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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There’s already a homeless camping ban in place in the cities of San Diego and Poway, and now, San Diego County is moving forward with a similar ban. In other news, 20 years ago today, a lost hunter in East San Diego County lit a small campfire that became one of the biggest wildfires in California history. Residents and firefighters look back at the Cedar Fire and the lessons it taught us. Plus, how an organization in Oceanside is striving to increase literacy in the county. -
It’s been nearly two weeks since a woman died in one of Customs and Border Protection’s makeshift migrant camps, and humanitarian workers on the ground say conditions haven’t improved. In other news, California is the first state to create an Ebony Alert system to help find missing black teens and young adults. Plus, a new program to secure long-term treatment for individuals with untreated schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders is up and running in San Diego County.
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It's called the Ebony Alert and is for those between the ages of 12 and 25, including those who are runaways and victims of human trafficking. -
KPBS Midday EditionA new exhibit focuses on contemporary Chicano and Latino art from the American Southwest. -
Buying flavored tobacco products has been illegal in California since the beginning of the year, but San Diego's city attorney says they’re still being sold. In other news, the city of Chula Vista temporarily shut down Harborside Park and is considering closing it for good, that’s angered many Chula Vista residents. Plus, we hear from the artist and musician who created a musical bridge on a freeway overpass in Golden Hill.
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Open enrollment for Medicare just started, and more than 30,000 Scripps clients in San Diego County who have Medicare Advantage plans are facing a difficult choice. In other news, it’s Undocumented Student Action Week on community college campuses across California. Plus, we hear from the San Diegan who was named the “Most Influential Filipina in the World.”
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