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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A key support center for migrants passing through San Diego County has ceased operations. In other news, California regulators are poised to shake up the solar market for apartments, schools and farms. Plus, a San Diegan will soon lead the American Psychological Association. -
State funding has been secured for San Diego’s homeless outreach programs. In other news, we look at how a community garden in City Heights is healing a patch of land and the people who tend it. Plus, a street in Barrio Logan will be renamed Saturday after the neighborhood’s priest Father Brown, who died in 2020.
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There have long been calls to add affordable housing to the three-acre lot the Hillcrest DMV sits on. We take a look at where that project stands. In other news, an idea to house homeless people on military land received bad news this week. Plus, more than 20 inmates graduated with associate degrees from Southwestern College.
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A migrant aid center in San Ysidro may have to shut down because of a lack of funding. Then, the battle over a biodiesel factory in Barrio Logan that is pitting industry against neighbors. Plus, California State University student workers have been given state approval to vote to unionize.
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More than 75,000 Kaiser workers nationwide could walk off the job Wednesday, including a few thousand in San Diego. Then, for the next installment in our public art series, we take you to a giant mosaic. Plus, October is the month for kids to get in free at dozens of museums and attractions around San Diego County. We have details on what's included in “Kids Free San Diego.”
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Councilmember Stephen Whitburn says he is working with city staff to finally place a memorial, 45 years after the deadly crash.
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The data are used by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to determine how to distribute federal homeless relief funding. -
Local labor leaders say San Diego is now solidly a union town, and that the recent wave of labor actions reflects a growing frustration with an economy that often leaves workers behind.
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