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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It's the county's first "breakthrough" case - where a person died from COVID after being vaccinated. The county said she was 70-years old and had "many underlying health conditions." -
San Diego County Supervisors spend hours on Tuesday afternoon discussing how to spend about $650 million in federal financial relief from the American Rescue Plan Act. -
It might seem counterintuitive during a pandemic, but several airlines have been adding new service to San Diego. We take a look at the reasons why. -
A juvenile great white was spotted off Torrey Pines State Beach on Memorial Day. Lifeguards advised people to get out of the water. -
San Diego Police and Lifeguards will be out in force this holiday weekend. They expect hundreds of thousands of people to fill our beaches. -
Last month, we brought you the story of a Santee father who was detained by Sheriff's deputies after changing his daughter's diaper in public. Now, local civic leaders weigh in while Sheriff Bill Gore defends his deputy's actions.
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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. -
San Diego County's Housing and Community Development Services department will roll out two initiatives aimed at assisting landlords and tenants who have struggled financially amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it was announced Thursday.
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