Niru Ramachandran
Producers Club SpecialistNiru Ramachandran joined KPBS as the Producers Club specialist in December 2016, after volunteering with the development department for a year and a half. She is the go-to person for all Producers Club-related matters, from updating payment methods for sustaining pledges to explaining how to switch to support from donor-advised funds and IRA/Qualified Charitable Disbursements, from walking members through activating KPBS Passport, to… just about anything KPBS-related. Niru began listening to and watching KPBS when she moved to San Diego from Singapore in 1995, and set out on a career as an executive assistant, supporting senior and C-level executives at various companies in San Diego and Silicon Valley (where she missed KPBS’s programming choices). Members of the KPBS Producers Club since 2012, she and her partner were such stalwart supporters that when they finally tied the knot that year after 10 years together, they asked family and friends to contribute to KPBS in lieu of gifts, apparently a first for the station!
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Some of the team members are on the autism spectrum. One parent says his son is thriving in the sport. -
Some of Issa’s constituents said he hasn't held a town hall in over 2,000 days. Thursday, they wanted to confront him at a McDonald’s in San Marcos where he was expected to make an appearance, but they didn’t see him. -
It’s Arbor Day and the occasion meant lots of trees were planted in San Diego parks and along some streets. But this week marked another milestone. KPBS Science and Technology reporter Thomas Fudge has the latest on undergrounding power lines. -
In the last two months another two San Diego neighborhoods finished having their power lines put underground. The city’s about a third of the way done with a project it started in 1970.
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One of the five board members has opposed the planned layoffs of librarians and other staff. On Thursday, he asked the board to reconsider. -
In a new memo, Attorney General Pam Bondi said the DOJ will allow for subpoenas, court orders and search warrants to get information and testimony from journalists.
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