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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Businesses open, businesses closed. That plus a changing landscape of COVID-19 regulations makes running a bar and restaurant tough. One business owner described what it's like. -
The County Registrar of Voters said first returns should come within a half hour of the polls closing at 8 p.m. on election day, Nov. 3. And Michael Vu said those returns will be the result of a huge number of ballots. -
The county said on Thursday that preventing a so-called 'twindemic' where people get COVID 19 and the flu is imperative. They announced free flu clinics and urged everyone to get vaccinated. -
America's Finest City has more than 60 miles of unpaved streets and alleys. District 8 City Councilwoman Vivian Moreno is trying to change that. -
Democrats Stephen Whitburn and Toni Duran are vying the District 3 seat being vacated by Chris Ward. Both candidates say their background and experience make them best suited for the job. -
Loud parties where students are jammed in together in small spaces are still happening in and around San Diego State.
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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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