Brooke Ruth
Senior Producer of Audio NewsBrooke Ruth is the senior producer of Audio 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.
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Nine months ago today, an overflowing storm channel flooded San Diego homes, making them unlivable. Now there’s a call for accountability and transparency about the response. In other news, this fall, low-income community college students who live in Mexico, but go to school in San Diego or Imperial county will pay in-state tuition. Plus, local Democrats are supporting a plan to expand access to contraceptives. -
College students across California were arrested this year protesting university investment supporting Israel, and now, some UC San Diego students are getting a crash course on legal defense. In other news, young adults with disabilities are gaining valuable work experience while helping shelter dogs become more adoptable. Plus, we have details on San Diego Comic Fest, which returns this week.
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One reason for long border wait times at the San Ysidro border crossing is one of the pedestrian crossings hasn’t been fully operational since before the pandemic. In other news, with insurance companies dropping customers and pulling out of California, some homeowners are now going for an out-of-state solution, but that coverage comes with a risk. Plus, we have details on the University Heights Fall Festival happening Saturday.
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The city of San Diego is asking voters whether to increase the local sales tax this November. City leaders say they need more funding to pay for infrastructure repairs, but opponents want the city to cut spending instead. In other news, the results of an audit of the state program that determines the placement of sexually violent predators. Plus, the impact of military spending on the San Diego region.
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In Chula Vista, homeowners can build one ADU on their property. Now, the city will research whether to allow two. And, we take a look at what's at stake in this election, both nationally and in the region. Plus, thousands of sailors on the USS Roosevelt returned home after an extended deployment to the Middle East.
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As more unaccompanied children seek asylum in the U.S., the federal government is struggling to find appropriate housing for them. We hear from an asylum seeker. In other news, Project 2025 could limit prosecutors’ power to decide which cases to pursue. Plus, Carlsbad’s New Village Arts Center is showing its first work by a Native American playwright, and it spotlights the hypocrisies of woke America.
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