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 repercussions of a shooting rampage in Atlanta Tuesday are being felt in Asian-American and Pacific Islander-American communities across the U.S. including in San Diego County. Plus, COVID-19 has not only crushed many small San Diego businesses, but in some cases, destroyed family wealth meant to sustain future generations. And an infectious disease specialist at UC San Diego Health describes how our understanding of how the COVID-19 virus affects the body has changed. Then, local arts organizations weigh in on the last 12 months of art and music during the pandemic and face continued uncertainty and adaptation as we move towards reopening. Finally, San Diego Latino Film Festival kicked off last week and continues through the weekend. We hear from two filmmakers whose work will be showcased. -
San Diego County will move back into the less restrictive red tier of the state's COVID-19 reopening blueprint Wednesday. Plus, our series on the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic continues with a look at how major health care organizations responded. And we speak to the founder of UC San Diego Health's post-COVID-19 clinic about what we are learning about the lingering effects of COVID-19 long after the infection is gone. Then, almost a month after the Biden administration launched a program to process some asylum-seekers, hundreds of people are now camped outside of the San Ysidro Port of Entry. Plus, how will the pandemic change the future of work? Finally, author and oceanographer Kim McCoy combines science and adventure in his new book, "Waves and Beaches: The Powerful Dynamics of Sea and Coast." -
In March 2020 we didn’t even really know what to call the new virus that had already shut down an entire province in China. As it gained traction in the U.S., we had weeks of mixed messages on wearing masks, about wiping off packages and about how contagious or how deadly this virus was. It was the beginning of the learning curve on COVID-19 that is still keeping researchers and scientists busy one year later. -
Supporters of the San Pasqual Academy in Escondido are calling on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors to help the school for foster youth stay open. Plus, artificial tide pools may help keep rising sea levels from flooding the land around San Diego Bay. And our weekend arts picks: City Ballet, Philipp Scholz Rittermann, a dance film reflection on a year of closures and the acoustic rock of Grampadrew. -
President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law the $1.9 trillion relief package that he said will help the U.S. defeat the coronavirus and nurse the economy back to health. Plus, protesters gathered outside the San Diego Police Department headquarters Wednesday night after a video surfaced that appears to show an officer pointing his gun at a young boy during a traffic stop in Hillcrest this week. And San Diego Unified School Board changed the name of Junipero Serra High School in response to a student-led movement. Then, the City of La Mesa will soon accept food waste from residents. The waste will be processed at EDCO's new anaerobic digestion facility in Escondido. Plus, Sally Ride’s story is being told along with 12 other inspiring women profiled in the "She Persisted" young adult book series. Finally, the third episode of the Parker Edison Project looks at how customs impact our culture, and examines how they even play a part in our imaginations. -
Governor Gavin Newsom urged Californians to dream of brighter days during his annual State of the State address, this year from an empty Dodgers Stadium. Plus, a North County mobile crisis response program is expanding county wide by this summer. And, a new report from UC San Diego Health suggests that long-standing tests used to determine lung capacity are actually rife with archaic and, in some cases, racist components that could lead to a misdiagnosis in patients of color. Then, the County Board of Supervisors called for a review of the entire COVID-19 hotel sheltering program eight days after our partners at inewsource reported on problems at a county-run COVID-19 isolation hotel. Plus, leaders from the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York will allow most of the students involved in a major cheating scandal to remain at the prestigious school. Finally, how the San Diego Latino Film Festival is adapting and growing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Sweetwater Union High in the South Bay voted on a school reopening plan Monday night while Poway Unified and others will have to hold off on plans to bring back high schoolers. Plus, a day in the life of a teacher in Oakland, California and how she deals with remote teaching during the pandemic. And, voting began Monday in the special election to fill the 79th Assembly District seat vacated by Shirley Weber when she became secretary of state. Gov. Newsom’s popularity has fallen significantly after reaching record highs at the start of the pandemic. He’s likely to face a recall election later this year. Then, how the San Diego American Indian Health Center is working to keep its urban indigenous community healthy in body, mind and spirit amid the challenges posed by COVID-19. Finally, the sound of mariachi was synonymous with celebrations prior to the pandemic. Now, San Diego's mariachi bands have had to adapt and change their business models to survive. -
New CDC guidance indicates those fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can gather indoors in some circumstances but should keep wearing masks in public. Plus, about 700 homeless people sheltered for months at the San Diego Convention Center are scheduled to move into smaller shelters starting March 22. And surveys show that Black Californians are a lot more reluctant to get the coronavirus vaccine than white Californians. But most surveys don’t ask respondents why. Then San Diego scientists say wildfire smoke is more harmful to the health of people living in the path of smoke from the fires than other pollutants. Plus, twenty-five percent of Stockton's population lives in poverty. Two years ago, then-mayor Michael Tubbs opened the door to an experiment: 125 residents would get $500 a month, no strings attached. And an upcoming skate park in Fallbrook will be built with extreme wheelchair skaters in mind. Finally, the San Diego REP launches its new Black Voices 2021 Play Reading Series next Monday. -
A new initiative between city, police, community and faith-based leaders urges peace and nonviolence following a year of increased gang violence. Plus, an inewsource-KPBS investigation found dozens of hospital facilities that received waivers failed to document that they had tried the state’s alternative options first. And this weekend in the arts: a photography festival, Broadway hits from jazz greats, Lauren Gunderson’s play “I and You” and a city-wide festival of architecture. -
California will begin setting aside 40% of all vaccine doses for the state’s most vulnerable neighborhoods in an effort to inoculate people most at risk from the coronavirus and get the state’s economy open more quickly. Plus, an inewsource-KPBS investigation found dozens of hospitals that received waivers for increasing nurse-to-patient ratios failed to document that it had tried the state’s alternative options first. And the city of San Diego released its first pay equity study Tuesday, finding city employees of color made an average of 20.8% less than white employees and female city employees earned an average of 17.6% less than male employees in 2019. Then, in Sacramento, an incident at a Chinese-owned butcher shop is under investigation as a hate crime. We look into how the city’s hub for Asian businesses, known as Little Saigon, has been faring and what its future might be. Plus, the business that preserves and protects Dr. Seuss’ legacy has announced it will stop publishing six titles because of racist and insensitive imagery. Finally, Ramón Amezcua, better known as Bostich of Nortec Collective, is famous for blending the classic norteña sounds of Tijuana with electronic music. But making music and touring the world wasn’t always his plan.
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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.
