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 EditionSouthern California Edison today released data on its newly installed steam generator tubes. It showed most of the tubes that were repaired were below the wall-thinning limit. -
KPBS Midday EditionThis week, the City Council voted cars off the Plaza de Panama; the WASC voted not to accredit Bridgepoint's Ashfrord University; and the USDA voted to keep information on backcountry wildlife killings from the press. -
KPBS Midday EditionSan Diego is monitoring 11 percent more of the post-prison release offenders than the state projected. -
KPBS Midday EditionSan Diego will host the 25th annual Stand Down for homeless veterans this weekend. The three-day event will provide services such as food, shelter, clothing, health screening and VA and Social Security benefits counseling. -
KPBS Midday EditionAn excessive heat warning for San Diego County's desert areas remained in effect for a second day today, when highs are forecast to climb well above 100 degrees. Over the weekend on Mount Helix a man accidentally started a fire with his weed wacker while trying to clear dry brush. We'll find out about safe practices for clearing brush or when using power tools when it's hot out. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe San Diego City Council today approved a four-year contract for the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau, or ConVis, to provide sales and marketing services for the Convention Center.
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