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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One Paseo, the dense mixed-use development in Carmel Valley that prompted multiple back-and-forth votes at the City Council, has symbolically broken ground. -
The City Council has unanimously approved a five-year plan aimed at better growing and maintaining San Diego's urban forest. But staff say the program lacks funding, and its manager left San Diego this month after a year and a half on the job. -
KPBS Midday EditionCity nixed bike lanes amid fears of parking loss, slower traffic -
KPBS Midday EditionMayor Kevin Faulconer Thursday night proposed increasing San Diego's hotel room tax to expand the convention center, pay for more road repair and fund programs to get the growing number of homeless off the city's streets. -
The new City Council has received a briefing on the Ralph M. Brown Act, one of California's most pervasive laws. -
KPBS Midday EditionA study by the nonprofit Circulate San Diego has found the city needs broad changes to its development code to better encourage transit-oriented development.
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Mayor Todd Gloria has pushed hard for the ordinance — written by City Councilman Stephen Whitburn — in recent weeks, urging citizens to sign a petition and speaking on the issue at news conferences. -
The ordinance aims to provide protections to renters from eviction as long as they continue to pay rent and comply with their lease. -
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors and San Diego City Council Monday agreed unanimously on a resolution.
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