Hank Crook
ProducerHank Crook was the producer for "KPBS Midday Edition" as well as Friday's "Roundtable on KPBS Midday Edition" and KPBS TV's "San Diego Week" until 2011. He produced shows about a wide variety of topics. Some of Hank’s favorite topics include: local politics, economics, the environment and anything sports-related. Hank graduated with a degree in journalism from San Diego State University, and has been a professional journalist in San Diego since 2003. As an SDSU student, Hank served as an intern for the KPBS Radio newsroom. Hank grew up in San Diego, and is an alumnus of Point Loma High School. When Hank is not at work, he likes to exercise, listen to music, hang out with friends and manage his fantasy sports teams.
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What are the main arguments for and against the City of San Diego's "reform before revenue" ballot measure? We speak to KPBS Metro Reporter Katie Orr about the impact the measure could have on San Diego's long-term financial outlook. -
California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage has been overturned. We speak to David Rolland about why Judge Vaughn R. Walker overturned Proposition 8, and where the legal battle could go from here. -
San Diego's downtown bayfront is often called the city's front porch. And, there's a new plan to redevelop the land along the bayfront. Vice Chairman of the San Diego Port Commission Scott Peters talks about the latest plans. -
Jehad Serwan Mostafa is a 28-year-old man who grew up in San Diego, and is now being charged with helping a Somali terrorist group with ties to Al Qaeda. KPBS News Reporter Amita Sharma tells us more. -
The vote to send a reform and revenue measure for San Diego city voters to decide in November felt anticlimactic. It was the whirlwind of activity and unusual political cooperation that led up to the vote that was the drama. We'll debate the details.
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It should be called the Bell effect - the rush to expose to public scrutiny city employee salaries and benefits. The Los Angeles Times uncovered that the small California city of Bell was paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to city officials, that money came from property taxes from Bell's 40,000 residents, 17 percent of whom live in poverty. Bell has the second highest property tax bill in Los Angeles County.
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