KPBS Midday Edition

Roundtable: Bank Transfer Day, SDUSD And Navy Pier

By Maureen Cavanaugh / KPBS Midday Edition Co-Host, Patty Lane / Producer

Published November 4, 2011 at 8:20 AM PDT

Roundtable: SDUSD, Navy headquarters, Occupy San Diego and Bank Transfer Day

GUESTSSan Diego Unified School District - Will Carless, Voice of San Diego Occupy/Bank Transfer Day - Dean Calbreath, San Diego Union-Tribune Navy Broadway Complex - Alison St John, KPBS reporter

It's been a busy week, and we'll sum up the news of the week on today's KPBS Midday Edition.

At the San Diego Unified School District, the plan to close some schools to help with the budget shortfall has been scrapped. Voiceofsandiego.org reporter Will Carless will tell us the latest.

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KPBS Reporter Alison St John will discuss what's next for the Navy, after the California Coastal Commission said the plans developed in the 1990s are no longer adequate for redeveloping the headquarters on Broadway in downtown San Diego.

Plus, Occupy San Diego continues to demonstrate downtown. This weekend the movement is calling on the public to move money from bank accounts from traditional banks to credit unions. We'll tell you about Bank Transfer Day.

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Maureen Cavanaugh has been a familiar voice for KPBS listeners for more than 15 years, serving in a variety of capacities including announcer, host, and producer. As host of KPBS Midday Edition, Maureen has interviewed a wide range of notables, such as comedienne Sandra Bernhardt, actor John Lequizamo, author Chuck Palahniuk, composer Marvin Hamlisch, artist Robert Irwin, and designer Zandra Rhodes. But of all the interviews Maureen has conducted, her most special was with His Holiness, the Dalai Lama. Before joining KPBS in 1997, she worked as a news anchor for KSDO and KOGO News Radio in San Diego. While working for commercial radio stations in San Diego and in Salt Lake City, Utah, Maureen reported on both hard news and lifestyle features. Maureen has received three "Golden Mike" awards from the Radio and TV News Association of Southern California for economic reporting and breaking news. She has also received a "Best of Show" and “Best Radio Newscast” awards from the San Diego Press Club and the "Flo" Award from Public Radio Program Directors Association for Best Public Radio Announcer in a large market. Maureen is a native of Queens, New York, but after more than 20 years in San Diego she feels she qualifies as a real Southern Californian.

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