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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Parents of students in transitional kindergarten through eighth grade can start enrolling in next school year’s PrimeTime program on Monday. -
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Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Friday, April 17, 2026 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2. This program is an innovative and electrifying reimagining of "Four Seasons," the masterpiece by Italian composer and godfather of Baroque music, Antonio Vivaldi. Coupled with captivating visuals and interactive elements, this immersive performance is unlike anything an orchestra has ever presented, promising viewers an unforgettable sensory adventure. Vivid projections and richly textured orchestration capture the beauty, drama and renewal of nature's changing seasons, while inviting audiences to see, hear and feel Vivaldi's masterpiece like never before. -
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Some of those cuts will affect the city's workforce and library and recreation center hours and services. -
Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Thursday, April 16, 2026 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Encore Saturday, April 18 at 4 p.m. on KPBS TV. Join Host Elsa Sevilla as she interviews a Canadian historian who discovered Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo's true origin, who appeared to be Portuguese but in fact is Spanish, and how Cabrillo's 1542 voyage to Alta California laid the groundwork for the Sacred Spanish Expedition to San Diego in 1769.
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