Kayla Padilla
Reporter and Producer for The Sourcekayla@tpr.org
(210) 614-8977 x422
She served as the editor-in-chief of Trinity University’s campus newspaper, the Trinitonian, in the 2020-2021 academic year and was the publication’s first ever Latina editor-in-chief. Prior to that she served as the Trinitonian’s news editor. She was also a freelance reporter for the San Antonio Current, the San Antonio Heron, and Texas Public Radio prior to becoming a producer on The Source.
She is originally from the Rio Grande Valley and graduated from Trinity University in 2021 with two bachelor degrees in English and anthropology.
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Varias personas denunciaron a la policía la publicación del niño en las redes sociales, lo que llevó a su arresto el domingo por la noche. -
Multiple people reported the boy's social media post to the police, leading to his arrest on Sunday night.
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Former Uvalde CISD police chief files motion for charges to be dismissed in child endangerment trialFormer chief of police Pete Arredondo and former school police officer Adrian Gonzales are set to appear for a pretrial hearing next week. -
El proyecto Shotline tiene como objetivo dar a los seres queridos una voz para luchar por una reforma de la seguridad de las armas después de su muerte. -
The Shotline project aims to give loved ones a voice to fight for gun safety reform after their death.
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Along with his brother and friend, David Zucker directed and produced the 1980 movie ‘Airplane!’ which has become a classic in cinema. Zucker has also directed The Naked Gun series starring Leslie Nielson, and the later Scary Movies in the early 2000s. -
TPR reporters David Martin Davies and Kayla Padilla spent the year following the passages that many Texans take to obtain an abortion. They documented what happens when they evade the Texas abortion ban. -
An elementary student was caught with the weapon during afterschool pick-up, prompting the UCISD Superintendent to release a video statement. -
Librarian Suzette Baker was fired in 2022 after refusing to comply with the library's orders to remove 17 books from shelves. -
The American Psycho screenwriter believed that a spaceship would take her to live on Venus as a child. Turner eventually became one of lesbian cinema's recognizable faces.
