Midday Edition uplifts voices in San Diego with fearless conversations about intriguing issues. Host, Jade Hindmon, cuts through the noise with questions that give listeners a deeper understanding of themselves, people and the community they live in. Guests share diverse perspectives from their expertise and lived experience. In a city and world that's rapidly changing, Jade’s interviews inspire, inform and make you think. Midday Edition airs Monday - Thursday 12pm - 1pm and again from 8pm - 9pm. You can also catch the show anytime on all podcast apps.
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Post acquittal, President Donald Trump went on a scorched-earth rant against his detractors. Plus, four people evacuated from China to San Diego were hospitalized with symptoms. Also, Todd Gloria has spent the last four years representing San Diegans in Sacramento. Now he wants to come back to city government and become San Diego’s next Mayor. Plus, Cory Briggs, known for suing local governments, wants to be San Diego City Attorney. And, while their future remains uncertain, migrant children now have a place to learn and grow in Tijuana. Finally, San Diego-based IDW comic book publishing has a new president. He talks with KPBS’ arts and culture reporter Beth Accomando about the company's future. -
A recap on everything that happened at President Donald Trump’s third State of the Union address. Plus, in 2018, Ammar Campa-Najjar ran against former Rep. Duncan Hunter in the 50th Congressional District. Now with Hunter out of the race, Campa-Najjar talks about his chances to capture the seat in a deeply red district. Also, with the worsening affordable housing crisis, Chula Vista Elementary School District is proposing a bond measure to build affordable housing units for teachers. And, inspired by the “Oregon Trail” educational game, a local video game developer wants to show users the effects of climate change with his new game “The Climate Trail.” Finally, NPR Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep on his book “Imperfect Union” about the settling of the West and the parallels to today’s politics. -
Mail ballots are being sent out this week. San Diego County Registrar of Voters discusses what you need to know about the March primary. Plus, the fate of the Newland Sierra Housing Project, otherwise known as Measure B, is now in the hands of voters. Also, meet the supervisorial candidates in the San Diego County Board of Supervisors District 3 race. And, get an outsider’s perspective on Tijuana tacos and immigrantion’s effect on food. Finally, there’s a fun exhibit that looks at what’s going inside your brain at the Fleet Science Center. -
As the death toll from the latest coronavirus tops 200 in China, health officials say flu remains the bigger threat for Americans. 39 people have died of the flu this season in San Diego. And a suspected coronavirus case in the county was negative. Plus, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors District 2 seat could turn blue for the first time in 28 years. And, a preview of the events happening this weekend. -
On the final day of questions and answers, one Republican senator tried to expose the whistleblower who started the impeachment probe but was denied. Plus, on its one year anniversary, immigrant advocates are calling for an end to the “Remain in Mexico” program, which has sent more than 60,000 Central American asylum-seekers back to Mexico. Also, meet the candidates running to replace Congresswoman Susan Davis, who announced her retirement last year. And, from the Midday Edition archives, we hear from a woman who says forest bathing saved her life. Now she’s teaching others about the benefits of being out in nature. Finally, the Human Rights Watch Film Festival returns to San Diego for its 10th year. Some of this year’s films tackle topics including LGBTQ rights, immigration, racial injustice, democracy and journalistic integrity. -
After the president’s defense rested, the impeachment trial has shifted to questions from senators with former national security advisor John Bolton’s book adding a new wrinkle to the GOP’s hopes of ending the trial with a quick acquittal. Plus, community activist Tasha Williamson talks to Midday Edition about why she wants to become the next mayor of San Diego. Also, San Diegans will go to the polls to decide whether to approve a hotel tax increase to pay for the Convention Center’s expansion, along with homeless services and road repairs. And, in the District 1 San Diego County Board of Supervisors race, cross border pollution and equity are the top issues for candidates. Finally, the San Diego Black Film Festival opens Wednesday. -
For a while, there were no Republicans in the race for San Diego Mayor until City Councilman Scott Sherman jumped in last minute. Also, San Diego County Democratic Party head Will Rodriguez-Kennedy talks to KPBS about the March election. Plus, without Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter on the ballot, the race 50th Congressional District seat is wide open, a potential for it to turn blue for the first time in decades. And, August Wilson’s “Jitney,” his first play, but the last to be produced on Broadway, comes to The Old Globe. -
San Diego mayoral candidate Barbara Bry talks about the race to replace mayor Kevin Faulconer. Also, California could get more of its energy from geothermal plants. Measure A could drastically change how land is developed in unincorporated areas of the county. SDSU students celebrate Aztec's basketball winning streak and a new "Rocky Horror" picture trades glam for leather. -
A San Diego lab is rapidly working to develop a vaccine against the growing and deadly Coronavirus. Also, this year's San Diego City Council district one race only features Democratic candidates. Plus, Julia Dixon Evans makes her Midday Edition debut as KPBS Arts Editor and discusses this weekend's top events from Lunar New Year festivities to a birthday celebration for one of classical music's great composers. -
House Democrats focus day 2 of President Trump's impeachment trial on his alleged dangerous abuse of power. Also, San Diego's annual homeless count gets underway, how the San Diego City Council District 3 candidates differ on tackling the issue of homelessness, how to get paid doing what you love in the new “passion economy,” and local coffee lovers unite for San Diego's annual caffeine crawl.
