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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KPBS Midday EditionOur series on the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic continues with a look at how major health care organizations responded and the impact it will have going forward. -
Supervisor Nathan Fletcher marked the occasion by visiting the Tubman-Chavez Community Center in southeast San Diego, one of more than 30 county-sponsored vaccination sites. -
The business that preserves and protects Dr. Seuss’ legacy has announced it will stop publishing six titles because of racist and insensitive imagery. -
Hundreds of thousands of people will become eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine in the coming weeks. Health care professionals worry the supply won't be there to vaccinate all of them. -
Right now, California mandates three days of paid sick leave for workers. But San Diego Assembly member Lorena Gonzalez says in the age of COVID-19, that needs to be expanded to two weeks. -
A 200-pound loggerhead turtle at the Living Coast Discovery Center in Chula Vista was having problems with her buoyancy. One of the center's animal care specialists had the answer. A custom wetsuit.
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In an effort to help schools reduce the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks as they resume in-person instruction, UC San Diego and San Diego County are testing a program to detect the virus which causes COVID-19 at schools and child care centers, it was announced Thursday. -
Speaking outside Cabrillo Avenue Elementary School in San Pedro, Kevin Faulconer said he was prepared to run in a special election this year if Newsom is recalled via a statewide effort. -
San Diego will make more than $42 million in federal emergency rental assistance available to city residents.
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