Pablo Arauz Peña
Growth and Infrastructure ReporterPablo Arauz Peña is the Growth and Infrastructure 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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Residents in Hood County, south of Fort Worth, say their elected officials are keeping them from voting to incorporate their community, giving them more power to control noise and environmental pollution from a nearby data facility. Rural North Texans say a Bitcoin mine is 'ruining their lives' while elected officials deny them a vote -
The agreement pushes back the Marvin Nichols reservoir's proposed completion by 20 years. Rural landowners say their land and livelihoods are still under threat. -
DART staff said service frequency will remain largely intact, but there will still be some route cuts and fare changes as the agency tries to cut its own budget. -
O'Rourke's Powered by People group has become a top funder for Democrats who broke quorum to prevent a vote on the maps, but the group was ordered to stop Friday. O'Rourke responded by suing Paxton. -
Regional transportation leaders are sending a letter to congressional representatives asking them to support the bullet train project. -
Some DART passengers said they have safety concerns following the incident that injured 15 people. -
Advocates are calling on the city to use a legal tool to close plants in West Dallas and Joppa. -
The agency is proposing cuts to bus routes and light rail frequency and an increase in fares for paratransit riders. -
The state Water Development Board agreed with rural landowners that two regional water plans are at odds over the proposed reservoir in Northeast Texas. -
The city council voted unanimously to rename three lakes along the Trinity River as the Three Sisters Lakes. -
The Regional Transportation Council approved more than $74 million in federal funds and local matches for bike trails and school route projects across North Texas. -
After a chaotic few months, regional transit leaders, cities and DART advocates are regrouping.
