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 EditionThe San Diego City Council's Rules Committee on Wednesday advanced Mayor Kevin Faulconer's proposal to increase hotel room taxes by up to 3 percent in some areas of the city to fund a $685 million expansion of the San Diego Convention Center. -
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KPBS Midday EditionHenry Coker's last day as San Diego County's chief legal defender of the indigent was Thursday, ending nearly eight years leading the county public defender's office. -
KPBS Midday EditionDr. Lydia Villa-Komaroff was one of the first Mexican-American women to get a Ph.D. in science. She helped discover how to make synthetic insulin in 1978. -
KPBS Midday EditionHistorian Joellyn Zollman said San Diego's early Jews were able to participate directly in the creation of their city, which wasn’t true in places like New York, Baltimore or Chicago. -
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