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 memorial is now part of a new prayer garden at St. Augustine High School, while another is a plaque at the crash site. -
The council voted unanimously Tuesday on a resolution, calling on Hilton to come back to the bargaining table. -
Federal, state, and local officials toured the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant to assess ongoing efforts to address sewage flows from the Tijuana River. -
The home of the San Diego Symphony has undergone a three-year, $120 million upgrade. -
More than two years of testing has researchers convinced they have a faster way to detect untreated sewage in the Tijuana River. In other news, Carlsbad is now the first city in San Diego County to ban smoking and vaping in apartment and condo buildings. Plus, as school starts back up for students across San Diego, many families are struggling to find affordable after school care. -
Environmentalists gathered at a beach in Encinitas over the weekend, to push for the passage of a better plastic bag ban in California. In other news, a California bill would prohibit public libraries from banning books solely because of their topics or views. Plus, San Diego has the only zoo outside of Australia with platypuses, and now, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance is partnering with an Australian zoo to study how climate change is affecting them.
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Authorities Thursday will continue releasing inmates without bail in compliance with a state order to reduce prison populations in an effort to minimize the spread of COVID-19. -
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has revealed an outline for lifting coronavirus restrictions in the nation's most populous state. Newsom he wants to see hospitalization numbers flatten and decline before he begins rolling back stay-at-home orders. But he said things won't look the same when the state reopens. -
Local officials on Friday highlighted separate data sets that as of that afternoon ranked the region’s social distancing efforts with a grade of C, despite a decrease in movement to retail locations, parks and other destinations.
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