Tom Karlo
General Manager EmeritusTom Karlo is general manager emeritus of KPBS. He retired on December 30, 2020. Karlo began his career at KPBS in 1973 as a part time assistant while studying television and film at San Diego State University. He has held numerous positions including assistant cameraman, director, producer, associate general manager of operations and production, and associate general manager of business, finance and operations, and general manager. He has won three local Emmys and was named general manager in 2009. During his leadership as general manager, the station merged the TV, radio, and digital departments into one content producing center, focused on journalism and local content. The station created "KPBS Evening Edition" on TV, shifted KPBS’ online content to focus on news, invested in local producers for new regional programming, and expanded the radio schedule to feature news and information 24 hours a day. The results have been impressive, with staff, audience and fundraising growth during his leadership. KPBS became among the highest rated public television stations in the nation; more than 1.2 million people watch, listen, click or stream KPBS’ content every week. The newsroom grew from 17 people in 2009 to 45 in 2020. KPBS won more than 419 awards under Tom’s leadership. Most notably, the station won the 2015 USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism for the station’s coverage of the scandal surrounding former San Diego Mayor Bob Filner. This was the second time in five years the station was honored by the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Additional honors were awarded by the National Press Foundation, RTNA Golden Mike Awards, PEN America, Radio Television Digital News Association, Pacific Southwest Emmy Awards, San Diego Society of Professional Journalists and San Diego Press Club.
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Fire-Rescue Department Chief Colin Stowell is retiring in August. Job candidates will undergo a series of interviews, including one with a panel of community leaders nominated by city councilmembers and the mayor.
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More than 50 other countries have already banned the substance, which has been known to lead to lung and ovarian cancer, mesothelioma and other deadly illnesses.
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Last week, a federal appeals court ordered Navarro to surrender to a federal prison in Florida on March 19 to serve his four-month sentence.
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Thursday, March 21, 2024 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS App. Is the world still at risk of recession or have we shaken off the post-Covid blues? Ian Bremmer looks at the health of the global economy amid ongoing wars in the Middle East and Europe with economist and author Dambisa Moyo. Then, the everyday people filling a crucial gap amid New York’s migrant crisis.
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Henry Foster III, jefe de personal de la Supervisora del Condado Monica Montgomery Steppe, representará el Distrito 4 del Consejo de la Ciudad de San Diego, siguiendo la última actualización del conteo de votos de la elección de la semana pasada.
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The San Diego Symphony provides an interactive music curriculum for students in grades three through five, culminating in a special concert at the Rady Shell.
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