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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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. -
The latest surge is happening just as San Diego’s two biggest public events are about to unfold.
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Supervisors Nathan Fletcher and Nora Vargas will create the policy to be brought for a vote before the board at its meeting on April 6. The details of the policy are unclear at this time. -
San Diego County rescheduled hundreds of COVID-19 vaccine appointments due to weather-related shortages Thursday as public health officials reported 810 new viral infections and 36 deaths. -
In an effort to help schools reduce the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks as they resume in-person instruction, UC San Diego and San Diego County are testing a program to detect the virus which causes COVID-19 at schools and child care centers, it was announced Thursday.
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