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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SANDAG's Board of Directors voted months ago to remove the tax, but the state says it needs to stay for the region to meet requirements. -
SDSU cut the ribbon on its new Snapdragon Stadium Friday. Before the ceremony, the school gave local media a look inside. -
The next batch of vaccine doses is expected to arrive next week, according to a local health care provider. -
The big waves have their origin thousands of miles away and they traveled past the Hawaiian Islands on their way to San Diego. -
Some of San Diego's little ones also got to use spyglasses, pinwheels and stomp rockets to learn about telescopes, galaxies and spacecraft. -
Lions, Tigers and Bears is rushing help vets treat sick and malnourished exotic animals at a facility near Mexico City.
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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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