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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At least three people were killed and 12 more injured during a shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival. Also, California has signed a deal with automakers to produce fuel-efficient cars, San Diego’s reputation as a place to get well may have started with the Cupa Indians, a Lake County screening of a wildfire documentary gets a community talking, and the PigPen theater uses cardboard puppets and imagination to bring a heroic mouse to life. -
Sixteen Camp Pendleton Marines were arrested in a migrant smuggling investigation. Also, the National Guard is heading to the U.S.-Mexico border to help trucks cross and John Doe goes from punk rock pioneer to punk rock historian. -
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing new asylum restriction at the U.S.-Mexico border. Also, San Diego’s climate action campaign is launching a speaking series on San Diego’s Green New Deal, eye experts around the world are questioning experiments on babies in China involving UC San Diego researchers, a proposed update to the city’s affordable housing policy would change the equation for developers, and San Diego is getting 5G. -
The Trump administration is expanding its fast-track deportation authority across the U.S. Also, San Diego congressional reps have introduced a package of bills aimed at combating pollution in the Tijuana River Valley. Oceanside residents are lobbying for a new strategy to save disappearing beaches, the city of San Diego has been awarded a $15 million in a lead paint settlement, and Democrats are issuing warning against a viral Russia-based face-morphing app. -
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra weighs in on the $600 million settlement Equifax is expected to pay in fines and monetary relief to consumers over its 2017 data breach. Also, a ratepayer lawsuit claims that a new California wildfire fund law unconstitutional, San Diego scientists make waves in climate research, a beehive invention looks to backyard beekeepers to save dying bees, and how to make sure you’re taking proper care of your pet. -
A local investigation reveals that less than 10% of San Diego rape cases have been solved since 2013, also San Diego researchers are contributing to a human spaceflight mission to Mars. And George Takei speaks about a new graphic novel “They Called Us Enemy” at Comic-Con which details his experience in a Japanese-American internment camp during World War II. -
The U.S. Marine Corps ordered embattled Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Alpine, to stop using its emblem in his Islamophobic campaign mailers. Congresswoman Susan Davis, D-San Diego, is co-sponsoring a bill that will make it easier for military families to get food assistance. Plus, what led asylum-seekers from Cameroon to Tijuana? And a new experiment by UC San Diego researchers will send human brain organoids, or “mini-brains,” into outer space to find out what effect weightlessness has on a growing brain. Comic-Con celebrates its 50th show this week and has evolved into an event that attracts upwards of 130,000 attendees. But it wasn't always that big. -
President Trump’s new asylum laws have gone into effect, and opponents are suing. Also, nuclear fuel transfers have resumed at San Onofre, state leaders are trying to reestablish a sexual harassment tracking system in the “Me Too” era. Del Mar’s horse racing season begins in the shadow of Santa Anita’s horse deaths, NASA Ames is helping the FAA brace for the rise of delivery drones, and a suggested guide of interesting panels at Comic-Con 50. -
Asylum-seekers in Tijuana expressed a mix of frustration and desperation over a new Trump administration rule that would bar most of them from declaring asylum in the U.S. Also, the Democratic members of San Diego’s congressional delegation have condemned Trump’s racist tweets. A new study links many California wildfires to climate change and how the San Diego Catholic Diocese is raising awareness about climate change, and the humble beginnings of the popular junk food, Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. -
President Trump is ending asylum protection for Central American asylum-seekers. Also, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill to help future wildfire victims pay for damage, San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliott is campaigning for reelection, a former La Mesa Pastor is suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security over its border surveillance program. And director Lulu Wang’s says her film “The Farewell” is based on an actual lie.
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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.
