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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San Diego City Council President Georgette Gomez's office is close to unveiling a proposed update to a city policy aimed at boosting affordable housing production by the private market. Skeptics say the proposal could chill the housing market at the worst time. -
KPBS Midday EditionSan Diego's Get It Done app is nearly three years old, and has become a popular way for residents to report infrastructure repair needs. A KPBS analysis shows some problems are fixed fairly quickly, while others take months to get resolved. -
KPBS Midday EditionA group of cyclists is pushing for the city to redesign a portion of 30th Street in North Park with protected bike lanes. The father behind the campaign says it's a test of the city's commitment to climate action. -
San Diego City Council members are under more pressure to repeal an unenforceable law restricting where sex offenders can live in the city, after a federal judge allowed a lawsuit challenging the ordinance to proceed. -
Less than six months after MTS updated its real estate policy to encourage more affordable housing, the agency is seeing growing interest in its land. One proposal for a trolley parking lot could provide a big boost in middle-income housing. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe California Courts of Appeal has ordered the city of San Diego to financially compensate its workers who were hired after voters passed the landmark pension reform measure, Proposition B. It is unclear how much the ruling will cost city taxpayers.
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The San Diego City Council Tuesday approved a 60-year lease with a developer to renovate the long-empty 101 Ash Street building into hundreds of affordable housing units. -
The San Diego City Council Monday approved the creation of a parking district on Park Boulevard and Sixth Avenue around Balboa Park and offered suggestions to do the same for surface lots inside the park. -
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.
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