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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Builders of "Village 2" in Otay Ranch respond to a changing home market with smaller homes and innovative designs. -
A new program in San Diego is teaching high school athletes some skills that could help them save a teammate's life. -
Special Yearly Cleanup In River Estuary Nets Garbage Bonanza -
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Nakita Garcia, a 24-year-old San Diegan, is battling breast cancer, a disease that's almost unheard of in women her age.
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One of California's hallmark anti-poverty programs is failing to reach hundreds of thousands of low-income residents, according to a report by the California Policy Lab. -
The San Diego Convention Center is no longer housing unaccompanied migrant children. -
In April, San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan announced her office was dissolving the county's last remaining gang injunctions in San Diego County. One man talks of his experiences under the injunction and the pain that lingers.
- San Diego Police officer allegedly embezzled thousands of dollars from school safety patrol program
- Classic Oceanside coffee shop brews up new chapter with Jason Mraz
- Immigration official defends tactics against criticism of a heavy hand as arrests rise nationwide
- Trump announces travel ban affecting a dozen countries set to go into effect Monday
- Vast majority of freshwater fish caught in San Diego County contain parasites