Bennett Lacy
ProducerBen Lacy is a producer for KPBS Evening Edition and KPBS Roundtable.
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KPBS Midday EditionLocal K-12 schools and colleges begin the academic year with a return to campus, prep sports including high school football begin play after having their seasons canceled last year, and a look at some of the seemingly solvable issues that have gone unaddressed in San Diego for decades. -
We devote this week's episode to the new IPCC report on global climate change and examine the political and business challenges of addressing climate change and its causes here in San Diego. -
New polling shows a tightening recall race for governor, far-right groups in east county, and an update on the COVID-19 situation in San Diego. -
Comic-Con returns with another virtual convention due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of California system implements a new series of tuition increases, and the environmental cost of electric car batteries. -
San Diego Pride enters its biggest weekend with a mix of in-person and virtual events, a milestone for construction of the new SDSU stadium in Mission Valley, and KPBS relaunches its Cinema Junkie podcast about all things film. -
Turmoil in Haiti adds to the asylum situation at the U.S.-Mexico border, an update on San Diego's effort to provide shelter for those experiencing homelessness and a study that might ease restrictions on blood donations from gay men.
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The organizations argue Congress already appropriated the funds and that the federal government has a legal responsibility to ensure unaccompanied children have attorney representation. -
The Trump administration is lowering the threshold to report money transfers to foreign countries. The Treasury Department says the new rule is needed to combat money laundering from Mexican drug cartels. Critics say it violates privacy and civil liberties. -
Nearly 50 immigration judges nationwide, including several in San Diego, left their jobs amid firings and resignations prompted by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The result could be fewer deportations of dangerous criminals.
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