Pablo Arauz Peña
Breaking News ReporterPablo Arauz Peña is the breaking news reporter for KERA News.
As a tech-savvy journalist, he has a range of concrete experiences in broadcast, digital and print newsrooms.
Pablo got his start in public media as a KERA news intern in 2014. Since then, his journalism has taken him to Hollywood and Alaska — and back. After graduating from The University of Texas at Arlington in 2018, he covered celebrity news and red carpet events for The Associated Press in Los Angeles as an entertainment reporter intern. He also worked throughout Southern California as a freelance news producer for NPR member station KCRW.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Pablo spent more than a year in Alaska where he covered education, local government and Indigenous communities for KTOO Public Media, the NPR member station in Juneau. He won an award for a historical piece on the parallels between the recent pandemic to the 1918 influenza pandemic and its impact on Indigenous communities.
Now after making his way back to KERA, Pablo aims to deliver the highest quality journalism to his home community with a passion for local news and proven talent that has made his career.
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Dennis Gonzalez' family pays tribute to beloved jazz musician's legacy.
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The intersection of Forest Lane and Audelia Road is known as a crime hotspot. City officials hope the Northeast Dallas project, to be completed by June 2024, changes that.
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The city said it swept the camp near Interstate 45 in South Dallas sooner than expected to make way for the construction. Advocates called it a "violent" displacement.
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Tyrone Day spent 26 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit.
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The City of Dallas says no personal information has been compromised in the ongoing ransomware attack. The "Royal" hacker group says otherwise.
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Law enforcement officials have pointed out the Allen outlet mall shooter had neo-Nazi beliefs, but they stopped short of assigning racism as a motive. Activists say that shows a pattern of misunderstanding bias.
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The city says there's an ongoing criminal investigation into the ransomware attack on May 3. So far, there's no evidence that city or resident data was compromised.
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The Dallas Police Department website and the department's computer assisted dispatch systems were down Wednesday.
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With the resurgence of flying pilots say they’re overworked and underpaid. Now union leaders say their members voted "overwhelmingly" to authorize the strike.
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In some prisons temperatures can reach triple-digit temperatures in the summer. A North Texas lawmaker is pushing for a law requiring temperatures to remain between 65 and 85 degrees.
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The two-day festival at the Latino Cultural Center will feature Native art and performances from across the continent.
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The city of Cockrell Hill is hosting the grand opening celebration of Stevie Ray Vaughan Park this Saturday, April 22 at noon.