Michael Lipkin
News Producer, KPBS Midday EditionMichael Lipkin is a producer for KPBS Midday Edition. Before joining KPBS, he covered finance for the San Diego Business Journal and legal affairs for newswire Law360. He was also a producer for Chicago Tonight, a nightly news magazine on PBS member station WTTW. His work has appeared in The New York Times and The Boston Globe, and on the PBS NewsHour. Michael is originally from Brooklyn. He graduated from the University of Chicago with a degree in Law, Letters and Society.
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KPBS Midday EditionCity Attorney Mara Elliott on Friday dismissed Councilman Chris Cate’s defense of why he leaked a confidential memo on the Soccer City initiative to the measure’s backers, saying Cate’s actions were illegal. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe average rental price in San Diego County hit a record high of $1,875 last month, growing faster than home price increases.
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KPBS Midday EditionGun advocates often claim that gun owners make the country safer, because responsible gun owners can stop criminals from committing gun violence. But science reporter Melinda Wenner Moyer looked into what decades of gun research has shown about gun violence and the answer is the exact opposite. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe questions raised by scientific research can be explosive. Should we edit our children’s genes? What safeguards should we put in place for artificial intelligence? How should the public be informed about clinical trials? -
KPBS Midday EditionSan Diego businessman Dennis Stein wanted to hear and document the story of what it is like to be homeless in San Diego and what city leaders are doing about the problem. He met Tony Rodriquez, who is homeless and lives downtown, and together they made a movie. -
KPBS Midday EditionIsmael Resendiz started his farming career when he was about 13, cutting sugarcane with his father and brothers in Sinaloa, Mexico. Now he is one of the largest suppliers of protea, exotic flowers originally from South Africa.
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