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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Comic-Con may be over, but there’s still something cartoonish going on in the Gaslamp Quarter. -
San Diego Comic-Con is an "absolute holiday," as downtown hotels, restaurants and other businesses cash in on the world's largest pop culture convention. -
Chula Vista’s city manager said she’s ready to declare an emergency if the increasing trash becomes a health hazard. -
For residents like Jessica Calix, who's still living in a travel trailer after her Southcrest apartment flooded in January 2024, watching footage of the Texas floods was heart-wrenching — but also all too familiar. -
The expensive mechanisms used to raise and lower the flags are failing. -
The Giant Dipper in Belmont — along with the park itself — has been through some good, and a lot of bad, times. But after a century, it stands stronger than ever.
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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.
