Peggy Pico
KPBS Evening Edition HostPeggy Pico served as the host of KPBS Evening Edition. Pico originally joined the KPBS newsroom as the science and technology reporter in 2010 after spending two years covering biotechnology and medical news in the Bay Area. Pico was raised in San Diego and has worked as a broadcast journalist in California, Arizona, and Texas. She previously reported for NBC 7/39 where she worked as a medical and science reporter for five years. Pico has won two Emmy’s and numerous awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Associated Press, and the San Diego Press Club. She also received the USC Health Reporter Fellowship and is a member of California Chicano News Media Association and the Association of Health Care Journalists.
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KPBS Midday EditionAn SDSU project is discovering how social media and websites can be mined for key words and timelines. The resulting mass of information can be used to predict events such as a presidential election. -
KPBS Midday EditionIt came as a surprise to thousands of voters last June, that a man who believed President Barack Obama was born in Kenya has been elected a Superior Court judge. Now, according to a San Diego City Beat article, that's not the only thing surprising about soon-to-be-judge Gary Kreep. -
KPBS Midday EditionIt's the first time since 1883 Democrats have had a supermajority in California. Two newly elected San Diego assemblymembers discuss navigating this new landscape. -
KPBS Midday EditionMother Antonia became a nun at age 50 and has called Tijuana's most notorious prison, La Mesa Penitentiary, home since 1978. -
KPBS Midday EditionDemocrats have a super-majority in both state houses; they have the mayor's office and a majority on the San Diego City Council; and both the electorate and officeholders are more diverse.
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