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 of San Diego honored Maria Chavez, immigration legal director of Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans (PANA), as part of its commemoration of Women's History Month. -
KPBS Midday EditionPassed in 2024, Proposition 1 created a $6.4 billion bond to remake California's behavioral health system and expand the availability of treatment beds statewide On Midday Edition Monday, we hear about new reporting from CalMatters that found a number of Prop. 1 projects are facing delays. -
The University Bikeway will add separated bike lanes, bus boarding platforms and measures to prevent speeding on a deadly stretch of roadway between La Mesa and City Heights. -
The zoo agreed to pay the city a minimum of $3 million each year — as long as the city continues to charge for parking in Balboa Park. -
San Diego households spend more on transportation than almost every other metro area in the country. The culprit, experts say, is the automobile. -
The tax is a scaled back version of an earlier proposal that would have taxed both vacant homes and short-term home rentals. A majority of the San Diego City Council has now endorsed putting the new proposal to voters.
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A critical weather observation system at Montgomery Field Airport was malfunctioning for days before the plane crash early Thursday morning. The FAA did not issue an advance notice about the outage, records show. -
Mayor Todd Gloria Wednesday released his final proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2026, restoring some funding to the San Diego Police Department and the San Diego Humane Society. -
Mayor Todd Gloria had hoped voters would approve Measure E, a sales tax increase that would have turned the city's deficit into a surplus.
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