John Carroll
General Assignment Reporter & AnchorJohn Carroll is a general assignment reporter and anchor at KPBS. He loves coming up with story ideas that are not being covered elsewhere, but he’s also ready to cover the breaking news of the day.
John studied broadcast journalism at Pepperdine University, having fallen in love with the medium after a high school internship at WMAQ TV in Chicago. Over the years, he has worked in Reno, Los Angeles, and San Diego. He has worked as a reporter for San Diego’s Channel 10 and a weekend reporter/anchor at San Diego’s CW6.
John loves being at KPBS because he’s given the support and the resources needed to do the kind of thorough, fair reporting the KPBS audience relies on.
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CatVideoFest 2026 opens Friday night at downtown’s Digital Gym Cinema, featuring 75 minutes of feline high jinks. -
The Pride Promenade is envisioned as a gathering place for the Hillcrest neighborhood. -
The museum’s basement restoration shop repairs and makes exacting replicas of airplanes, engines and more. -
The museum is celebrating its 40th anniversary with big plans for the future. -
“America at 250: San Diego 1776-2026” looks at the last 250 years in San Diego county using a variety of curated objects. -
Many different varieties of plants, ceramic fish, and rock formations went into the design — along with a lot of imagination.
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The unemployment rate in San Diego County increased to 4.7% in January, up from the December estimate of 4.4% and above the year-ago rate of 4.5%, according to data released Friday by the state Employment Development Department.
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