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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The city says few people wear masks or physically distance at the events. Locals say they leave behind mountains of trash that locals then have to clean up. -
Ocean Beach residents have been complaining about big crowds gathering on Wednesday evenings for awhile. Now, the city is moving to do something about it.
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UC San Diego faculty and student researchers have devised a way to turn algae into flip-flops. Once discarded, the flip-flops can decompose in as little as 16 weeks. -
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KPBS Midday EditionMore than two million unemployed Californians rely on the extra $600 a week provided under the federal CARES Act. Now that it's ending, nonprofits and the state look to help fill the gap.
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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. -
County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher announced that bank employees, public transportation workers and childcare providers who serve food must now wear non-medical grade facial coverings at work. -
The county also reported deaths by racial breakdown for the first time on Wednesday: 15 white, 10 Hispanic/Latino, two Asian and the remaining nine fatalities unidentified by race or ethnicity.
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