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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A scientist at the Salk Institute says losing that hour of sleep can lead to bad health outcomes. -
The Metropolitan Transit System says ridership numbers have been on the upswing for months. -
The price at the pump continues to break records. But one expert does not see a negative effect on tourism, at least not yet. -
Measure C failed after failing to get two-thirds of the vote. The city contends the threshold for passage should have been a simple majority. -
There's a growing chorus of voices from various sides of the political spectrum calling for the state gas tax to be suspended. -
Fans expressed anger at both Padres ownership and players. A business owner next to Petco Park said it was a gut punch.
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Two U.S. Army veterans who were deported to Mexico a decade ago won their long battle to return to the U.S. and become citizens. -
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. -
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