Ka kammala wannan magana: An haifi Harvey Kubernik a Los Angeles. Ya halarci Makarantar Sakandaren Fairfax da Kwalejin West Los Angeles, kuma ya kammala karatu daga Jami'ar Jihar San Diego tare da digiri na BA na Musamman (Lafiya, Sociology, Adabi). Ya fara aikinsa a aikin jarida a shekarar 1972. Daga baya ya tuna cewa halartar taron manema labarai na farko a Los Angeles don George Harrison
Yawon shakatawa na Arewacin Amurka na 1974 ya taimaka wajen kafa shi a matsayin sana'a. Wani ɗan ƙaramin mai ba da gudummawa ga "Los Angeles Free Press" a lokacin, Kubernik ya ba da rahoto game da taron manema labarai ga editan "Melody Maker" Ray Coleman, a London, wanda ya haifar da labarin shafi na farko da ayyukan mako-mako na mujallar ta Burtaniya daga 1975 zuwa 1980.