60° OvercastPeggy Pico
KPBS Evening Edition Host
Peggy Pico is the host of KPBS Evening Edition, airing weeknights at 6:30 p.m. on KPBS-TV. Pico originally joined the KPBS newsroom as the science and technology reporter in 2010 after spending two years covering biotechnology and medical news in the Bay Area.
Pico was raised in San Diego and has worked as a broadcast journalist in California, Arizona, and Texas. She previously reported for NBC 7/39 where she worked as a medical and science reporter for five years.
Pico has won two Emmy’s and numerous awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Associated Press, and the San Diego Press Club. She also received the USC Health Reporter Fellowship and is a member of California Chicano News Media Association and the Association of Health Care Journalists.
Recent Stories
San Diego County's Proposed $5 Billion Budget Goes Before The Public
San Diego's County Board of Supervisors voted to begin public hearings on a proposed $5 billion budget for the next fiscal year. We break it down with Supervisor Greg Cox.
Mood Watch App - Track Your Mood Disorder
One of the ways to get a handle on bipolar disorder and other severe mood swings is to keep a record of what's going on in your life. A San Diego woman has created an app to help those with mood disorders track how they're feeling and share the results with their doctor of therapist.
Former Mayors Sanders, Hedgecock, Wilson Reflect On Years In Office
"Leading San Diego: Former Mayors Reflect" brought three former mayors together to look back at their time in office, share their successes, their regrets and their answers to questions from San Diegans.
New KPBS Television Shows Explore San Diego
KPBS Television is helping audiences explore San Diego with two new shows hosted by two longtime KPBS favorites. Garden designer, author and botanist, Nan Sterman, is the host of the new KPBS series, "A Growing Passion." Cook, author and restaurant owner, Su-Mei Yu hosts "Savor San Diego." Both shows premiere this Thursday.
Privacy Rights vs. Employee Tracking
From video cameras to GPS to reading emails and social media accounts — how much tracking is too much by your employer? When does monitoring employees for productivity cross over an employees right to privacy?
San Diego's Innocence Project To Embark On 600-Mile Journey
The Innocence Project at the California Western School of Law plans to march from San Diego to Sacramento to bring attention to their cases.
Operation Homefront California Fills In Gaps For Military Families
Operation Homefront California wants to raise awareness of the needs faced by military families.
San Diego's Unemployment Rate Falls To 7.7 Percent
For the first time in more than four years, the county's unemployment rate dropped below 8 percent, but is it too soon to celebrate?
SDSU Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Kennedy Visit
Kennedy's 1963 visit was more than pomp and circumstance -- it helped shaped the SDSU of today.
Earth Day Puts Spotlight On San Diego's Environment
How dirty is the air we breath and the water we drink?
