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 biggest tiki weekender 'in the solar system' launches Thursday night -
Shakespeare's romantic comedy proves more resonant than you might expect -
Four films screen for free on select Mondays at Old Globe theaters in Balboa Park -
Comic-Con opens its archives for exhibit -
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Documentary screens Monday night as well as on PBS on June 30
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KPBS Midday EditionTwo years after a KPBS/Investigative Newsource investigation posed serious questions about how well the whooping cough vaccine works, new research confirms the vaccine is failing at a higher rate than expected. Troubling news as the country is on track to experience its worst whooping cough epidemic in 50 years. Health officials are looking at recommending a seventh dose of vaccine to control the outbreak. -
A plan to turn some beat-up industrial land along the San Diego River into the Riverbend housing development has won over the people Grantville... unless they are opposed to it. -
Balboa Park is recovering after a nasty water gun fight there this weekend left its beloved lily pond trashed.
- Former San Diego congressman and Navy Ace Randy 'Duke' Cunningham dies at 83
- San Diego's own gym + English teacher couples
- How San Diego’s Congressional districts could change under redistricting
- A milestone for ending the cross-border sewage crisis is met
- Nearly 100 affordable homes are planned for Otay Ranch. Here’s how Chula Vista is helping with funding