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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The annual Kyoto Prize winners came to San Diego for this year’s symposium. Kyoto Laureate John Pendry talked about the theory of bending light rays that’s led to technologies that do that and more. -
Cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration affect research and sea monitoring partnerships between NOAA and Scripps Institution of Oceanography. -
A San Diego assemblyman introduced a bill to outlaw discriminatory pricing that’s based on how you purchase items online and what merchants think you’re willing to pay. -
Seasonal forecasts for rain and snow in California have relied on El Niño and La Niña. But atmospheric rivers can make those predictions obsolete. -
As billionaire Elon Musk enacts Donald Trump’s mass government cuts, San Diego Rep. Sara Jacobs says Democrats need a more creative strategy to stop him. Also, another San Diego Democratic representative, Mike Levin, says those cuts could soon come for Medicaid — Medi-Cal in California. A new homeless shelter for women and children is coming to downtown. Also, we hear about what’s new at the Oceanside Film Festival. -
California has ambitious goals for reducing greenhouse emissions. The state must ask whether it has a charging infrastructure to handle growing numbers of electric cars.
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Construction began Thursday near Poway on the first leg of a 10,000-mile-long broadband network.
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