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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The Trump Administration is moving forward with regulations that would deny green cards and visas to immigrants who use — or are expected to use — state or federal benefits like food stamps and Medicaid. On Monday, UC San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy began a week-long forum to address tensions between the U.S. and China. It’s attended by business, technology and policy leaders. Also, ICE raids in Mississippi last week have been described as record setting, with the arrest of 680 people. KPBS reporter Max Rivlin-Nadler spoke with the former acting head of ICE, John Sandweg about the incident. -
San Diego leads the state in gun violence restraining orders, how do they work? Federal officials are considering a similar law in the wake of recent deadly shooting in Texas, Ohio and California. Also, a man serving 25 years to life on a murder charge may see his sentence reduced if a new state law survives challenges. And a documentary celebrating the life of Nobel prize-winning writer Toni Morrison is reprised in the wake of her death and more weekend arts events. -
Chula Vista’s mayor signed onto a letter from more than 200 U.S. mayors urging the Senate to act on gun reform. Also, a UN climate report says climate change threatens the Earth’s food supply, an infant is the first confirmed case of measles in San Diego in 2019, hundreds in San Diego are hoping for reduced sentences for murders they didn’t commit. And the San Diego band Rebecca Jade and the Cold Fact perform in KPBS’ studio as part of the Midday Edition Summer Music Series. -
After obtaining U.S. asylum, a Honduran man may be sent back to Mexico by customs officials. Also, San Diego police are increasingly using streetlight cameras to help solve crimes despite privacy concerns, President Trump and others have sued California over a new tax return law, a quadriplegic veteran’s death at the VA may have been preventable, San Diego writers react to Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison’s death, a musical about a legendary recording studio premieres at the San Diego Rep, and The Globe's “Romeo And Juliet” is about more than star-crossed lovers. -
This past weekend’s mass shootings loomed during a Latino conference that had five presidential candidates in attendance. Also, Bernie Sanders weighs in on homelessness and affordable housing in an exclusive interview with KPBS. A Union-Tribune editorial advocates for voting for politicians who support sensible gun legislation, a report from SANDAG shows drug use among juveniles is at its highest in 19 years, Geneviéve Jones-Wright launches a speaker series focused on criminal justice reform, and the Oceanside Film Festival runs through Sunday. -
At least 31 people were killed in two mass shootings over the weekend in Texas and Ohio. Also, the mass shooting in El Paso is being handled as a domestic terrorism case. A man who suffered brain damage while in the county jail has been awarded more than $12 million in damages, Congress may expand fertility benefits for troops amid objections from religious groups, the story of ‘Sixty-Six Garage’ has been serialized in a LA Times podcast, and the new film “Ophelia” looks to Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” from the perspective of this supporting character. -
A San Diego man was freed from a life sentence under a new state law. Also, in 1969, the military thought it had eliminated racism from its ranks, then troops began rioting, and a look at San Diego’s top weekend events. -
A jury ruled an El Cajon police officer who fatally shot Alfred Olango was not negligent. Also, most mentally ill defendants are not diverted to treatment in San Diego County, California’s coastal cities are wrestling with the ramifications of rising sea levels, a health spa pioneer recalls her early years, the Oceanside film festival hosts the world premiere of a music documentary filmed at The Belly Up and local band the Parker Meridien kicks off Midday Edition’s summer music series. -
Despite a court order to largely curtail the practice, the ACLU says 911 children were taken from their families since June 2018. In a move to spur more affordable housing, the San Diego City Council on Tuesday narrowly voted to change the city’s “inclusionary housing” policy. Plus, nationally hate crimes rose 9% in 2018, the steepest rise since 2015 but San Diego “bucked the trend.” For thousands of years, the San Diego region has drawn people searching for wellness. A spa owner and San Diego boosters explain why the allure remains today. And it’s 92 days until Halloween. One sign that Halloween season is in full swing is the arrival of Midsummer Scream, a Halloween and haunt convention in Long Beach. -
The Gilroy shooting has left California lawmakers wondering what more they can do to limit gun violence in the state. Also, efforts to have greener transportation and safe streets and walkways are in conflict as San Diego works to implement dockless scooter regulations, an explanation of SDG&E’s time-of-use plan, how the “invalid trade” helped build San Diego, the legal aid group Al Otro Lado reacts to the Trump administration's changing immigation policies, and a seismologist talks about how societies rebuild after natural disasters and how California is preparing for its own “Big One.”
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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.
