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 rising population will bring with it hundreds of thousands more cars, more concerns about finding place to park and a fear that parking lots will overtake the city's landscape.
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High surf will pound the San Diego County coastline today, bringing with it dangerous rip currents and a possibility of flooding, forecasters said. -
UC San Diego researchers are looking for new treatments for myeloma, a blood cancer for which there is no cure. -
Former prosecutors contend couples counseling proposed in new San Diego pilot program endangers lives and contradicts research.
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San Diego is one of a few California counties that plan to avoid building more jails by keeping offenders from ending up back behind bars.
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San Diego County's innovation economy has grown to $52 billion, but many investors remain wary of investing in it. -
KPBS Midday EditionWe're exploring learning at the cellular level in a new education series called "What Learning Looks Like." The goal is to help us understand how learning happens — or should happen — in our everyday lives. -
KPBS Midday EditionYou might have heard the statistic: Half of all teachers quit within five years. That number has been disputed, but what isn't is that teaching is hard, and teaching special education is even harder.
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