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Midday Edition Team
Jade Hindmon
Host
Jade Hindmon is the host of KPBS Midday Edition. She connects San Diego through fearless conversations that inform, inspire and make you think. Prior to Midday Edition Jade was a reporter and fill-in anchor in the KPBS newsroom covering everything from politics to policing and the economy. Her award winning work spans network affiliates across the southeast and midwest. As a very proud Rattler, Jade studied broadcast journalism and political science at Florida A&M University. She takes a special interest in topics about democracy, accountability, racial justice, science and wellness.
Brooke Ruth
Senior Producer
Brooke Ruth is the senior producer for KPBS Radio News. She previously served as a producer for KPBS Midday Edition and a web producer. Before joining KPBS, Brooke was a web editor for four newspapers and a local television station. She began her career in news at the Imperial Valley Press. She has also been part of the web teams at the Napa Valley Register, North County Times, and U-T San Diego. While pursuing her undergraduate degree at UCLA in psychology, she worked on the student newspaper, the Daily Bruin.
Andrew Bracken
Producer
Andrew Bracken, KPBS Midday Edition and Roundtable producer & host of podcasts "My First Day" & "San Diego Conversations," made "Facing North," a docu-web series on San Diego-Tijuana ties, released on PBS in 2017. He's a San Diego Foundation Creative Catalyst fellow & a San Diego Film Award winner. He drums in his spare time.
Ashley Rusch
Producer
Ashley Rusch is a producer for KPBS Midday Edition. Before joining KPBS, she was an associate producer at LAist 89.3, where she worked on AirTalk with Larry Mantle, Weekend Edition and All Things Considered. At UC Santa Barbara, Ashley led KCSB-FM’s news coverage through the COVID-19 pandemic. She was also a news intern at KCBX in San Luis Obispo. Ashley grew up in South Pasadena, California.
Julianna Domingo
Producer
Julianna Domingo is a producer for KPBS Midday Edition. Before joining the station, Julianna worked at CalMatters as a College Journalism Network Fellow where she reported on higher education across the state. She got her start in journalism at The Triton, an independent student newspaper at UC San Diego. Julianna graduated from UC San Diego with a major in political science and a minor in communications.
Brandon Truffa
Media Production Specialist
Prior to joining the KPBS Midday team in 2024, Brandon worked as a board operator and producer with The Mighty 1090 in San Diego, and executive producer and sound editor at FOX Sports Radio in Los Angeles. He's a San Diego native and graduate of San Diego State University. In his spare time he enjoys watching sports, going to comedy shows and hanging out with his cats and dogs.
Ben Redlawsk
Media Production Specialist
Ben Redlawsk is a media production specialist for KPBS radio. He provides technical direction for KPBS “Morning Edition” and assists with “KPBS Midday Edition” and “KPBS Roundtable” through audio editing and recording. He got his start in radio as head audio engineer at KSDT, UC San Diego’s student-run radio station. Ben graduated from UC San Diego with a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary computing and the arts with an emphasis in music technology.
