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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California’s physicians are coming together to address the health needs and impacts of the state’s large unsheltered population. -
The Secretary of the Navy is looking is looking at all aspects of the Navy and Marine Judge Advocate General programs. -
KPBS Midday EditionBiofouling, or the accumulation of marine organisms on the hull of a boat, is not new. But scientists are finding some new solutions.
- Rally at San Diego Int'l Airport slams 'racist' Trump travel ban
- San Diego Unified quietly watered down its graduation requirements
- Advocates urge San Diego leaders to end license plate surveillance system amid Trump immigration crackdown
- State senators from San Diego split on allowing housing near transit, but not along partisan lines
- Hegseth signals more troop deployments in response to protests