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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Fr. Joe Carroll died one month ago. On Tuesday, hundreds who knew him well gathered to share stories and remember a San Diego icon. -
Last year bike shop owners had trouble keeping bikes in stock. Now, the problem is parts. -
KPBS Midday EditionBobbi Brink opened the Lions, Tigers and Bears animal sanctuary near Alpine 19 years ago. Over most of that time, she's also fought for national legislation that would shut down the exotic animal trade of lions, tigers and leopards. -
City Councilman Raul Campillo on Thursday announced $1.5 million in state funding for the "Bridge for Max" initiative to construct a pedestrian and bicycle bridge at the San Diego River Trail Crossing where a 21-year-old man drowned. -
L.A. County has reinstated indoor mask mandates for everyone, including vaccinated people. A San Diego infectious disease expert advises everyone he knows to wear masks indoors too. -
Gov. Newsom and legislative leaders have agreed on a proposal to spend more than $5 billion to build the infrastructure to bring high-speed internet to underserved communities in both urban and rural areas of California.
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Authorities Thursday will continue releasing inmates without bail in compliance with a state order to reduce prison populations in an effort to minimize the spread of COVID-19. -
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has revealed an outline for lifting coronavirus restrictions in the nation's most populous state. Newsom he wants to see hospitalization numbers flatten and decline before he begins rolling back stay-at-home orders. But he said things won't look the same when the state reopens. -
Local officials on Friday highlighted separate data sets that as of that afternoon ranked the region’s social distancing efforts with a grade of C, despite a decrease in movement to retail locations, parks and other destinations.
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