Thomas Fudge
Science and Technology ReporterA journalist with 30 years of experience, Tom covers science and technology stories for KPBS' platforms. He joined KPBS in 1998 to cover San Diego issues related to growth, transportation, and development. He previously served as host of These Days (now KPBS Midday Edition) and as a news editor. Tom began his broadcasting career in 1988 at WSUI Radio in Iowa City as a reporter and newscaster. He then spent five years at Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) where he worked as a reporter. Following his departure from MPR, Tom was a freelance journalist, working for Twin Cities Public Television, WCCO Radio, and a variety of regional and national newspapers and magazines. He has received recognition for his outstanding work in hosting and public affairs reporting from the Unity Awards, the Northwest Broadcast News Association, and the San Diego chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
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Private companies are taking over near-earth space transport as NASA gets out of the Shuttle business. And New Mexico is building them an airport. -
Smart street sensors and parking meters are part of a plan to make parking in San Francisco more available and easier to find. -
The San Diego Planning Department has disappeared into the city bureaucracy. Now it's unclear how we'll decide what the city should become. -
Next week the San Diego City Council will take hold of a boiling pot when they decide whether to endorse a plan to make Balboa Park's Plaza de Panama a pedestrian-only zone. -
Caltrans has downgraded plans to expand Interstate 5 in San Diego, and that may upgrade plans for transit and smart growth. -
The housing market in Southern California saw an uptick in June. But while sales and prices improved over the previous month, they were well below the previous year.
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"Paper or plastic" will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in California under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. It bans all plastic shopping bags starting in 2026. Consumers will now simply be asked if they want a paper bag. -
The Board of Supervisors will take up an item placing a temporary pause on the application for new battery energy storage systems. -
Once on the ground in Lahaina, the team will assist with search and rescue efforts, animal care and more.
- A new affordable housing community coming to San Diego
- New contract between Marine Corps, Frontwave Credit Union provides more protections for recruits
- A new community center in Oceanside opens its doors
- Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose
- Senate heads home with no deal to speed confirmations as irate Trump tells Schumer to 'go to hell'