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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While more people entered homelessness than found housing in March, the gap between the two has been narrowing. -
Employees filled the company's cafeteria floor, taking chat questions from customers around the country. -
Thursday marked the opening of an expanded pantry; they call it a marketplace. It's twice the size of the old one. -
The new federal budget will put $156 million toward fixing and expanding the plant, but some say it's not nearly enough. -
The iconic theater in downtown San Diego has seen a lot in the last century, and it's come perilously close to being demolished. -
KPBS checks in with a renter and a business owner whose lives were upended by the flood.
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San Diego leaders highlighted some major projects and programs Wednesday that will receive millions of dollars from California's $262.6 billion budget, which Gov. Gavin Newsom signed last week. -
The first monthly payments under the expanded child tax credit were disbursed on Thursday. The White House says relief is on the way to the families of nearly 60 million children. -
Construction crews performed a traditional topping-out ceremony at Aztec Stadium by hoisting the final steel beam into place at the top of one of the scoreboard frames.
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- City Council clears way for tiered parking rates at San Diego Zoo
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- Oceanside city council approves new tenant protections, rejects rent control
- San Diego class-action suit says ICE courthouse arrests are illegal