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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Old Town now has its own neighborhood sign and local neighborhood booster received a special surprise. -
A law making vet telehealth legal in California was primarily sponsored by the San Diego Humane Society. -
The garden began in 1999 as a project to educate San Diego County residents about water conservation. -
Ray Ashley is retiring on Dec. 31. He talked with KPBS' John Carroll about his 30 years at the museum's helm. -
A new Scripps Research study links heavy alcohol use to the most common form of dementia. In other news, South Bay residents who notice a rotten egg smell have a new tool to understand its health risk. We learn more on the latest response to the cross-border sewage crisis. Plus, artificial light has disrupted the sleep and circadian rhythms of people, and it’s also affecting living things that share our urban space. -
One thousand students descended on the park Thursday to learn about everything from how blubber keeps animals warm to how roller coasters work.
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The river is heavily polluted from raw sewage and chemical contaminants from the city of Tijuana. -
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