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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KPBS Midday EditionCalifornia's governor made a lot of campaign promises regarding the state's housing crisis. A new report finds that a lot of those promises remain unfulfilled. -
KPBS Midday EditionHigh temperatures and low humidity across the county are combining with Santa Ana Winds in the East County. That means the possibility of wildfires in the county is high. -
KPBS Midday EditionA new Los Angeles Times investigation uncovered multiple instances where companies harvested organs, skin and bones before medical examiners and coroners were able to conduct their autopsies. At least two of those cases happened in San Diego County. -
KPBS Midday EditionSan Diego boat builder, Lew Maurer, was commissioned to build an 80-foot luxury catamaran. Soon, he would find out he was destined to be its captain, leading a family on 15 years of adventures around the world. -
KPBS Midday EditionVerini's new book chronicles the long and complicated history of America's presence in Iraq. -
San Diego County is home to one of the largest Kurdish communities in the United States. One local Kurdish leader says the Trump Administration's decision to pull American troops from Syria could lead to a "genocide" against the Kurds.
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Cunningham piloted the first manned Apollo mission, a key step in the drive to reach the moon, but he never flew in space again. He was a physicist who later became known as a climate-change skeptic. -
The event will run Friday from 3 to 11 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. -
Polls closed in the 2022 Midterm Election Tuesday night, and final tallies will be trickling in over the next few days.
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