Andrew Bowen
Metro ReporterAs the KPBS metro reporter, Andrew Bowen covers a broad range of issues across San Diego County, including local government, housing, transportation, infrastructure and climate change. His reporting at KPBS has won numerous awards, including the 2019 Gloria Penner Award for Political Affairs Reporting from the San Diego chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and the 2018 Walk the Walk Award from Circulate San Diego. Before moving to San Diego, Andrew worked for six years as a freelance translator, radio reporter, and TV news producer in Germany. His work for the German international public broadcaster Deutsche Welle had him covering local, national, and international stories across Europe. He also worked as a producer and reporter for the English-language website of Der Spiegel, Germany's largest news magazine. Andrew is originally from Santa Rosa, California. He holds a bachelor of science degree in journalism with a minor in Spanish from Northwestern University. He speaks fluent Spanish, Portuguese, and German.
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KPBS Midday EditionThe City Council has voted down a plan to hold a special election in November in San Diego. The action, on a 5-4 vote, will likely push voter decisions on expanding the convention center and redeveloping the Qualcomm Stadium property to late next year. -
The San Diego Planning Commission has recommended approval of a Christian-themed tourist resort and missionary training center in Mission Valley. The project has been downsized since last year, when opponents expressed fears of the project's traffic impacts. -
A bill that would make significant changes to the governing structure of the San Diego Association of Governments has cleared the state Assembly and now heads to the Senate. San Diego's two Democratic senators have not taken a position on the bill. -
The San Diego Planning Commission has approved subdividing the property in Bankers Hill into three parcels. The site's buyer says the action will help preserve the historic home. -
The San Diego Association of Governments is encouraging people across the county to commute by bike for one day to highlight the benefits of biking.
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Hundreds of seniors have signed up, hoping for units in a new affordable housing development in North Park geared toward the LGBT community.
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KPBS Midday EditionWhen California voters legalized recreational marijuana in 2016, they did so with the promise of new social and environmental programs funded by cannabis tax dollars. That promise remains largely unfulfilled in San Diego. -
KPBS Midday EditionSan Diego is considering a new program focused on helping communities most impacted by the War on Drugs share in the profits of legalized cannabis. A similar program in Los Angeles has faced criticism. -
Following demonstrations in Barrio Logan and at the San Diego airport, hundreds marched in downtown San Diego in support of raising the federal minimum wage.
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- Unions representing laid off UC San Diego Health employees push back
- San Diego grocery workers prepare for possible strike
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