Meet the Team

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.

RECENT STORIES ON KPBS

National

Eddie Palmieri, a trailblazer in Latin music, has died at age 88

Luis Trelles

The bandleader and pianist was one of the leading Latin musicians of his generation. He won multiple Grammys and was recognized as an NEA Jazz Master.
Economy

United Airlines flights grounded nationwide because of computer problems

Joel Rose

Hundreds of United Airlines flights were disrupted on Wednesday evening as the carrier grappled with a major computer system outage. The airline requested ground stops at its major hubs in the U.S.
Border & Immigration

Immigration agents arrest parent outside Chula Vista elementary school

Kori Suzuki

The arrest happened Wednesday morning outside Camarena Elementary School. It’s one of the first known enforcement actions in San Diego County’s second-largest city, according to city officials.
Military

San Diego veterans volunteer to stand with Afghan at immigration court

Andrew Dyer

Around a dozen local veterans showed up to San Diego federal immigration court Wednesday to support a former Afghan journalist at his hearing.
Education

High school students join Salk Institute labs for summer internships

Katie Anastas

High Tech High Mesa graduate Kelly Semtner spent the summer studying how plants and fungi exchange nutrients.
RICK STEVES’ EUROPE: Art of Prehistoric Europe

Jennifer Robinson

Stream now with the PBS app / Watch Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS 2. As the Ice Age glaciers melted, prehistoric Europe bloomed with surprisingly sophisticated art. From Ireland to France, Scotland to the Greek Isles, we traverse that mystical world of mighty megaliths, torchlit cave paintings, magical goddesses, and wrinkled bog people. We stand in awe as a massive tomb is radiated by a dramatic beam of sunlight and listen to ritual horns that still play today.