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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 is live Monday - Thursday 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. and re-airs from 8 p.m. - 9 p.m. You can also catch the show anytime on all podcast apps.

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Wonderfront Music & Arts Festival took over downtown San Diego in 2019 to rave reviews. Taking over the waterfront parks and piers it turned into a city-wide celebration. After three years, the festival is coming back to bring you a better experience! Get ready to experience the beautiful waterfront parks, piers, ships and yacht parties play host. More than 250 downtown bars, restaurants, breweries and hotels all within steps. Ferries between stages or to the beautiful beaches of Coronado Island. After-parties in the Gaslamp Quarter and Little Italy. Sunset cruises, ocean activities and jet boat rides. America’s craft beer capital, and one of the top culinary cities. All imagined into one festival destination. Pop in and out of the festival grounds at any time with your RFID wristband, as we take over the town! Wonderfront Music & Arts festival starts Friday, November 18 and runs through Sunday, November 20, taking place at Broadway Port Pier. The Festival hours each day are: • Friday, November 18, 2:30 p.m. – 10 p.m. Broadway Port Pier remains open until midnight • Saturday, November 19, 12 p.m. – 10 p.m. Broadway Port Pier remains open until midnight • Sunday, November 20, 12 p.m. – 10 p.m. Get tickets here! General Admission, 3-day weekend pass: $359 General Admission, 3-day military pass: $335 VIP Exclusive, 3-day pass: $1,399 Click here to see full artist lineup. For more information, please visit wonderfrontfestival.com.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced a shift in the state’s response to the virus, moving from a pandemic to endemic. Plus, the Pentagon has deployed about a thousand active-duty service members to civilian hospitals around the country to help with the latest COVID surge. And, this weekend, art that looks at language and the border, art that plays with fossil fuels, a new play set in a Japanese internment camp and some live streamed indie music.

The military is among the largest buyers of independent power systems known as microgrids. They make tactical sense; and environmentalists hope they can help the transition from fossil fuels.

In the Himalayan foothills, water is getting harder to come by. Villagers in one region of northern India are learning how to recharge the groundwater-fed springs they depend on.

Teachers across the state are trying to help students who fell behind in their reading skills during remote learning. At the same time, they must meet state grade-level standards for instruction, leaving many wondering if some students will ever recover from learning loss.

Ever wonder what Nina Totenberg would look like dunking a basketball in space? An Edith Piaf Tiny Desk concert? With the AI-generated art tool now released to the public, you no longer have to.

Former President Donald Trump and two of his children are accused of exaggerating the value of their real estate.

For much of his career, Alan Palomo has coaxed sounds from synthesizers and been at the forefront of the chillwave genre. With his fourth album — and his solo debut — he's changing it up.

The actors union, SAG-AFTRA, is hoping to cut as good a deal with the studios as the writers union, WGA, did last week. But the negotiations, starting Monday, could be more complicated.