcast Journalism, and minor in Business Entrepreneurship at Cal State Long Beach in 2008. That same year, she also joined the KPCC team.
Ramirez's favorite quick-getaway destination is Santa Barbara. (She loves that 72-degree-ocean-breeze weather!)
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A fire in Riverside that spread to four nearby residential structures has grown to 12 acrest. The wildfire near Banning that started Wednesday is 40 percent contained. -
A search is underway for possible victims of a small plane crash in Calabasas. The crash happened in a remote area near Malibu Creek State Park around 2 p.m.
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The 112-year-old nonprofit group says undocumented immigrants are most affected by pollution but least able to fight for environmental protection.
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California regulators fined Disney nearly $235,000 for violating safety regulations the agency said led a worker to fall off Space Mountain.
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A Riverside group made up of three nonprofits has won a bid to save the cross that sits atop a peak in Mt. Rubidoux Park.
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The Los Angeles Archdiocese's 4.2 million Catholics greeted news Wednesday of a new pope, Argentine cardinal Jorge Bergoglio.
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Water tested from the hotel tank where Canadian tourist Elisa Lam's body was found this week did not contain any live bacteria associated with human waste.
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Authorities still don't know how a tourist ended up dead in a water tank back in 2013, but the hotel has a long and sordid history.
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Two years after NARAS erased Latin Jazz as an awards category, Sunday's 55th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles will once again select a Best Latin Jazz Album.
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The FBI Wednesday announced a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the so-called "AK-47 Bandit."
