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.
MORE STORIES BY THIS AUTHOR
-
KPBS Midday EditionThe two candidates for City Council District 1 traded barbs and shared their stances on traffic issues, pensions, water policy and partisanship during discussions on KPBS Midday and Evening Edition Wednesday. -
KPBS Midday EditionElizabeth Emken and Dianne Feinstein, the two California candidates for U.S. Senate, talk to KPBS. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe Navy's waterfront project gets a go-ahead; Jung Ho Pak leaves Orchestra Nova behind. Brian Bilbray and Scott Peters turn on each other; Sherri Lightner and Ray Ellis take it to the wire. -
KPBS Midday EditionCounty Supervisor candidates Steve Danon and Dave Roberts explain what they hope to bring to the board if elected. -
KPBS Midday EditionTonight, a group of young people will ask the City of San Diego's Human Relations Commission to speak louder for the well being of children, and say their lives are hard hit when decision makers vote to raise bus fares, cut sports programs and close the libraries that are their only access computers. -
KPBS Midday EditionDemocrat Scott Peters and Republican Brian Bilbray are embroiled in a tight race to represent the 52nd Congressional District. KPBS talked to both candidates.
- After 6 years, San Diego approves 380-unit housing project next to Blue Line trolley
- ICE arrests parent near elementary school in Encinitas
- Advocates organize patrols to protect against ICE actions near San Diego schools
- More than 200,000 Afghan allies without options as resettlement ends
- New chamber CEO: Rising costs and ICE raids put pressure on San Diego’s economy