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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KPBS Midday EditionThe California Supreme Court is reviewing an appellate court ruling that said tax hikes from initiatives need just a simple majority for approval. -
KPBS Midday EditionRep. Darrell Issa and others are asking the White House to deny California's request to allow immigrants here illegally access to Covered California. -
KPBS Midday EditionHe won a Nobel Peace Prize for starting a bank in Bangladesh that loans money to financially disadvantaged people. His advice to this year's college graduates? Don't just submit to the world they've inherited. -
KPBS Midday EditionRebuild San Diego — or Proposition H, as it's called on Tuesday's ballot — seeks to reverse the trend of city infrastructure falling apart. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe ballot measure would reserve funds for construction and repair in San Diego without raising taxes. -
At a meeting in San Diego, the National Catholic Educational Association delivered the report that shows a 1.2 percent decrease in Catholic school enrollment.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom threw his support behind San Diego's Measure D Thursday. -
Construction began Thursday near Poway on the first leg of a 10,000-mile-long broadband network.
- Groundbreaking will lead to hundreds of affordable housing units coming to Mission Valley
- Senate heads home with no deal to speed confirmations as irate Trump tells Schumer to 'go to hell'
- Hundreds of Kaiser Permanente healthcare professionals stage informational picket
- San Diego International Airport opens new entrance roadway to cut down traffic
- Evacuation warnings lifted as crews halt forward progress of Bernardo brush fire