Monica Samayoa
Science & Environment Reporter | OPBMonica Samayoa is a reporter with OPB’s Science & Environment unit. Before OPB, Monica was an on-call general assignment reporter at KQED in San Francisco. She also helped produce The California Report and KQED Newsroom. In 2017 she studied abroad in Sydney, Australia, where she attended University of Technology Sydney to finish her degree. There, she was able to get her first taste in radio while producing and hosting for 2SER, Sydney Educational Radio.
Monica holds a bachelor's degree in Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts from San Francisco State University.
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The Oregon Health Authority published a report on Tuesday highlighting how wildfires, heat waves and drought are creating fear, frustration and hopelessness among young people -
Portland General Electric has built a first-of-its-kind facility that will use an innovative battery technology supporters are calling a “game changer” for Oregon’s renewable energy transition.
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The rules require access to shade, water and cool-down breaks for farmworkers and other laborers. Proponents say they are the most protective in the nation.
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More than 30 years after being recognized as a problem, nitrate contamination is still making well water unsafe to drink in Morrow and Umatilla counties.
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The Western Oregon Habitat Conservation Plan would offer the state legal protection for 70 years of forest management.
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The Oregon Department of Justice has hired its first-ever anti-poaching prosecutor to crack down on a spike in illegal wildlife killing across the state.
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Southern and Central Oregon are bearing the brunt of an extensive drought that could bring early wildfire and more water shortages this summer.
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Oregon's largest bee and plant database has been updated with hundreds of new species added from all over the state.
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After last year's deadly heat wave, Oregon lawmakers are debating new measures to keep people safe. They include funding and legal rights for air conditioning.
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In response to last year's deadly heat wave, lawmakers are considering two bills that would help vulnerable Oregonians during extreme heat events.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will be joining an international expedition this week to better understand salmon during the winter and how climate change is affecting their life cycle.
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Advocates say federal spending on wildfire prevention could rebuild forest industry jobs and help rural communities. Critics say the plan relies too heavily on logging.
