Teri Figueroa

Teri Figueroa is a veteran journalist who covers crime, courts and breaking news for The San Diego Union-Tribune. During her career, Figueroa has written about massive wildfires, murder trials and high-profile criminal cases, as well as military war crime cases and active shooter incidents. She was a lead writer on the Union-Tribune's award-winning "72 Hours" project spotlighting the region's mental illness crisis. Figueroa is a native Californian, a San Diego State University graduate and has won several journalism awards for her work.