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.
MORE STORIES BY THIS AUTHOR
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A new addition to the the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum in Campo is catching the attention of museum goers in San Diego County. -
The aircraft carrier returned after spending more than a year at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington, undergoing maintenance and modernization work. -
SANDAG's executive committee held a discussion of Hasan Ikhrata's performance review behind closed doors. -
A draft De Anza Cove Amendment to the Mission Bay Park Master Plan was released by the city. -
Recent storms have put a dent in California drought conditions. But the long-term issue of depleted groundwater remains. -
The National Weather Service has issued blizzard warnings for the Sierra Nevada and Southern California mountains, where as much as 5 feet of snow could fall.
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There are 16 Mobile Crisis Response Teams working different shifts daily all across San Diego County. -
Winter will look a lot like summer up and down California for the rest of the week. -
Violent crimes reported in the first half of 2021 increased 14% over the last year and were 9% higher than in 2019, according to a new report by the San Diego Association of Governments' Criminal Justice Research Division.
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