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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For more than 50 years, the California Coastal Commission has been tasked with protecting the state's coastline from unchecked development, but critics say the commission has gotten too powerful and is working against the state's housing and climate goals. In other news, a running club by and for women of color has taken off in south San Diego. Plus, the Clippers minor league is coming to San Diego. -
UC San Diego’s student government group has passed a resolution calling on the university to divest from Israel. In other news, community advocates rallied Thursday in front of the Vista Detention Facility to protest the latest in-custody death that happened last weekend. Plus, a San Diego Restaurant Week spokesperson joins the podcast to talk about restaurants participating in the event and the deals you can snag this weekend.
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A huge crowd gathered at UC San Diego Wednesday afternoon to call for a cease-fire in Gaza. In other news, the federal government is tightening the standards for acceptable amounts of soot pollution in the air, and the rules could push San Diego out of compliance with clean air laws. Plus, San Diego State University had a special ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday, to officially open its new River Park in Mission Valley.
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We bring you unofficial results from some of the local, state and national races in the 2024 primary election.
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A new shelter has just opened to help the homeless in North County. In other news, a new Rapid bus line in the South Bay has survived a campaign to get rid of it. Plus, a generation ago, Congress passed the so-called Motor Voter law to reduce barriers to voting, but fast forward to today, voter registration has steadily increased, but turnout remains uneven. We learn more about the law.
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A Navy investigation says negligence by leaders on the USS Boxer led to major delays, delaying the ship’s deployment for more than a year. In other news, the presidential primary election is taking place tomorrow. We have details on how you can still vote. Plus, for many of us, just hearing John Lennon’s name makes dozens of songs come to mind, but what you might not know about Lennon, is that along with the music, there was art. We have details on where you can see that art in San Diego.
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