Jada Portillo

Jada Portillo is a fellow with the CalMatters College Journalism Network. Portillo is currently an Opinion Editor for The Collegian at San Joaquin Delta College and has done an internship with non-profit Stocktonia news group in Stockton as a reporter. Portillo has covered news and written opinion pieces throughout the past two years of their time as a journalist. Portillo loves to write and investigate the how and why in a story.

Latest Stories

Higher Education

Hundreds arrested and suspended: How California colleges are disciplining faculty and students over protests

Students and faculty protesting the Israel-Hamas war at universities throughout California are facing a range of consequences from arrests to suspensions and bans from campus. Meanwhile, students and faculty have also had to endure campus closures, canceled events, and classes moving online. What are the academic and legal costs of civil disobedience for California’s college protesters?

By Christopher Buchanan, Christina Chkarboul, Atmika Iyer, Briana Mendez-Padilla, Jacqueline Munis, Jada Portillo, Hugo Rios, Elizabeth Wilson, Amelia Wu and Mikhail Zinshteyn • May 24, 2024

College Beat

Are electric bikes allowed at your college in California? Depends on where you go to school

As electric bikes and scooters gain popularity among college students, California campuses vary over their regulation. The devices pose safety risks yet are cheaper, more convenient and better for the environment than gas-powered vehicles.

By Christina Chkarboul and Jada Portillo • November 20, 2023