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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Officials say 34 people died after a diving boat caught fire off the Southern California coast, officials say they have suspended search efforts for survivors. Also, The San Diego Union-Tribune reports there were 437 hate crimes in San Diego County over the past five years, a tech entrepreneur is now running the California DMV, the state is facing a shortage of physicians, Cal Fire is preparing for the two worst months for wildfires, a new book by a science journalist details the different ways the planet could be destroyed, and the Radio Silence collective talk about their new feature film, “Ready or Not.” -
The fight over rights and benefits for workers in the gig economy is heating up at the state Capitol. Also, the Horrible Imaginings Film Festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary this weekend and a radio station in the Central Valley stands as a cultural “town hall” for the local Hmong and Punjabi-speaking communities. -
Reps. Mike Levin and Juan Vargas visited border facilities in San Diego to get a first hand look at the conditions inside them. Also, Grossmont Union High School District expels black students seven times more often than other local school districts. San Diego’s climate goals are clouded by national politics, the San Diego International Airport is working to bolster its facilities ahead of rising ocean levels, a photography exhibit looks at black life in Southern California in the second half of the 20th Century, and the bi-national band La Diabla combines traditional cumbia music with the spirit of Tijuana. -
A new report on the conditions experienced by thousands of asylum seekers in US immigration detention centers finds that large percentages of the immigrants report substandard, unsanitary conditions including spoiled food, no room to sleep, and no access to showers. Also, a study shows that San Diego senior centers are unprepared for a growing over 65 population, the U.S. Air Force says social media helped prompt action to clean up mold at one of its bases, can the Yampa River survive in a rapidly drying West, the New York Times put together a Spotify playlist filled with California-inspired music after asking readers about their favorite California songs, and the San Diego REP and Amigos Del REP host the Third Annual Latinx play festival. -
The decision to hold a drugmaker accountable for the cost of opioid addiction is being closely watched by other plaintiffs including the city of San Diego which has a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma and others. Also, fires burning through the Amazon rainforest continue to alarm the international community, one organization working to preserve the area is based in San Diego. Horse deaths are down at Del Mar but so is attendance, nearly 50% of young adult Californians live with their parents, a San Diego workshop is offering safe spaces to talk about racism and hate, and San Diego’s Latinx New Play Festival returns. -
Parents and students are planning to protest cuts to bus routes and laptops in the Sweetwater Union High School District. Also, a Congolese asylum-seeker has been reunited with his family in San Diego after almost two years apart, a look at how the city of Santa Monica is ramping up rental subsidies for seniors, a two-hour trek for some kids from City Heights to the beach highlights San Diego inequities, and San Diego marks the 99th anniversary of women getting the right to vote with a march and rally. -
White Nationalist material was found posted on the San Diego State University campus during move-in day. Also, a lawsuit alleges the federal government is failing to protect military reservists returning to their civilian jobs and the third annual Festival of Books brings over 100 authors to San Diego. -
San Diego Congressman Scott Peters says he doesn’t like the “Green New Deal” but believes Congress needs to take action to protect the environment. Also, a local group is out to prove that the “Green New Deal” is attainable by reaching zero emissions locally, San Diego County’s Democractic Party has endorsed Assemblymember Todd Gloria for San Diego mayor, advice on how to prepare your finances for a recession, and the Euphoria Brass Band brings its West Coast second line jazz to KPBS. -
The Trump administration is moving to end limits on how long the government can detain migrant families and children. Also, a new study suggests that California's red flag law may help prevent mass shootings, 3,000 electric charging stations for trucks and buses are coming to San Diego, veterans who participated in nuclear weapons testing will be awarded certificates for their sacrifice. The U.S. Camel Corps captured author Téa Obreht’s imagination and inspired her new novel, and the San Diego Underground Film Festival, which begins Thursday, deviates from the norm. -
The California Supreme Court found the city of San Diego didn’t properly analyze the potential economic impacts of its 2014 marijuana dispensary rules. Also, The New York Times Magazine explores how slavery created America’s wealth, the U.S. Attorney’s Office made thousands of improper prosecutions to achieve “zero tolerance”, why a group of San Diegans wants to build a West Coast Statue of Liberty, San Diego residents file a lawsuit challenging the state’s assault weapons ban, and T. Jefferson Parker’s new thriller, “The Last Good Guy” is a timely tale of terrorist plots and white supremacy.
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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.
