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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San Diego's largest private providers of psychiatric care complain Anthem Blue Cross frequently refuses to pay for emergency hospitalizations. -
This year's San Diego Sport Fishing season will be different from any that have come before. That's because huge swaths of ocean are off limits to anglers creating uncertainty among those who make a living from the ocean's catch. -
Transitioning from the strict regimen of military life to a civilian education or career track is a daunting challenge for many veterans. San Diego State University is building on its reputation as a veteran-friendly campus with a program that tries to smooth the road from the military to civilian work. -
Latinos are nearly half of the city's population, but there is only one Latino on the city council. -
The VA Medical Center in San Diego is testing an ancient meditation technique called “Mantram Repetition” to see if veterans from around the country with PTSD are willing to try it. -
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KPBS Midday EditionCity Heights groups want to tap a state tool to protect the community's residents and businesses in the face of San Diego's booming housing market and looming gentrification. -
The November general election is three months away, but fundraising and campaign spending are picking up in San Diego's City Council races. -
The humanities are dying, or so say a lot of headlines. What is true is the number of San Diego students majoring in humanities is dropping.
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- Authorities find no threat aboard grounded Hawaiian Airlines plane at San Diego Airport
- UC San Diego study explores why women are at higher risk for Alzheimer’s
- Homelessness in San Diego County drops 7% amid progress in key areas
- NIH cuts put San Diego’s $57B life sciences sector at risk