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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Both nations accused each other of starting the military clashes and have downgraded their diplomatic relations since Wednesday. Thailand also sealed all land border crossings with Cambodia. -
Utah's leaders worry skyrocketing home prices are keeping young people from creating wealth. It's among a growing number of states — red and blue — passing laws to promote more affordable places. -
A former Afghan interpreter who fled the country in 2021 with his wife and five children is in the U.S. legally, attorney says. -
Premieres Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. How Israel ended up fighting wars in Gaza and Iran - and the U.S. role. Benjamin Netanyahu’s long campaign to defeat Iran; the conflict with the Palestinians; and his difficult relations with the U.S. over peace and Iran’s nuclear ambitions. -
San Diego now has a plan for charging for parking in Balboa Park. The change is meant to help close the city's budget deficit. -
From Buenos Aires to Bangkok, Montreal to Moscow, nearly every taxi driver in the world understands "OK." It's a gift from American English that's spread across the globe in less than 200 years.
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