
Pat Finn
ProducerPat Finn previously served as a producer for KPBS Midday Edition and KPBS Evening Edition. Finn began her career in broadcasting at KTLA and KCET in Los Angeles. In 1979 she became KPBS’ Public Information Director, then Director of Advertising and Promotion, Program Director, and Director of Broadcasting. She oversaw the station’s local and national productions, including the one-hour documentary Los Romeros: The Royal Family of the Guitar, and Child Protective Services, a one-hour look inside the San Diego County agency responsible for the welfare of at risk children. Both programs also aired on public television stations nationwide. Finn has earned honors from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Pacific Southwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
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KPBS Midday EditionThe $1.3 billion downtown development project now called Manchester Pacific Gateway received final approval from the city of San Diego last week. Still to come: an appeals court ruling and possibly more lawsuits.
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The proposed airport at Camp Pendleton, the expanding airport in Carlsbad, the new, convenient bridge to the international airport in Tijuana -- all could be used when San Diego becomes the new Silicon Valley.
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KPBS Midday EditionMBA students at Cal State San Marcos studied the economic impact of siting a dual-runway, international airport at Camp Pendleton. Hint: It's big.
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The San Bernardino shooting is still shaking up everyone. San Diego's climate plan is heading for a council vote. The prospect of choosing electricity sources excites some people. And a well-known local journalist turns a page.
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KPBS Midday EditionChula Vista Mayor Mary Casillas Salas is one of 11 U.S. mayors attending COP21, the climate conference in Paris. She's there because her city has been a leader in carbon reduction for over a decade.
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KPBS Midday EditionVeerabhadran Ramanathan discovered the greenhouse effects of CFCs in 1975. Decades later he persuaded Pope Francis to raise awareness of the effects of climate change on society, especially the poor.
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