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 Mayor Kevin Faulconer is under pressure from environmentalists to increase funding for bike and pedestrian infrastructure, as he prepares to release his proposed budget for the coming fiscal year. -
KPBS Midday EditionLittle Italy's business association has begun picking up shared bikes belonging to LimeBike, Mobike and ofo and moving them outside the neighborhood's commercial core to a single sidewalk. Bike advocates accuse the association of trying to "sabotage" the program's success. -
KPBS Midday EditionIt's been an invasion of brightly colored bicycles. In the past month, thousands of new bikes have appeared on San Diego street corners, brought by dockless bike sharing companies. -
Most of the controversy surrounding a new storage facility for homeless individuals was over its location in Logan Heights. Less attention was paid to its shaky funding source. -
A planned network of protected bike lanes in downtown San Diego faces an uncertain future, less than two years after it was approved unanimously by the City Council. -
The first month of legal recreational marijuana sales in San Diego brought in just under $360,000 from a voter-approved cannabis business tax. The money could help fund raises for San Diego police officers.
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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.
- San Diego Police officer allegedly embezzled thousands of dollars from school safety patrol program
- Appeals court rules San Diego's yoga ban is unconstitutional
- San Diego wildlife experts don bear suits to care for abandoned cub in Ramona
- San Diego police officer accused of stealing from school safety program
- Trust in the news remains divided