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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Going from high school to the competitive world of horse racing doesn't happen often. But 18-year-old Eswan Flores, made it his dream.
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San Diego schools start class a week earlier this year, and students and education officials are encouraging kids to begin the year on a positive note. -
KPBS Midday EditionSan Diego researchers have been taking ocean temperatures at the end of Scripps Pier for a century, and the data have a story to tell. -
The homeless count done every year vastly underestimates the number of unaccompanied teens in San Diego, homeless advocates say. Finding them could play an important role in reducing the number of people on the streets.
- How San Diego's budget cuts could impact feeling of community
- Father Joe's Villages under court order to keep elevators working in affordable housing building
- San Diego could soon allow buying and selling ADUs
- San Diego’s largest safe parking lot for homeless residents set to open by end of May
- ‘I’m really scared’: Elderly and disabled Californians with more than $2,000 could lose Medi-Cal