Jacob Ohara

Jacob Ohara is the video intern at CalMatters. Originally from San Diego, he now studies journalism at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications. Prior to CalMatters, Jacob was the video editor at The Daily Northwestern and taught documentary filmmaking at the Mediterranean Film Festival School. He is passionate about empowering others through digital media, especially video and graphic design.

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Politics

Inside California’s surprising history of Confederate monuments

Confederate monuments haven’t just populated the Deep South — Southern California also is littered with tributes to people who once advocated a system of slavery, racism and colonialism. How did that happen? After the U.S. Civil War, southerners moved west in search of gold. As many settled in and around Los Angeles and San Diego, […]

By Jacob Ohara • July 17, 2020

Economy

Californians: What to know about your new state budget, in 2 minutes

In one fell swoop, the coronavirus pandemic took California’s state finances from “Celebrate Good Times” to no cause for much celebration at all. Here’s our two-minute recap of what you need to know: So when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the state’s $202.1 billion budget — putting a lid on weeks of negotiations with California legislators — […]

By Jacob Ohara • July 1, 2020