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 EditionOver the past five years, more than twice as many people have died from car crashes in San Diego than have been murdered. The statistics show how much work the city has to do to meet its goal of zero traffic deaths by 2025.
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Activists are organizing protests against a conference in San Diego this weekend promoting so-called gay conversion therapy. The practice has been widely condemned by mainstream science, and outlawed in California when practiced on minors. -
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.
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The San Diego City Council voted 5-4 Tuesday to extend the rent repayment period for commercial and residential renters to Dec. 30, giving renters who have lost income due to the COVID-19 pandemic a few extra months to repay back rent.' -
In two separate motions, the Public Safety and Livable Neighborhoods Committee approved a proposed ordinance establishing rules for the city's acquisition and use of surveillance equipment and technology and to establish a Privacy Advisory Commission. -
The city of San Diego announced Monday the entirety of Golden Hall and parts of the Convention Center will be converted to homeless shelters with hundreds of beds as the city rushes to prepare for what health officials are describing as a storm on the horizon with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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