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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San Diego County supervisor Jim Desmond incorrectly said taxpayer funds were going to migrants in Jacumba, but he later corrected the mistake. Now, activists say such misinformation is dangerous. In other news, new statewide data confirms widespread racial disparities in law enforcement stops. Plus, churches in San Diego are getting into the affordable housing business. -
California lawmakers passed nearly 1,000 new laws in 2023, with many targeting the state's high cost of living. Then, California has been losing population in recent years, particularly higher-income earners. What does that mean for the state's future? -
The man who bribed scores of Navy officers over two decades then escaped from house arrest in San Diego more than a year ago, is back and was in court Wednesday. In other news, some University of California San Diego postdoctoral scholars are facing the threat of deportation later this month. Plus, details on some of the arts events that are in store for San Diego County this year.
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San Ysidro’s PedWest border crossing is back open and San Diego’s business community is happy that border traffic can resume. In other news, there tends to be more need for blood this time of the year and blood drives across San Diego County are looking to fill that gap. Plus, San Diego's planned facility to recycle wastewater is the most expensive capital project in the city’s history, and this week, the project goes underwater at the Miramar Reservoir.
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KPBS Midday EditionThe United Nations latest climate conference aimed to reduce emissions and minimize climate change impacts. -
The San Diego Housing Commission’s new president and CEO talks about the crisis the city faces in securing affordable housing for San Diegans. In other news, the new year has brought a new minimum wage for employees in the city of San Diego and across the county, and there’s a larger raise for fast food workers on the horizon. Plus, California’s first snowpack measurement of 2024 finds levels that are well below normal for this time of year.
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The executive chef of the Marine Room in La Jolla shares some dinner, dessert and drink recipes for a Valentine's Day dinner at home.
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