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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Escondido resident Capt. Royce Williams was awarded the Navy Cross for an astonishing feat that for more than 70 years remained a secret. -
They say the company that employs them, Nova Commercial, mistreats them and retaliates against workers who speak up. -
The WNDR Museum opened on Market Street in the Gaslamp Quarter. -
Incentives are being offered this weekend to encourage people to adopt adult dogs, seven months and older. -
Scientists are now flying planes into the rivers aloft to learn more about how they form and develop. -
A Scripps Institution of Oceanography scientist says a few more good storms will end what he called a "landscape drought."
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The county also reported deaths by racial breakdown for the first time on Wednesday: 15 white, 10 Hispanic/Latino, two Asian and the remaining nine fatalities unidentified by race or ethnicity. -
The new cases are the fewest reported in the county since March 28 and the second fewest in two weeks, but the number of deaths is by far the largest increase since the public health emergency began. -
COVID-19 testing is getting better in California but it remains below a level where medical officials want it to be.
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