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 Racial Justice Coalition's virtual news conference was suddenly interrupted by racist comments. -
South Bay church's lawsuit heads to the Supreme Court after being rejected by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. -
A Chula Vista church is suing Gov. Gavin Newsom because he has yet to include churches in organizations being allowed to reopen. But other local religious leaders agree with the Governor.
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As cities up and down the county reopen beaches, some north county leaders want to go further. But they're meeting resistance from the county. -
After Mayor Kevin Faulconer announced a partial reopening of some parks on Monday, KPBS news teams found lots of San Diegans out enjoying the day. -
San Diego arts programs have been struggling under the coronavirus shutdowns. That includes arts education programs for kids. One that's been around for more than 55 years is working to adapt to the new reality.
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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. -
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.
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