Nicholas McVicker
News EditorNic McVicker has been part of the KPBS News team since 2011 and has had the pleasure of serving the San Diego community by telling their stories. As editor, McVicker is dedicated to helping KPBS reporters best serve the audience with diverse sources and unique stories.
He grew up in the Midwest until the snow blew him and his family out West to San Diego where he enjoys local craft beer, sports, and a day at the beach. McVicker graduated from the University of Northern Iowa, where he studied Electronic Media and Communications. He worked at WHO-TV in Des Moines, Iowa, as an editor and photojournalist. While at WHO-TV, he had the opportunity to cover the first in the nation's caucus' interviewing Barack Obama and John McCain in 2007 and 2008.
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The San Diego County Department of Agriculture released the 2011 crops report today and also issued a warning. -
This is the second summer in a row that a San Diego beach has been closed due to a great white shark. Some researchers say sightings of the top predators are on the rise. -
Two San Diegans are part of an international organ donation chain. It started last December when a woman in Oklahoma gave her kidney to a man in Greece. -
Teen girls with a history of trouble and low self-esteem often fall prey to sex traffickers. A youth organization in City Heights is working to prevent girls from becoming victims. -
Take a tour of the new building rising up above Petco Park downtown, the New Central Library.
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The Investigations Desk reports on how a long financial and political relationship between elected officials and two San Diego media moguls is playing itself out at San Diego’s waterfront. "Port Authority," a two-part series, begins Wednesday. Watch the trailer. -
San Diego has joined the ranks of cities with a public market. Seattle has one, the historic Pike Place, and San Francisco has the Ferry Building. An indoor market with permanent food and produce vendors will open in San Diego next spring. The first phase is under way and open to the public. -
The years-long court battle over 76 acres of Mission Bay Park, and the mobile homes that remain there, could end early next year... unless it's appealed.
- More victims identified in fatal San Diego plane crash
- Vets in LA hope, with Trump order, that they can finally come home
- The European Space Agency will beam the famous 'Blue Danube' waltz into space
- Mumbai's iconic pav bread might soon be toast
- Trump calls Putin 'absolutely crazy' following Russia's latest barrage on Ukraine